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00:00The following program is rated 14+, and contains scenes of violence, coarse language, and mature themes.
00:06Viewer discretion is advised.
00:15In Toronto's War on Crime, the worst offenders are pursued by the detectives of the Specialized Criminal Investigations Unit.
00:22These are their stories.
00:28Loves to cook.
00:30All right, two or more languages.
00:33You lot are putting me to shame.
00:36All right, what about Love's Life performance?
00:40Jim Gower, Peter Buff, Edwin.
00:43Could be twins.
00:44Yeah.
00:45Back home, I once did costume design for a theater company in Nairobi.
00:50I, uh, made this tie, actually.
00:53All right.
00:54Forget twins.
00:55You have way too much style.
00:57I bet you're proud of your son.
00:59Would you care to try Len's famous Dayton walnut cookies?
01:04Have fun.
01:07All right, so, drinks, coffee, tea, everything.
01:10Hey, Adam.
01:11Oof, what happened there?
01:13Sprain, tendon.
01:14Just hit the background.
01:15I used to do a bit of boxing back in the day.
01:17Wrist support is everything.
01:18Yeah, thanks.
01:21Hey, Tevin.
01:22Welcome back, Len.
01:29Oh, my God.
01:30We'll be out there.
01:34Wait, a room?
01:37Babe, it's a den.
01:39It doesn't even have a door.
01:40Yeah, but I have a new triple A.
01:42I thought that broke.
01:44Which is why I need the rooming.
01:48Whoa, hi.
01:50You don't tape over someone's face.
01:51It's old news, Hazel.
01:53That doesn't mean it's yours to cover.
01:55All right.
01:56My bad.
02:23Thanks for bringing me.
02:24Oh, don't mention it.
02:26I've been where you are.
02:28It's two doubles.
02:31And, uh, I'm single.
02:33Leave the kid alone.
02:34We're gonna find a spot.
02:39Hey.
02:41Are you holding?
02:47I know, I know.
02:48You drop it, I stock it.
02:51Baby?
02:52Baby?
02:52I'm gonna get you to drink.
02:55What exactly are they saying?
02:58Well, let them spin the story however they want.
03:01As long as my name doesn't come up.
03:05Yeah, all right.
03:06Thanks.
03:07Keep me posted.
03:09Are you there, Webb?
03:10Traffic incident at Church and Wellesley.
03:14Webb here, currently unavailable.
03:20Boys, now I know that it's true.
03:22It's not me, boy.
03:23Hey, take it easy on him.
03:24He just wants to see the show.
03:26You don't speak to me about my son.
03:29Let that be your first and last mistake.
03:38So I said if she wants a nanny, she can pay the payroll tax.
03:42God, Em, you're like the only woman I know that can't cardio and gossip at the same time.
03:50Wow.
03:54Look at all.
03:56Oh, my God.
03:58How did you feel?
03:59What did you feel?
03:59Oh, girl.
04:00Look enough.
04:00Oh, my God.
04:01Oh, my God.
04:10Hey, man.
04:12Oh, my God.
04:14Oh, God.
04:32A couple of locals were getting their morning steps in when they spotted him.
04:36Call came in at 6.30 a.m.
04:39Any other witnesses?
04:41Canvassing, but nothing yet.
04:42Got a line search underway to look for the murder weapon.
04:45The assault started up there on the pathway, continued down, ended here.
04:51Blunt force to the head, heavy on the trauma.
04:55You got a name?
04:56Len Marsden, 55.
05:00Cash, credit cards, looks like it's all here.
05:02Been working in this neighborhood a long time.
05:04Buggings are rare.
05:05Murders, rarer.
05:07Well, Rosedale's not exactly a hotbed of sin.
05:11Quiet, rich.
05:13One of the lowest crime rates in the country, actually.
05:16Nice gig.
05:17It was up until this morning.
05:19Maybe it was a crime of opportunity.
05:21Killer waited for the perfect moment.
05:24Strikes hard, then moved on.
05:25Moved over this way.
05:28A firstly dug hole.
05:34Oh, boy.
05:36Looks like the killer was planning on burying the body.
05:39Maybe something interrupted them.
05:43The park lights are on timers.
05:46They said to come on at dusk and turn off at dawn.
05:49That one's still on.
05:50Its timer must be faulty.
