

Related: How alleged Toronto serial killer Bruce McArthur went unnoticed His latest, Sons of Cain: A History of Serial Killers from the Stone Age to the Present, will be released 14 August in the US and Canada and 16 August in the UK. The Guardian spoke with Peter Vronsky, a historian and journalist based in Toronto and the author of several books studying the history and psychopathology of serial killers. LGBT activists have accused the Toronto police of failing to take seriously years of reports of disappearances in the Toronto gay village. Most of his victims, all gay men, were recent immigrants of south Asian or Middle Eastern background. How Social Media Turns Online Arguments Between Teens Into Real-World Violence. Kelly: Aided By A Network of Complicity Enabling His Crimes. If 35 serial killers were responsible for 1/3 of those, thatd mean that each of them-each of them-killed 148 people that year alone. Psychological research has been making some headway in discovering the key traits and characteristics common in serial killers. According to the FBI, there were about 15517 'murders and nonnegligent manslaughters' in the US in 2000. A self-employed landscaper, McArthur allegedly buried the remains of some victims in flower planters. Serial Murder is an epidemic, there are at least 35 serial killers active in the USA today who claim one third of the annual murder rate. The author of a new book explores why some people become killers, and others don'tĬanadian police have announced the discovery of more human remains on a property frequented by Bruce McArthur, an alleged serial killer believed to have murdered at least eight men in Toronto's gay community.
