Water landed on shirts and hands, some clutching daffodil bulbs that, now blessed, will be planted in the backyard where Houldcroft ventured briefly to sprinkle more holy water. For about a decade, McArthur stored his tools in the garage of Fraser and Smith’s Mallory Cres. The remains of his alleged victims were found in planters in the backyard, and in the ravine behind it. The men all had links to Toronto’s Gay Village, and their deaths are alleged to have occurred between 2010 and 2017. The 72-year-old contemplated, briefly, the question of why the couple desired to remain in a home linked to such tragedy.

Source: thestar September 30, 2018 00:33 UTC