05:52Maybe the attack happened at night.
05:54Light kicked on and spooked the killer mid-burial.
06:00Time of death is between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. last night.
06:03Cause of death, multiple traumatic blows to the head.
06:06When I say multiple, I mean that our victim took a serious beating.
06:09He was dead before the final blow even landed.
06:11So, serious overkill, what'd they use?
06:14Some blunt, baton-like weapon.
06:16Any signs he fought back?
06:18None.
06:18No defensive wounds.
06:20It's hard to believe a man of lens size would go down without a fight.
06:23He didn't defend himself because he couldn't.
06:26Toxicology turned up a high blood alcohol level and a high dose of ketamine.
06:29Both ingested less than an hour before he died.
06:32So, essentially, he was legless by the time he got on the path.
06:36Do we know what Len was doing on the path so late in the first place?
06:39His apartment's in Rosedale.
06:41Ten-minute walk from the crime scene.
06:42So, maybe somebody saw him drunk, drugged, walking alone, decided to take advantage.
06:47Could be.
06:48Or it's just as possible if somebody wanted him in that state.
06:51As Bateman says, look at the size of the guy.
06:53It'd be a lot easier to handle like that.
06:54No next of kin, no financial activity yesterday, Walt.
06:59The man had nobody, and yet half of Rosedale is calling in, demanding to know what happened to him.
07:05Okay, we'll head to his place, build a timeline forward, find out why Big Len here didn't make it home
07:11last night.
07:12Remember what they did to Jerry St. Levi when they caught him with the neighbor boy?
07:20They dragged him through the village, flogged him, until he stopped breathing.
07:26It's not like that yet.
07:27Edwin, do you think I wanted to do that last night?
07:31I had to for you.
07:33Len, Len didn't deserve...
07:35Speak that name, again.
07:44Hello, give me something.
07:46Where are you?
07:54Spoke with Len's landlord.
07:56Last time she saw him was yesterday.
07:57He was pulling out in his van around noon.
08:00Is the van back in the parking spot?
08:01No.
08:02Actually, I just flagged it with CPIC.
08:04Patrol units are watching out for that.
08:06What did you find?
08:06Calendar entry.
08:08Yesterday at noon, NHU.
08:12NHU could be someone's initials.
08:14No.
08:16New Haven invited church.
08:18Amen.
08:20Len was a self-employed handyman.
08:23I've been contracting him for years.
08:25He's dependable, quiet, always got the job done.
08:29You two were close.
08:30Not at first.
08:32He mostly kept to himself.
08:34But a few years back, I asked him if he would help with some renovations,
08:37pews, benches, that sort of thing.
08:39And then he was around a lot.
08:41Did that change things between the two of you?
08:44New Haven is a very inclusive space.
08:47And Len could see that.
08:48Soon enough, he was a beloved member of the congregation.
08:54Is this going to upset a lot of people?
08:56Anyone in particular?
08:58Someone that he'd been seeing more of lately?
09:01A young man named Edwin.
09:03A Kenyan newcomer.
09:05They met at a new Canadian tea recently and got on well.
09:09Edwin stopped by yesterday to see Len.
09:14They left together around 7.
09:16Did he mention where they were going?
09:18No.
09:19But strangely, I got an email this morning from Edwin's father, Jeremiah.
09:24He asked to be taken off the church events mailing list.
09:27I got the sense that he wasn't comfortable with Len and Edwin's friendship.
09:37I just came from New Haven Church.
09:40Minister Cade informed me that he received a strange request from you.
09:44Why did you send that email?
09:47I could not continue to accept help for my church that welcomes people like Len.
09:52Len was just like me.
09:54He understood what it was like to have a father who couldn't accept him for who he was.
10:00After you and Len left the church yesterday, where did you go?
10:03He knew I was looking for a queer community in Toronto, so he offered to take me to a drag
10:09show.
10:09I went to the show to get him.
10:11He was drunk, dancing.
10:14So what'd you do?
10:15I raised my voice.
10:16Is that all?
10:17Broke some glasses.
10:18I won't deny it, but no one was hurt.
10:22My father brought me straight home.
10:24And we've been here ever since when we left that drag show.
10:29Len was a little drunk, but very much alive.
10:32Did you see any drugs?
10:33Ketamine?
