Canadian police are searching for more victims after they charged a self-employed Toronto landscaper with five counts of first-degree murder.
“It’s an alleged serial killer,” Hank Idsinga of the Toronto police told reporters. “The city of Toronto has never seen anything like this. We do believe there are more [victims] and I have no idea how many more there are going to be.”
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