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00:05In Toronto's War on Crime, the worst offenders are pursued by the detectives of the Specialized Criminal Investigations Unit.
00:12These are their stories.
00:18Loves to cook.
00:20All right, two or more languages.
00:23You lot are putting me to shame.
00:26All right, what about Loves Life performance?
00:30Jim Gower, Peter Buff, Edwin.
00:33Could be twins.
00:35Back home, I once did costume design for a theater company in Nairobi.
00:40I made this tie, actually.
00:43All right, forget twins.
00:45You have way too much style.
00:47I bet you're proud of your son.
00:49Would you care to try Len's famous Dayton walnut cookies?
00:54Have fun.
00:57All right, so, drinks coffee, tea, everything.
01:00Hey, Adam.
01:01Oof, what happened there?
01:03Just sprained tendon.
01:04Just hit the back room.
01:05I used to do a bit of boxing back in the day.
01:07Wrist support is everything.
01:09Yeah, thanks.
01:11Hey, Tevin.
01:12Welcome back, Len.
01:24Wait, a room?
01:27Babe, it's a den.
01:29It doesn't even have a door.
01:30Yeah, but I have a neutrabullet.
01:32I thought that broke.
01:34Which is why I need the rooming.
01:38Whoa, hi.
01:39You don't tape over someone's face.
01:41It's old news, Hazel.
01:43That doesn't mean there's no rest to cover.
01:45All right, my bad.
02:13Thanks for bringing me.
02:14Oh, don't mention it.
02:16I've been where you are.
02:18It's two doubles.
02:21And, uh, I'm single.
02:23Leave the kid alone.
02:24We're gonna find a spot.
02:29Hey.
02:31Are you holding?
02:37I know, I know.
02:38I drop it, I stock it.
02:41Baby?
02:42What can I get you to drink?
02:45What exactly are they saying?
02:48Well, let them spin the story however they want, as long as my name doesn't come up.
02:55Yeah, all right.
02:56Thanks.
02:57Keep me posted.
02:59Are you there, Webb?
03:00Traffic incident at Church and Wellesley.
03:04Webb here, currently unavailable.
03:13Hey, take it easy on him.
03:14He just wants to see the show.
03:16You don't speak to me about my son.
03:19Let that be our first and last mistake.
03:27So I said if she wants a nanny, she can pay the payroll tax.
03:32God, Em, you're like the only woman I know that can't cardio and gossip at the same time.
03:40Oh, my God.
04:22A couple of locals were getting their morning steps in when they spotted him.
04:26Call came in at 6.30 a.m.
04:29Any other witnesses?
04:31Canvassing, but nothing yet.
04:32Got a line search underway to look for the murder weapon.
04:35The assault started up there on the pathway, continued down, ended here.
04:41Bunt force to the head, heavy on the trauma.
04:45Got a name?
04:46Len Marsden, 55.
04:49Cash, credit cards, looks like it's all here.
04:52Been working this neighborhood a long time.
04:54Huggings are rare.
04:55Murders, rarer.
04:57Well, Rosedale's not exactly a hotbed of sin.
05:01Quiet, rich.
05:03One of the lowest crime rates in the country, actually.
05:06Nice gig.
05:07It was up until this morning.
05:09Maybe it was a crime of opportunity.
05:11Killer waited for the perfect moment.
05:14Strikes hard, then moved on.
05:15Moved?
05:17Over this way.
05:18I firstly dug hole.
05:25Oh, boy.
05:26Looks like the killer was planning on burying the body.
05:29Maybe something interrupted them.
05:32The park lights are on timers.
05:35They're set to come on at dusk and turn off at dawn.
05:39That one's still on.
05:40Its timer must be faulty.
05:42Maybe the attack happened at night.
05:44The light kicked on and spooked the killer mid-burial.
05:49Time of death is between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. last night.
05:53Cause of death, multiple traumatic blows to the head.
05:56When I say multiple, I mean that our victim took a serious beating.
05:59He was dead before the final blow even landed.
06:01So, serious overkill, uh, what'd they use?
06:04Some blunt baton-like weapon.
06:06Any signs he fought back?
06:08None.