10:34I don't know what that is.
10:35I just wanted to see the show.
10:38Okay.
10:39And where was the show?
10:41Cruising Tangos.
10:43It's a bar in an area, Len, called the Gay Village.
10:50Back home, being gay can get you killed by your family.
10:56My father is scared.
10:57What happened to Len could happen to me, but he's not a bad man.
11:03My father said the confrontation wasn't violent.
11:06They left Cruising Tangos around night.
11:09Ket's telling the same story.
11:10He claims they haven't left the apartment since.
11:12Now, Da Silva says that Len had his last drink and took the drugs in the hour before he died,
11:17so no earlier than 10 p.m.
11:19If there were alibi holes.
11:21I mean, it would have been long gone before anyone had the chance to do us, Len.
11:24So let's find out who stuck around.
11:30Who was Len talking to after Edwin and his father left?
11:34I couldn't tell you.
11:34It was Drag Night.
11:35The place was packed.
11:37I served Len and Edwin around 8, saw them again during all the drama,
11:41and didn't pay much attention to Len after that.
11:44You know, our pathologist told us that by the time this guy left, he could barely walk.
11:49So who was the last to serve him?
11:51Any one of the other bartenders.
11:53Or my manager, Hazel.
11:55She might have stepped in.
11:56She knew Len better than I did.
11:57And where is she now?
11:59Upstairs bar.
12:00One last question.
12:01Do you know where Len might have found ketamine in here?
12:04Yeah, no.
12:05But a place like this, a night like that, wouldn't take much asking.
12:10Thanks.
12:11Mm-hmm.
12:17Cut him off around 10.30.
12:19Len didn't come in that often, but I think after that argument with that kid's dad, he overdid it a
12:24bit.
12:25Drugs, though, I don't know where those came from.
12:27Did you happen to notice Len hanging out or leaving with anyone?
12:31No.
12:31But I was up here bartending for most of the night.
12:33He was downstairs.
12:34I noticed a couple of these posters up the block, but it was a different name.
12:40Omar and Yusuf.
12:43These yours?
12:43Yeah.
12:44Len and I were going to go canvassing in Cabbage Town this afternoon.
12:48Hmm.
12:49The two of you were searching for these men?
12:51Yes.
12:51Us along with some others.
12:53That's how we met.
12:54Did Len know any of these men?
12:56No.
12:58But the village is pretty tight-knit.
12:59You know, it's big and small at the same time.
13:02What if the police turned up?
13:03Nothing.
13:04They're brown-skinned.
13:06Gay.
13:07They're living on the edge of society.
13:10It's nothing new, though.
13:12The cops in this community are enforcers, not protectors.
13:17What happened to Len is awful.
13:19But if it had happened in the village instead of Rosedale, who knows how seriously the local
13:24police would have taken the investigation.
13:26So all these men went missing from the village within the last two years?
13:30Yes.
13:31Pattern's obvious to us.
13:33Even though the cops pretend like it doesn't mean anything.
13:36You think the same person's behind these disappearances?
13:40You see it, don't you?
13:48All right, let's say that the village is on to something.
13:51How does Len Marsden fit in with this picture?
13:54Well, he obviously doesn't match the racial profile, but he does fit a pattern.
13:59Middle-aged, bearded, bigger-bodied, all these men self-identified as bears.
14:05The demography tracks.
14:06As does the geography.
14:08Omar, Youssef, and Arjun were all last seen within a kilometer of each other.
14:12And Len was likely drugged at Cruz and Tangles, which is smack dab in the middle of that area.
14:18And if these other three men are dead, where are their bodies?
14:21Because Len's body turned up on that trail.
14:24We found a shallow grave at the scene.
14:26We're thinking the killer intended to bury Len, but didn't get the chance to finish the job.
14:31Serial killers get caught when they get sloppy.
14:34This might be their first slip-up.
14:37All right, put a team on the ravine trail, have them search for other graves,
14:41and follow up with whoever handled the missing men's cases.
14:51Officer Webb, how long you've been running point on the, uh, village detail?
14:55A few years now.
14:57I'm big on outreach.
14:58Boots on the ground.
15:00My team's done a really good job of keeping lines of communication open.
15:04So you've heard about this, uh, serial killer theory?
15:07Only at every town hall since last winter.
