Murder Timeline 1940sJack Hern – Kew Beach CrueltyJuly 27, 19491950sFred “Scotty” Cameron – From Toronto To StroudOctober 29, 1953Cecil Burns – Chef Killed With Whiskey BottleFebruary 18, 19571960sAlexander Bakalis – From Ford to FarnhamMay 3, 1960Ronald Grigor – Murder Then The BeachJuly 16, 1963Aiden Francis MacDonald – Cab Ride To DeathJanuary 9, 1965Francis Desjarlais – Wayward in the WalsinghamJuly 17, 1966Bruno Max Seide – Mysterious Life, Mysterious DeathJanuary 20, 1967Eric Jones – Identified 42 Years LaterJune 15, 1967Gabriel Brunet – Outrageous AcquittalJune 25, 1967Richard “Dickie” Hovie – Slain at SeventeenJuly 15, 1967Robert Wayne Mortimore – Murdered in MarkhamJuly 15, 1967Samuel McClelland – Homophobic HatredJune 15, 1969Decriminalization of HomosexualityJune 27, 19691970sArthur Harold Walkley – Trouble On BordenFebruary 18, 1975Fred Fontaine – St. Charles Blunt Force TraumaDecember 20, 1975James Douglas Taylor – Unsolved Baseball Bat MurderFebruary 11, 1976Death Penalty abolishedJuly 26, 1976Carmen Noel Allgrove – Rage At RejectionAugust 29, 1976James Stewart Kennedy – Last Seen at St. Charles TavernSeptember 20, 1976Hugh Thomas Armstrong – Prince Arthur Avenue StranglingOctober 7, 1976Brian Dana Latocki – Tied and TorturedJanuary 25, 1977Bernard Guay – Mugging Becomes MurderMay 5, 1977Neil Robert Wilkinson – Stomped To DeathDecember 15, 1977Donald Rochester – Victim Was An AssailantFebruary 13, 1978Shirley Hauser – Swimming Leads To MurderAugust 19, 1978Colin Nicholson – Robbed And Beaten To DeathSeptember 4, 1978Gerald Douglas White – Flowers and FeathersSeptember 17, 1978Alexander “Sandy” LeBlanc – Unsolved Murder of Club OwnerSeptember 20, 1978Duncan William Robinson – A Strange, Hollow SoundNovember 28, 1978James Francis McIntyre – Nine Stab WoundsMarch 18, 1979James Macdonald – Murderous LoveApril 8, 1979Diane Edwards – No Clear MotiveOctober 20, 1979James Edward Downing – You Killed For That?October 25, 19791980sMarlon J. McCrae – Killed by Homicidal ‘Drag Hooker’March 1, 1981David Murphy – Hammer and Electrical CordJune 28, 1981George Matthew “Peaches” Roach – Stabbed in Allan GardensOctober 24, 1981John Henry Martin – Jarvis Street StabbingNovember 14, 1981Darryl Lyle Turner – One Night, Three MurdersMay 3, 1982Kevin Lionel McBride – Car and Cash StolenMay 17, 1982Kenneth Albert Jones – Killer Was Cool, Calculating and RemorselessJune 10, 1982Nirmal Rawle Ramnanan – Maybe LGBT MurderAugust 7, 1982Graham Pearce – Cold Case ResolvedMarch 20, 1983ReloadMarch 24, 1983Death From 40 InjuriesApril 5, 1983Thomas Cahill – In A Pool of BloodDecember 4, 1983Martha Babb (John Alex McDonald*) – Strangled For ShoutingDecember 10, 1983Christine Lavery Clifford – AcquittalJanuary 6, 1984Phillip Robert Filshie (Barbara Filshie*) – Self-Defense StabbingDecember 20, 1984High Park HomophobiaJune 22, 1985Peter Ager – Mark Of The BeastDecember 14, 1985Edwin Howard Kasdan – Not Guilty VerdictAugust 4, 1986Lisa Black (Leo James Black*) – Spontaneous ConfessionMarch 2, 1987Paul Lopez Monte-de-Ramos – 15 Minutes To MurderApril 14, 1987My Nerves Just WentMay 3, 1987Marlene Ann Collins – Two Against OneSeptember 5, 1987Dispute Leads To DeathFebruary 6, 1988Stabbed Sixty-Four TimesMarch 1, 1988Body DumpedSeptember 30, 1988Michael John Flannigan – Sex, LSD and MurderOctober 26, 1989Absolutely ThrilledDecember 18, 19891990sMichael Boley – On A RampageApril 14, 1990Derek George Dacosta – Hairdresser