The Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) announced on Monday that it is taking over the local investigation for the Peel Regional Police.
Kenneth Law, 57, already faces multiple counts related to aiding or counselling suicideKenneth Law appears in court in Brampton, Ont., on May 3 in an artist's sketch. Police have linked him to websites selling a potentially lethal substance.
Montreal police are investigating after sodium nitrite was allegedly sent to local residents by an Ontario man who is currently facing multiple counts related to aiding or counselling suicide.On Aug. 29, more charges were laid, and Law now faces 14 counts of counselling or aiding suicide in Ontario. Police say Law operated websites selling a potentially lethal substance and other suicide paraphernalia to at-risk clients.
Law is suspected of having sold sodium nitrite online across Canada and in more than 40 countries. The substance can cause death when consumed in high doses. British investigators revealed that they had identified 272 people — 88 of whom had died — who bought products from Canadian-based websites allegedly linked to Law. They're also looking into whether any crimes were committed in the U.K.Other countries investigating Law's link to suicides include the United States, New Zealand, Italy and Ireland.
A TikToker, a university student and a teenager are among the more than 110 lives cut short in multiple countries, allegedly linked to Law, according to a
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