15:10Really picked up after Hakeem Shadid disappeared.
15:13Hakeem Shadid?
15:13I don't remember Hazel mentioning him.
15:15She wouldn't.
15:17Hakeem was living with schizophrenia.
15:20He vanished for a couple of months, turned up in Timmins, alive and unharmed.
15:24But by then, Hazel had already lit the match,
15:26accused us of ignoring a killer in the village.
15:29Folks got scared.
15:30So what's your take on Hazel's, uh, serial killer theory?
15:36Omar Haddad, Yusuf Massar, Arjun Patel.
15:38I've looked into all of them.
15:40We didn't find any signs of foul play.
15:42Hmm.
15:43And what did you find?
15:44Omar had a long history of drug use.
15:47Arjun was a sex worker and unhoused.
15:49Yusuf's refugee claim was denied.
15:51He might have gone underground.
15:52But these aren't the kinds of guys who leave a forwarding address.
15:55No, but they are the kind of guys whose disappearance wouldn't cause headlines
16:00and the kind of guys who somebody could pick off without much noise.
16:04Look, I've walked the strip longer than most.
16:06I think I've got a good idea who's out there and who's just moved on.
16:10Not every gap in a community has evidence of foul play.
16:13Ah, you're probably right.
16:14Still, there's just a few things we want to cross-reference
16:17with our investigation into Len Marston's murder.
16:21Yeah, yeah.
16:22How about I pull my notes and I have them sent over to your office?
16:25Appreciate it.
16:26Thanks.
16:29I just got off the phone with the last of the witnesses Webb interviewed in the missing men's cases.
16:35And?
16:35And their statements haven't changed.
16:38Webb's notes line up and I ask them about Len and there doesn't seem to be any connection.
16:43Well, we're missing something.
16:46What were these men doing when they disappeared?
16:49We don't really know.
16:51Yusuf and Arjun were last seen at intersections and Omar was last seen leaving his building on Dundonald.
16:58Did Omar live with anyone?
17:00Yeah.
17:01Ziggy Stardust.
17:03His dog.
17:04Apparently it barked for three days straight after Omar went missing.
17:07Poor thing.
17:08Neighbor called it in.
17:10Now, Arjun and Yusuf were of no fixed address.
17:13Len and Omar lived alone.
17:15Now that's not something you learn about somebody at a glance.
17:19The killer knew, though.
17:21Knew there wouldn't be anyone waiting for them at home or that there wasn't even any home to begin with.
17:25Yeah.
17:26The missing connection is where the killer was meeting his victims.
17:30Learning who would quietly disappear.
17:33We find that place.
17:35We find the killer's hunting ground.
17:38None of the other victims came to my bar.
17:40There was a little cafe over on Maitland.
17:42Omar used to grab coffee there sometimes.
17:44And Arjun would get pastries from their food rescue program when he needed to.
17:48Yeah, we spoke with the owner there.
17:50Her statement was in their case files.
17:52So she said they would come in alone.
17:54No conversations, no company.
17:56What about Yusuf?
17:57Any interaction with the others?
17:59Yusuf kept to himself more than most.
18:01Moved around like he was trying not to be seen.
18:04Heard he was closeted.
18:05And facing deportation to someone like that.
18:08Discretion is key.
18:10So where might Yusuf have gone if he wanted to meet men discreetly?
18:15A bathhouse.
18:16Doesn't get more discreet than that.
18:20Right now.
18:26No lights, private rooms, no cameras, unspoken understanding that people don't talk about what they see.
18:33A bathhouse is the perfect place for a prisoner to get close to their target without too many eyes on
18:39them.
18:40Yeah, sure is.
18:41Well, there are three bathhouses within walking distance.
18:44Take your pick.
18:46Steamhouse Baths logo.
18:48Yeah.
18:49That's the same logo that was on Len's gym bag in his apartment.
19:00And new Len Marsden.
19:04I love detectives.
19:06If these men were members of my bathhouse, I would know.
19:09Well, that's strange because Len's bank records show he's been a member here for years.
19:15Where were you the night Len died?
19:17Here.
19:19We're open 24-7.
19:21There were over a hundred guys through here that night.
19:23Ask any of them.
19:24Kevin, did you delete Len's membership?
19:29He's not saying no.
19:31So, if you didn't have anything to do with Len's murder, why'd you describe his name?