06:08No defensive ones.
06:10It's hard to believe a man of lens size would go down without a fight.
06:13He didn't defend himself because he couldn't.
06:15Toxicology turned up a high blood alcohol level and a high dose of ketamine.
06:19Both ingested less than an hour before he died.
06:22So, essentially, he was legless by the time he got on the path.
06:26Do we know what Len was doing on the path so late in the first place?
06:29His apartment's in Rosedale.
06:31Ten-minute walk from the crime scene.
06:32So, maybe somebody saw him drunk, drugged, walking alone, decided to take advantage.
06:37Could be.
06:38Or it's just as possible if somebody wanted him in that state.
06:41As Bateman says, look at the size of the guy.
06:43It'd be a lot easier to handle like that.
06:45No next of kin, no financial activity yesterday.
06:48Well, the man had nobody, and yet half of Rosedale is calling in, demanding to know what happened to him.
06:55Okay, we'll head to his place, build a timeline forward, find out why big Len here didn't make it home
07:01last night.
07:02Remember what they did to Jerry's son Levi when they caught him with the neighbor boy?
07:10They dragged him through the village, flogged him until he stopped breathing.
07:16It's not like that here.
07:17Edwin, do you think I wanted to do that last night?
07:21I had to for you.
07:23Len, Len didn't deserve...
07:25Never speak that name again.
07:34Give me something.
07:36Where are you?
07:43Spoke with Len's landlord.
07:45The last time she saw him was yesterday.
07:47He was pulling out in his van around noon.
07:50Is the van back in the parking spot?
07:52No.
07:52Actually, I just flagged it with CPIC.
07:54Patrol units are watching out for that.
07:56What did you find?
07:56Calendar entry.
07:58Yes, that noon.
08:01NHU.
08:02NHU.
08:02Could be someone's initials?
08:04No.
08:06New Haven United Church.
08:08Amen.
08:10Len was a self-employed handyman.
08:13I've been contracting him for years.
08:15He's dependable, quiet.
08:18Always got the job done.
08:19You two were close.
08:20Not at first.
08:22He mostly kept to himself.
08:24But a few years back, I asked him if he would help with some renovations.
08:27Pews, benches, that sort of thing.
08:29And then he was around a lot.
08:31Did that change things between the two of you?
08:34New Haven is a very inclusive space.
08:36And Len could see that.
08:38Soon enough, he was a beloved member of the congregation.
08:44This is going to upset a lot of people.
08:46Anyone in particular?
08:48Someone that he'd been seeing more of lately?
08:51A young man named Edwin.
08:53A Kenyan newcomer.
08:55They met at a new Canadian tea recently and got on well.
08:59Edwin stopped by yesterday to see Len.
09:04They left together around 7.
09:06Did he mention where they were going?
09:08No.
09:10But strangely, I got an email this morning from Edwin's father, Jeremiah.
09:14He asked to be taken off the church events mailing list.
09:17I got the sense that he wasn't comfortable with Len and Edwin's friendship.
09:27I just came from New Haven Church.
09:30Minister Cade informed me that he received a strange request from you.
09:34Why did you send that email?
09:37I could not continue to accept help from my church that welcomes people like Len.
09:42Len was just like me.
09:44He understood what it was like to have a father who couldn't accept him for who he was.
09:50After you and Len left the church yesterday, where did you go?
09:53He knew I was looking for a queer community in Toronto, so he offered to take me to a drag
09:59show.
10:00I went to the show to get him.
10:01He was drunk.
10:03Dancing.
10:04So what'd you do?
10:05I raised my voice.
10:06Is that all?
10:07Broke some glasses.
10:08I won't deny it, but no one was hurt.
10:12My father brought me straight home, and we've been here ever since when we left that drag show.
10:19Len was a little drunk, but very much alive.
10:22Did you see any drugs?
10:23Ketamine?
10:24I don't know what that is.
10:25I just wanted to see the show.
10:28Okay.
10:29And where was the show?
10:31Cruising Tangos.
10:32It's a bar in an area, Len, called the Gay Village.
10:40Back home.
10:42Being gay can get you killed by your family.
10:46My father is scared.