HomicideDecember 5, 1990Norman John Cardwell – Shot In The HeadFebruary 11, 1991Comedian MurderedMarch 24, 1991Like Slamming Home RunsJuly 23, 1992Grayce Baxter (Grant Baxter*) – Dominating In DeathDecember 8, 1992Killer Crime SpreeJuly 30, 1993Jack Bell – Sharp-Eyed Transit RiderAugust 2, 1993Stephen Patrick Kirby- Minor Altercation Leads to DeathFebruary 26, 1994A Single Stab WoundMay 7, 1994Was Prostitute Victim Of Serial Killer?July 7, 1994Harry Ronald Isaac – Bound, Gagged and StabbedSeptember 16, 1994Larry Arnold – His Killer ConfessedOctober 14, 1994Virginia Lee “Flex” Coote – Charges Dropped In Serial Killer CaseOctober 28, 1994Section 15 of the Charter is interpretedMay 25, 1995Dennis Joseph Colby – Troubled Trustee DeathSeptember 9, 1995John Clarke and Clayton Russel – Double HomicideJanuary 29, 1996Spree Killer Victim Dead At 19May 20, 1996Spree Killer’s Last VictimMay 20, 1996Paul Armstrong – Dumped and BurnedDecember 16, 1996Gracie Detzler (James Edward*) – Bathtub MurderMay 28, 1997Anthony Charles Dowding – Manslaughter and FiveMay 24, 1999Eccentric Man MurderedJuly 7, 19992000sFoul MurderApril 20, 2000James “Jimmy” Campbell – Strangled on TyndallApril 29, 2000Richard Kall – His Legacy Lives OnMay 21, 2000Ex-Priest MurderedAugust 17, 2000David Buller – Computer Printout Is KeyJanuary 18, 2001Cassandra ‘Tula’ Do – Sex Worker StrangledAugust 25, 2003Henry Durost – Psychiatrist MurderedJanuary 6, 2004Acquitted in 4 HoursOctober 27, 2004Civil Marriage Act passesJuly 20, 2005Lawrence “Larry” Roosevelt Callahan – Hard Knock LifeJune 10, 2006Money Was The MotiveOctober 13, 2006Attack Was PersonalJuly 14, 2008SUV Was Murder WeaponOctober 28, 2009Gerald Brown – The Doctor of Bedford RoadNovember 4, 20092010sSkandaraj “Skanda” Navaratnam – Long Time Relationship Led To Murder – McArthur Victim 1September 10, 2010Abdulbasir Faizi – Wife Reported Him Missing – McArthur Victim 2December 29, 2010Accusations of Murder for HireMarch 3, 2011Majeed “Hamid” Kayhan – Serial Killer Chose Man With Double Life – McArthur Victim 3October 14, 2012Brent Gartner – Slashed and StabbedJanuary 10, 2015Soroush Mahmudi – Mysterious Man Murdered – McArthur Victim 4August 15, 2015Kirushna Kumar Kanagaratnam – Victim was Sri Lankan Refugee – McArthur Victim 5December 14, 2015Dr. Mark Ernsting – Cancer Researcher MurderedDecember 15, 2015Dean Lisowick – Never Reported Missing – McArthur Victim 6May 1, 2016Selim Esen – Missing Then Murdered – McArthur Victim 7April 14, 2017Bill C-16 protects gender identityJune 19, 2017Andrew Kinsman – Disappeared Then Dead – McArthur Victim 8June 26, 2017A Mother’s HeartbreakNovember 24, 2017Just An ObservationJanuary 7, 2018Toronto Gay Serial Killer Bruce McArthurJanuary 30, 2018Arrest in Tess Richey murderFebruary 5, 2018Police Consider Cold Cases in McArthur MurdersApril 13, 2018Court Favours LGBTQ+ Rights Over Religious RightsJune 15, 2018Stabbing Ends Burgeoning CareerDecember 7, 2018Memorial Tonight for SkandaDecember 15, 2018Murder Timelines now onlineJanuary 12, 2019What is a “Life Sentence” in Canada?February 10, 2019Colby Murderer FoundMarch 2, 2019Trans Advocate MurderedDecember 22, 20192020sSmoke and SorrowMay 14, 2020Domestic DangerAugust 6, 2020Update: Killer identified in cold caseJanuary 9, 2024Akim Fleming and Rajiv Ralph – Double Shooting Leaves Couple DeadFebruary 27, 2024
Skandaraj “Skanda” Navaratnam – Long Time Relationship Led To Murder – McArthur Victim 1September 10, 2010