19:38Because I was told to.
19:40Told to?
19:41By whom?
19:43It was Officer Webb.
19:45Sorry.
19:48What does Officer Webb have to do with this?
19:53When the posters of the missing men started going up last winter, I realized that they had all been here
20:00shortly before they disappeared.
20:03I caught Webb on patrol and I told him about it, but he said that the serial killer stuff was
20:10all community panic.
20:12And when did Webb tell you to wipe Len's name?
20:15He cornered me at my car last night, told me that you might be around asking about Len and the
20:21others, and that I was to stay quiet.
20:28He said, it wouldn't be good for business.
20:33I know what it sounds like when a cop makes a threat.
20:44Oh, damn it, I'm out.
20:45I'll grab them, Mark.
20:46Here.
20:51Hey, need a hand?
21:00Well, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you.
21:02You didn't.
21:03So I heard you're talking to those detectives.
21:07So you're back on about that, uh, serial killer theory again.
21:11I didn't tell them anything I haven't told you, more than once.
21:15Just remember, once the suits move on, me and my team will still be here, looking out for folks.
21:22Right.
21:23Looking out.
21:25Is everything okay here?
21:27Yeah, just making sure everyone's safe.
21:38Obstructing an investigation and intimidating a witness are serious claims.
21:42I'm going to need more than a bathhouse owner's word before I tell Webb's superiors that the head of their
21:48village detail is corrupt.
21:51Well, you might be more than that.
21:54This came from Forrester.
21:59Parents say London police are to blame for Dodger's critical injury.
22:02Okay, what am I looking at here?
22:04A few years ago, Webb was stationed in London.
22:08He led a botched raid on a strip club, arrested one Ash Perkins, a trans woman.
22:14During the takedown, she was injured and, uh, she went into a coma because he denied her medical attention.
22:20I've never heard about this.
22:22Well, you wouldn't have because the London police gave Webb the option to resign before they opened an investigation.
22:28He was never charged.
22:29His name doesn't come up in the article because none of this was ever made public.
22:33No.
22:34Until recently when Ash's, uh, parents retained new counsel and are demanding answers.
22:39So, Webb has a history of violence against a queer person.
22:44Oh my god, I don't like where we're headed.
22:46Well then, you're really not going to like this.
22:48The night Len died, the village dispatch records show Webb was on duty but unavailable until he returned his patrol
22:55car at 2.03 a.m.
22:56The entire window of Len's death?
22:58Yeah.
22:59Okay, I'll make the calls.
23:02Bring him in.
23:11Ash Perkins was an accident.
23:13I didn't mean to hurt her.
23:15And I didn't hurt any of those men from the village.
23:17Then why is there no record of Tevin telling you that they all went to the bathhouse?
23:22If I had to log Tevin's statement, my team would have had to follow up.
23:26Seemed like a waste of resources.
23:28So?
23:28I made a call.
23:29That's the job.
23:30It's not a crime.
23:31Threatening a witness is you went back to Tevin to make sure he didn't talk about Len.
23:42Why?
23:43Because I knew Len was a bathhouse patron from patrol.
23:46And when you showed up asking questions about the others, it made me realize that I overlooked a couple of
23:52things.
23:53And I'd already gone on record, public record, dismissing the serial killer theory.
23:59Then why not get out in front of it and share what you knew?
24:01If you had uncovered a serial killer in the village, the public backlash would have put too many eyes on
24:07me.
24:07Your London raid would be exposed.
24:10You'd be staring down a SIU investigation.
24:14Officer Webb, on the night Len was killed, you were patrolling the village.
24:20You have three hours unaccounted for.
24:22Where were you?
24:24I got a call that night from a friend in London, warning me about the article and telling me that
24:33Ash Perkins' parents were demanding that my name be released.
24:36Well, personally, I think it should be.
24:38Where were you?
24:39I needed to clear my head.
24:43I drove down to the lake.
24:46Forgot to turn my body cam off.
24:49It's all on there.
24:53Earlier, you said you overlooked a couple of things.
24:57The bathhouse is one.
24:59What else?
25:00A couple weeks back, Len came to me to report an assault.
25:03Excuse me?
25:04He said he was attacked during a hookup.
