Toronto police take ‘last resort’ of releasing apparent death photo, in bid to identify new victim in serial killer case
The circumstances behind the photo of the bearded man were unclear, but police believe him to have been the seventh victim of Bruce McArthur
In a rare move on Monday, Toronto police released a photograph of an unidentified man investigators believe was the seventh victim of alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur.
A forensic search had uncovered more human remains hidden in large planters used by the Toronto landscaper, who has been charged with murdering gay men, police announced on Monday.
But the circumstances behind the oddly angled full-face photo of a bearded man with his eyes partially closed were unclear. From the neck down, the picture appeared to have been either digitally reconstructed or enhanced.
Authorities appealed to the public for help in identifying the apparent victim from the photograph, seemingly taken postmortem.
“I did not want to release this picture and I am doing so as a last resort,” said Detective-Sergeant Hank Idsinga, lead investigator in the case.
“We have utilised numerous investigative techniques to identify this individual and so far have been unsuccessful.”