Dean Lisowick, 47, no fixed address, not reported missing ARREST

http://torontopolice.on.ca/newsreleases/40209

Bruce McArthur investigation,
Update,
Additional charges


Broadcast time: 11:35
Monday, January 29, 2018

Homicide
416-808-7400


On Thursday, January 18, 2018, Bruce McArthur was arrested and charged with two counts of First-Degree Murder in relation to the deaths of Selim Esen, 44, and Andrew Kinsman, 49.

See previous release.

As a result of an ongoing investigation, on Monday, January 29, 2018, Bruce McArthur was charged with three additional counts of First-Degree Murder.

Police allege he is responsible for the deaths of:

1) Majeed Kayhan, 58, of Toronto, reported missing in October 2012
2) Soroush Mahmudi, 50, of Toronto, reported missing in August 2015
3) Dean Lisowick, 47, of no fixed address

Photographs of the five victims are being released.

Police continue to search properties associated to Mr. McArthur and are asking anyone who received landscaping services from him to contact police, if you have not been contacted already.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-2021, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637). Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World.


For more news, visit TPSnews.ca.


Meaghan Gray, Corporate Communications, for Detective Sergeant Hank Idsinga, Homicide

 

Killings in Toronto’s gay community highlight dangers faced by sex workers
January 30, 2018

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...At a town hall meeting last summer, members of Toronto's gay community, worried that a serial killer was operating in their midst, warned that the city's sex workers might be particularly at risk.

That fear proved prescient, as police reported on Monday that Dean Lisowick, a common face in the Gay Village and long-time sex worker, is believed to be the last known victim of alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur.

...Mr. Lisowick had never been reported missing and was homeless at the time of his disappearance. Police were not even able to give a precise date for when they believe he died. According to the charge information filed in court on Monday, Mr. Lisowick may have died anywhere between April, 2016, and March, 2017. At their news conference, police said he may have been alive as late of July, 2017.

Monica Forrester, program co-ordinator at Maggie's Toronto Sex Workers Action Project, said she saw Mr. Lisowick last summer, likely in July, at one of his regular spots on Church Street.

"He's been around," she said. "I've seen him. I can clearly remember him."


https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp...rs/article37800442/?__twitter_impression=true

 

Thanks tarabull for starting this thread!
http://torontopolice.on.ca/newsreleases/40209

[h=2]Dean Lisowick[/h]

 

Alleged serial killer victim Dean Lisowick remembered as protective, 'sweet guy' and fixture of Gay Village

'He was very street savvy, so it just baffled me that he of all people would be a victim,' friend says

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...weet-guy-and-fixture-of-gay-village-1.4513518

 

http://toronto.citynews.ca/2018/02/07/advocates-protect-risk-homeless/

 

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens...-killer-remembered-as-a-gentle-soul-1.4512127



http://toronto.citynews.ca/2018/02/13/memorial-vigil-dean-lisowick/

 

http://nationalpost.com/news/canada...-missing-just-never-came-back-his-friend-says

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOyozW9N6rg

 

After investigative delays, funerals finally under way for alleged Bruce McArthur victims

"Haran Vijayanathan didn’t know Dean Lisowick. But when he heard the slain 47-year-old’s body would be left unclaimed in a local coroner’s office, he couldn’t let it stay there. He’d pick up the remains himself and ensure they were put to rest.

Mr. Lisowick, a man who struggled through his life with a crack-cocaine addiction, transience and violent outbursts toward some of his relatives, fell off the radar more than a year ago. In January, police listed his name among the grim ranks of eight men allegedly slain by 67-year-old Bruce McArthur....

Mr. Lisowick’s remains, however, went unclaimed from the coroner’s office. That’s when Mr. Vijayanathan, a community organizer who has spoken out for LGBTQ+ communities throughout the McArthur case, offered to help. On Friday, he will hold a quiet funeral for Mr. Lisowick at the St. James Cemetery. “There was just too much trauma there,” Mr. Vijayanathan said of the situation for Mr. Lisowick’s relatives. He’s been in touch with the family and said he’s doing this to support them, as well...."

After investigative delays, funerals finally under way for alleged Bruce McArthur victims



(Haran Vijayanathan holds the cremated remains of Dean Lisowick in Toronto on Nov. 1, 2018. Mr. Lisowick’s remains went unclaimed from the coroner’s office and so Mr. Vijayanathan, a community organizer, will hold a quiet funeral for Mr. Lisowick on Nov. 2. CHRISTOPHER KATSAROV/THE GLOBE AND MAIL)
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