25:06He was really angry at first, but by the end of the conversation, he cooled down and he said that
25:10pressing charges wasn't worth it.
25:12Who attacked him?
25:13I don't know.
25:15I never got a name.
25:23Hey, Adam.
25:26Hey.
25:30Hey, shouldn't you be laying off the gym while your hand heals?
25:34The sauna helps with the stiffness.
25:45Oh, my God.
25:47What is it?
25:48This is on that path by the ravine.
25:52Apparently, Rosalind's husband's sister was the one who found him.
25:56Oh, that poor man.
26:00This neighborhood used to be safe.
26:02Hey.
26:03Webb's body cam checks out for the night of the murder, but I found something else.
26:07What you got?
26:07Footage of Len reporting the assault.
26:09You give a name?
26:10Well, he didn't mention a name, but he did mention getting two coffees from DoorDash and picking them up around
26:15seven, so I pulled a name from the order.
26:17Adam Harris.
26:19Hmm.
26:20Beautiful wife.
26:21Cute kid.
26:22Yeah, and an address in Rosedale.
26:26Well, it all fits.
26:27This guy's not openly cruising.
26:29He's discreet.
26:30Bathhouse discreet.
26:31I have the same thought, so I gave Tevin a call.
26:33He confirmed seeing Adam at Steamhouse.
26:36Okay, so he meets Len at the bathhouse, finds out Len lives alone.
26:41They arrange to hook up, but they do.
26:45Adam attacks Len, but he gets away.
26:48Seems like the kind of loose end a serial killer would want to tie up.
27:03I didn't kill him.
27:06I was home in bed, the night Len died.
27:09Can anyone back that up?
27:12Your wife, perhaps.
27:14I prefer you didn't drag Elena into this.
27:18Walk a student.
27:19What happened between you and Len two Fridays ago?
27:22We grabbed a coffee.
27:24That's it.
27:25That's it, huh?
27:27Well, not according to Len.
27:29You see, Len told an officer that you attacked him.
27:33I wasn't the one who attacked Len two weeks ago.
27:36He attacked me.
27:38Okay, well, paint me a picture.
27:42Floor's yours.
27:44We met at the bathhouse a while back.
27:48Len told me that he'd been closeted for most of his life.
27:51Said the shame had nearly broomed him.
27:53It was...
27:55It was like hearing my own thoughts out loud.
27:57Mm-hmm.
27:58Did you tell Len about your wife, your daughter?
28:02No.
28:02I gave Len the same story I always used in the village.
28:06What story is that?
28:07That I live alone.
28:09No family.
28:10New to the city.
28:12I was careful to keep that part of my life separate so Elena wouldn't find out.
28:16That's...
28:17That's why I didn't report it when Len assaulted me two weeks ago.
28:22Okay.
28:26Then why don't you tell us what did happen?
28:29Len offered to take me somewhere private to hook up.
28:35We ended up in the back of his van in some back lane.
28:40He told me what he liked.
28:43That he fantasized about danger and domination pushing limits.
28:51But once we started, he just...
28:56He changed.
28:57Changed?
29:01How did he, uh...
29:02How did he change, you know?
29:05His whole face.
29:07His eyes.
29:10He started to choke me.
29:13Not playfully.
29:15Full pressure.
29:17I couldn't breathe.
29:19I tried to tap out, but he wouldn't let go.
29:21He was just...
29:26Staring at me like I wasn't even a person anymore.
29:30Like I was a thing.
29:33I thought I was going to die.
29:36And...
29:38And all I could think about was my wife.
29:44And my daughter.
29:47And...
29:55And so I fought back.
30:00And eventually I landed a hit.
30:04And I made a run for it.
30:08And that's how you hurt your hand.
30:16Yes.
30:19Adam, you said Len took you to a back lane.
30:22Do you have any idea where that was?
30:24I think it was behind the church.
30:27Just got off the phone with Minister Cade.
30:29He said Len left his tools in the church's shed.
30:33I like the shed.
30:38You know, if Len really did attack Adam and went to Webb to report it before Adam had the chance,
30:47well, that's calculating bold.
30:50He's as bold as assaulting a man behind the church, you work out.
30:54As bold as he's volunteering to participate in searches for men,
31:01you may disappear.
31:06I smell bleach.
31:08You smell bleach?
31:09Yeah.
31:10I don't see it.