10:47What happened to Len could happen to me, but he's not a bad man.
10:53My father said the confrontation wasn't violent, and they left Cruising Tangos around 9.
10:58The kid's telling the same story.
11:00He claims they haven't left the apartment since.
11:02De Silva says that Len had his last drink and took the drugs in the hour before he died,
11:07so no earlier than 10 p.m.
11:09If there are alibi holes.
11:11It would have been long gone before anyone had the chance to dose Len.
11:14So let's find out who stuck around.
11:20Who was Len talking to after Edwin and his father left?
11:23I couldn't tell you.
11:24I was drag night.
11:25The place was popped.
11:27I served Len and Edwin around 8.
11:29Saw them again during all the drama and didn't pay much attention to Len after that.
11:34You know, our pathologist told us that by the time this guy left, he could barely walk.
11:39So who was the last to serve him?
11:40Any one of the other bartenders?
11:43Or my manager, Hazel.
11:45She might have stepped in.
11:46She knew Len better than I did.
11:47And where is she now?
11:49Upstairs bar.
11:50One last question.
11:51Do you know where Len might have found ketamine in here?
11:54Yeah, no.
11:55But a place like this, a night like that, wouldn't take much asking.
12:00Thanks.
12:01Mm-hmm.
12:07Cut him off around 10.30.
12:09Len didn't come in that often, but I think after that argument with that kid's dad, he overdid it a
12:14bit.
12:15Drugs, though?
12:16I don't know where those came from.
12:17Did you happen to notice Len hanging out or leaving with anyone?
12:21No.
12:21But I was up here bartending for most of the night.
12:23It was downstairs.
12:24I noticed a couple of these posters up the block, but it was a different name.
12:29And, uh, Omar and, uh, Yusuf.
12:32These yours?
12:33Yeah.
12:34Len and I were going to go canvassing in Cabbage Town this afternoon.
12:38Hmm.
12:39The two of you were searching for these men?
12:41Yes.
12:42Us along with some others.
12:43That's how we met.
12:44Did Len know any of these men?
12:46No.
12:48But the village is pretty tight-knit.
12:49You know, it's big and small at the same time.
12:52What if the police turned out?
12:53Nothing.
12:54They're brown-skinned.
12:56Gay.
12:57They're living on the edge of society.
13:00It's nothing new, though.
13:02The cops in this community are enforcers, not protectors.
13:07What happened to Len is awful.
13:09But if it had happened in the village instead of Rosedale,
13:13who knows how seriously the local police would have taken the investigation?
13:16So all these men went missing from the village within the last two years?
13:20Yes.
13:21Pattern's obvious to us.
13:23Even though the cops pretend like it doesn't mean anything.
13:26You think the same person's behind these disappearances?
13:30You see it, don't you?
13:39All right, let's say that the village is on to something.
13:41How does Len Marsden fit in with this picture?
13:44Well, he obviously doesn't match the racial profile, but he does fit a pattern.
13:49Middle-aged, bearded, bigger-bodied, all these men self-identified as bears.
13:55The demography tracks.
13:56As does the geography.
13:58Omar, Youssef, and Arjun were all last seen within a kilometer of each other.
14:02And Len was likely drugged at crews and tangles, which is smack dab in the middle of that area.
14:08And if these other three men are dead, where are their bodies?
14:12Because Len's body turned up on that trail.
14:14We found a shallow grave at the scene.
14:16We're thinking the killer intended to bury Len, but didn't get the chance to finish the job.
14:21Serial killers get caught when they get sloppy.
14:24This might be their first slip-up.
14:27All right, put a team on the ravine trail, have them search for other graves,
14:31and follow up with whoever handled the missing men's cases.
14:41Officer Webb, how long you've been running point on the, uh, village detail?
14:45A few years now.
14:47I'm big on outreach.
14:48Boots on the ground.
14:50My team's done a really good job of keeping lines of communication open.
14:54So you've heard about this, uh, serial killer theory?
14:57Only at every town hall since last winter.
15:00Really picked up after Akeem Shadid disappeared.
15:03Akeem Shadid, I don't remember.
15:04Hazel mentioning him.
15:05She wouldn't.
