Missing from the Village: The Story of Serial Killer Bruce McArthur, the Search for Justice, and the System That Failed Toronto's Queer Community (Unabridged)
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4.2 • 6 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The tragic and resonant story of the disappearance of eight men--the victims of serial killer Bruce McArthur--from Toronto's queer community.
In 2013, the Toronto Police Service announced that the disappearances of three men--Skandaraj Navaratnam, Abdulbasir Faizi, and Majeed Kayhan--from Toronto's gay village were, perhaps, linked. When the leads ran dry, the investigation was shut down, on paper classified as "open but suspended." By 2015, investigative journalist Justin Ling had begun to retrace investigators' steps, convinced there was evidence of a serial killer. Meanwhile, more men would go missing, and police would continue to deny that there was a threat to the community. On January 18, 2018, Bruce McArthur, a landscaper, would be arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder. In February 2019, he was sentenced to life in prison for the murders of eight men.
This extraordinary book tells the complete story of the McArthur murders. Based on more than five years of in-depth reporting, this is also a story of police failure, of how the queer community responded, and the story of the eight men who went missing and the lives they left behind. In telling that story, Justin Ling uncovers the latent homophobia and racism that kept this case unsolved and unseen. This gripping book reveals how police agencies across the country fail to treat missing persons cases seriously, and how policies and laws, written at every level of government, pushed McArthur's victims out of the light and into the shadows.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
It’s like listening to a chilling horror novel, except it’s all true. In 2013, Toronto police announced they were investigating the disappearances of three gay men from the Village, the downtown neighborhood that’s at the center of the city’s queer community. Eventually, the case went cold, but journalist Justin Ling took it upon himself to pick up the investigation, learning not just about the victims, but about all the appalling and outrageous mistakes made by law enforcement. In this powerful listen, Ling dives deep into all the gory details and damning facts—and his personal rage about how the investigation was grossly mishandled right up until the moment the killer, who ultimately murdered a total of eight men, was finally found. The journalist’s intense narration turns up the suspense on a real-life mystery that became his own personal crusade. If you are drawn to great true-crime stories like Michelle McNamara’s I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, Missing from the Village will leave you just as obsessed.