31:15Yeah.
31:17It's strong here.
31:22Yeah.
31:24Look here.
31:26It's just not screwed in, this pal.
31:30You know, maybe Len didn't match the racial profiles of the other victims
31:35because Len wasn't a victim.
31:39Let's start with.
31:47Trophies.
31:50Len was a village serial killer.
32:09Detectives.
32:10We've uncovered multiple partial remains.
32:13Any estimate on the number of victims?
32:16At least three so far.
32:19In 25 years, I've never had a scene quite like this.
32:23Thanks.
32:40Are those trophies?
32:43Yeah, they were stashed in the shed at the back of the church.
32:47Looks like Len kept something from each of his victims.
32:50His way to relive the kill.
32:54We've confirmed six bodies recovered from the church grounds.
32:57Six?
32:58You got IDs?
32:59Omar, Arjun, and Yusuf came back fast.
33:01We're still working on the others.
33:03Were you able to determine what happened?
33:06Some of the remains are up to three years old, so the specifics are limited.
33:09But in the two most recent cases, the findings are consistent.
33:13Wrist and ankle binding, strangulation.
33:17Len told Adam he fantasized about danger, about pushing men's limits in bed.
33:25Hey, what is it?
33:27Well, Lucy said there were six bodies, but we've only got five trophies.
33:32One of them is missing.
33:35So it turns out there were more victims.
33:37I'm hearing there were at least six.
33:41That bastard Len got what was coming to him.
33:48Benj?
33:49See you tonight, Dave.
33:50Bye.
33:52I thought I told you not to bring that stuff in here.
33:55You can't take that outside?
33:56Where am I supposed to go?
33:58Reporters are on every block asking about Len.
34:01Is that my lighter?
34:03Benj.
34:04Come on, hand it over.
34:09Don't worry.
34:10I'm taking it outside.
34:16Every major news outlet is running the village serial killer story.
34:20They're coming for Webb, asking how the hell he missed the pattern and where the oversight was on his unit.
34:25It won't be long before they're asking about Len's killer too, so where we at with that?
34:29Well, Len was targeting and murdering vulnerable people from a marginalized community.
34:34He was showing no signs of stopping and no one was doing anything about it.
34:37The killer put a stop to that.
34:39That's true.
34:40But the cops dropped the ball is an illegal defense for murder.
34:43I know.
34:44Public trust is hanging by your thread.
34:46If we want to restore it, you need to bring in Len's killer.
34:50Quickly.
34:51No one was doing anything about it.
34:53Maybe this is a vigilante thing.
34:55Maybe somebody found out what Len did to a loved one and took matters into their own hands.
34:59No one looking at friends and families of six victims, three of whom we haven't even identified yet.
35:05Wonderful.
35:05So we're missing half our suspect.
35:08There's a vigil in the village tonight.
35:10If somebody close to one of our victims killed Len, well, well, Zara, they're going to be there.
35:19They were loved.
35:22They are missed.
35:24And they should have been protected.
35:26If you brought something to leave tonight, please come forward.
35:30Thank you all for coming.
35:39Sorry.
35:42Sorry.
35:43Sorry.
36:06What is it?
36:09Omar's dog.
36:11Ziggy Stardust.
36:17We're not open for another hour.
36:22Detectives?
36:24What brings you here?
36:26We wanted to check in.
36:28I'm just thinking about you.
36:30It must have been difficult to learn that the man you were canvassing with for months was responsible for killing
36:37the very man you were searching for.
36:38Yeah, I'm still trying to wrap my head around it.
36:41Anything strange stand out about Len's behavior in hindsight?
36:46He liked asking people about Arjun, Youssef, and Omar.
36:50Too much.
36:52I always felt uneasy about it.
36:54Good instincts.
36:56Serial killers, well, they often insert themselves into the aftermath of their crimes to relive the thrill of the kill.
37:03You know, another way they do that is trophies.
37:07Some like to wear their victims' jewelry.
37:10Others carry something on them.
37:14ID, keys, a lighter.
37:21Does this symbol mean anything to you?
37:24No.
37:26Never seen that before.
37:27When I first saw it, I immediately thought of the lightning bolt from David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust era.
37:34The same alter ego that Omar named his dog after.
37:38So, I got curious.