15:07Hakeem was living with schizophrenia.
15:10He vanished for a couple of months and turned up in Timmins, alive and unharmed.
15:14But by then, Hazel had already lit the match, accused us of ignoring a killer in the village.
15:19Folks got scared.
15:20So what's your take on Hazel's, uh, serial killer theory?
15:26Omar Haddad, Yusuf Nassar, Arjun Patel.
15:28I've looked into all of them.
15:30We didn't find any signs of foul play.
15:32Oh, and what did you find?
15:34Omar had a long history of drug use.
15:37Arjun was a sex worker and unhoused.
15:39Yusuf's refugee claim was denied.
15:41He-he might have gone underground.
15:42But these aren't the kinds of guys who leave a forwarding address.
15:45No, but they are the kind of guys whose disappearance wouldn't cause headlines and the kind of guys who somebody
15:52could pick off without much noise.
15:54Look, I've walked the strip longer than most.
15:56I think I got a good idea who's out there and who's just moved on.
16:00Look, not every gap in the community has evidence of foul play.
16:03Well, you're probably right.
16:04Still, there's just a few things we want to cross-reference with our investigation into Len Marston's murder.
16:11Yeah, yeah.
16:12How about I pull my notes and I have them sent over to your office?
16:15Appreciate it.
16:16Thanks.
16:19I just got off the phone with the last of the witnesses Webb interviewed in the missing men's cases.
16:25And?
16:25And their statements haven't changed.
16:28Webb's notes line up and I ask them about Len and there doesn't seem to be any connection.
16:33Now, we're missing something.
16:36What were these men doing when they disappeared?
16:39We don't really know.
16:40Uh, Yusuf and Arjun were last seen at intersections and Omar was last seen leaving his building on Dundonald.
16:48Did Omar live with anyone?
16:50Yeah.
16:51Ziggy Stardust.
16:53His dog.
16:54Apparently it barked for three days straight after Omar went missing.
16:57Poor thing.
16:57Neighbor called it in.
17:00Now, Arjun and Yusuf were of no fixed address.
17:03Len and Omar lived alone.
17:05Now, that's not something you learn about somebody at a glance.
17:09The killer knew, though.
17:11Knew there wouldn't be anyone waiting for them at home or that there wasn't even any home to begin with.
17:15Yeah.
17:16The missing connection is where the killer was meeting his victims.
17:20Learning who would quietly disappear.
17:23We find that place.
17:25We find the killer's hunting ground.
17:28None of the other victims came to my bar.
17:30There was a little cafe over on Maitland.
17:32Omar used to grab coffee there sometimes.
17:34And Arjun would get pastries from their food rescue program when he needed to.
17:38Yeah, we spoke with the owner there.
17:40Her statement was in their case files.
17:42So she said they would come in alone.
17:44No conversations, no company.
17:46What about Yusuf?
17:47Any interaction with the others?
17:49Yusuf kept to himself more than most.
17:51Moved around like he was trying not to be seen.
17:54Heard he was closeted.
17:55And facing deportation to someone like that.
17:58Discretion is key.
18:00So where might Yusuf have gone if he wanted to meet men discreetly?
18:05A bathhouse.
18:06Doesn't get more discreet than that.
18:10Right now.
18:16Low lights, private rooms, no cameras, unspoken understanding that people don't talk about what they see.
18:23A bathhouse is the perfect place for a predator to get close to their target.
18:28But I have too many eyes on them.
18:30Yeah, sure is.
18:31Well, there are three bathhouses within walking distance.
18:34Take your pick.
18:36Steamhouse Baths logo.
18:38Yeah.
18:39That's the same logo that was on Len's gym bag in his apartment.
18:50And new Len Marsden.
18:54Look, detectives, if these men were members of my bathhouse, I would know.
18:59Well, that's strange because Len's bank records show he's been a member here for years.
19:05Where were you the night Len died?
19:07Here.
19:09We're open 24-7.
19:11There were over 100 guys through here that night.
19:13Ask any of them.
19:14Kevin, did you delete Len's membership?
19:19He's not saying no.
19:21So, if you didn't have anything to do with Len's murder, why'd you describe his name?
