Toronto police solve a cold case killing that was flagged during McArthur investigation GlobeToronto
The nearly 25-year-old murder of a former Toronto school board trustee – one flagged by police for possible connections to serial killer Bruce McArthur – has been solved after a DNA match identified his suspected, and deceased, killer.
Mr. McArthur’s involvement was ruled out when DNA evidence produced a match in the Colby case late last year. But the suspect’s name is not being released and no charges will be laid because he died in 2015. Detective Sergeant Stacy Gallant described the man, who would have been 26 in 1995, as a drifter who had been staying with Mr. Colby when he was killed.
The city’s LGBTQ community had long raised concerns about a potential serial killer, and both external and internal reviews have been commissioned into the police service’s handling of vulnerable missing people. A special missing persons unit has also been established.
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