37:40I wanted to follow up with his neighbor to see if she knew what happened to his dog.
37:44The dog that barked for days after Omar went missing.
37:48And she said that Ziggy went to Omar's sister.
37:54Hazel.
37:59That's what Omar used to call me.
38:01His sister.
38:04Neither of us had family to lean on, so we looked out for each other.
38:08It wasn't blood, but it was real.
38:11We chose it.
38:12Hazel, we spoke to your staff.
38:15The ones who worked at the upstairs bar and the main bar on the night of the drag show.
38:20None of them saw you after you closed Lynn's tab, not until after midnight.
38:27What happened?
38:36Lynn brought the lighter that night because he knew he'd be close to someone who cared about Omar.
38:47You.
38:49You got a thrill out of that.
38:52And as you said, he overdid it on the drinks.
38:56And when you went to close out his tab, he finally slipped up.
39:00He pulled that lighter out with the cash, didn't he?
39:04You know, I had this lighter custom printed for Omar's 40th birthday.
39:08Bowie was his sobriety inspiration.
39:10You know, he just never, ever lit a cigarette without it.
39:15He was a pack-a-day guy.
39:24Lynn rested the lighter on the counter.
39:27Wasn't even there for a second.
39:29I recognized it right away.
39:32And then everything just clicked.
39:37Lynn's enthusiasm when we would go canvassing in the way he would encourage me to open up about Omar.
39:44He'd listen, smile.
39:48Looking back on it, he wasn't comforting me.
39:51He was getting some sort of sick rise out of my grief.
39:57But I needed to hear him say it.
40:02So I drugged him.
40:05I made Lynn one last drink to swipe some canamine from Benji.
40:10I waited till he finished it, spilled a drink on him, made it look like an accident.
40:15I watched him walk to the bathroom, clean himself off.
40:19That's where I confronted him.
40:23I told him I saw the lighter.
40:25I know you killed him.
40:27His whole demeanor just shifted.
40:31He just looked me dead in the eye and he said,
40:35No one won't believe you.
40:37Before I could even process it, Lynn slipped away.
40:40But he was right.
40:42I didn't have any proof.
40:45Do you know I spent months
40:48sounding the alarm,
40:49telling anybody who'd listen,
40:51someone is targeting men in the village.
40:53Nobody cared.
40:55Cops didn't care.
40:57Webb didn't care.
40:59He just kept feeding us the same line,
41:01but no signs of foul play.
41:04So I made a decision.
41:07He said,
41:08I'll give you a foul play.
41:10Do you know, Lynn mentioned that he
41:12went through the Rosedale Trail sometimes.
41:16I know if he died in that ravine,
41:19cops wouldn't be able to ignore it.
41:21They'd have to take seriously
41:23bring in real detectives.
41:27So I staged the crime scene.
41:30It's the only way to get you here.
41:33To make you look at those missing posters
41:35and see the pattern
41:37and realize that, yes,
41:40Lynn was a part of this.
41:45I knew once you did,
41:46you'd have to investigate
41:47these cases as connected
41:50until you saw Lynn
41:51for what he truly was.
41:52Hazel, you must have known
41:53that once we
41:55did learn the truth about Lynn,
41:56we would still be looking
41:57for his real killer.
41:59You weren't afraid
42:00that we'd find you?
42:01Yeah.
42:04I was scared.
42:09I thought about Omar.
42:11How scared he must have been.
42:14Now I couldn't let that happen
42:16to another vulnerable person
42:17from my community.
42:21Even now,
42:23I'd do it again.
42:26To expose Lynn.
42:28To find their bodies.
42:34At least someone's
42:35finally listening.
42:39Serial killers
42:40always become famous.
42:42Infamous.
42:43Interviews, podcasts,
42:45books, movies,
42:45all while their victims
42:46become footnotes.
42:48With Lynn,
42:49they're never going to be able
42:50to tell his story
42:51without talking to me.
42:54And I'm never going to tell it
42:55without centering
42:56every single one of his victims.
42:59And the cops
43:00who didn't even see them
43:00as human enough to care.
43:08Hazel Bennett,
43:09you're under arrest
43:10for the murder of Len Marsden.
43:14Read her rights outside.
43:26That doesn't feel like justice.
43:27Maybe because it's not.
43:30Don't be afraid.
43:33You're into that.
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