19:27Because I was told to.
19:30Told to by whom?
19:33It was Officer Webb.
19:35Hold on.
19:36Sorry.
19:38What does Officer Webb have to do with this?
19:43When the posters of the missing men started going up last winter,
19:47I realized that they had all been here shortly before they disappeared.
19:53I caught Webb on patrol and I told him about it, but he said that the serial killer stuff was
20:00all community panic.
20:02And when did Webb tell you to wipe Len's name?
20:05He cornered me at my car last night, told me that you might be around asking about Len and the
20:11others,
20:12and that I was to stay quiet.
20:18He said it wouldn't be good for business.
20:23I know what it sounds like when a cop makes a threat.
20:34Damn it, I'm out.
20:35I'll grab Mark.
20:36Here.
20:41Hey, need a hand?
20:50Well, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you.
20:52You didn't.
20:53So I heard you're talking to those detectives.
20:57So you're back on about that, uh, serial killer theory again.
21:01I didn't tell them anything I haven't told you.
21:04More than once.
21:05Just remember, once the suits move on, me and my team will still be here.
21:11Looking out for folks.
21:12Right.
21:13Looking out.
21:15Is everything okay here?
21:17Yeah, just making sure everyone's safe.
21:28Obstructing an investigation and intimidating a witness are serious claims.
21:32I'm gonna need more than a bathhouse owner's word
21:35before I tell Webb's superiors that the head of their village detail is corrupt.
21:41Well, he might be more than that.
21:44This came from Forrester.
21:49Parents say London police are to blame for daughter's critical injury.
21:52Okay, what am I looking at here?
21:54A few years ago, Webb was stationed in London.
21:58He led a botched raid on a strip club, arrested one Ash Perkins, a trans woman.
22:04During the takedown, she was injured and, uh, she went into a coma because he denied her medical attention.
22:10I've never heard about this.
22:12Well, you wouldn't have because the London police gave Webb the option to resign
22:17before they opened an investigation.
22:18He was never charged.
22:19His name doesn't come up in the article because none of this was ever made public.
22:23No.
22:24Until recently, when Ash's, uh, parents obtained new counsel and are demanding answers.
22:29So, Webb has a history of violence against a queer person.
22:34Oh, my God.
22:35I don't like where we're headed.
22:36Well, then you're really not gonna like this.
22:38The night Len died, the village dispatch records show Webb was on duty but unavailable
22:44until he returned his patrol car at 2 or 3 a.m.
22:46The entire window of Len's death.
22:48Yeah.
22:49Okay.
22:50I'll make the calls.
22:52Bring him in.
23:01Ash Perkins was an accident.
23:03I didn't mean to hurt her.
23:05And I didn't hurt any of those men from the village.
23:07Then why is there no record of Tevin telling you that they all went to the bathhouse?
23:12If I had to log Tevin's statement, my team would have had to follow up.
23:16Seemed like a waste of resources.
23:18So?
23:18I made a call.
23:19That's the job.
23:20It's not a crime.
23:21Threatening a witness is.
23:24You went back to, uh, Tevin.
23:28To make sure he didn't talk about Len.
23:32Why?
23:33Because I knew Len was a bathhouse patron from patrol.
23:36And when you showed up asking questions about the others, it made me realize that I overlooked a couple of
23:42things.
23:43And I had already gone on record, public record, dismissing the serial killer theory.
23:49Then why not get out in front of it and share what you know?
23:51If you had uncovered a serial killer in the village, the public backlash would have put too many eyes on
23:57me.
23:57Your London raid would be exposed.
24:00You'd be staring down a SIU investigation.
24:05Officer Webb, on the night Len was killed, you were patrolling the village.
24:09You have three hours unaccounted for.
24:12Where were you?
24:14I got a call that night from a friend in London, warning me about the article and telling me that
24:23Ash Perkins' parents were demanding that my name be released.
24:26Well, personally, I think it should be.
24:28Where were you?
24:29I needed to clear my head.
24:33I drove down to the lake.
24:36Forgot to turn my body cam off.
24:39It's all on there.
24:43Earlier, you said you overlooked a couple of things.
24:46The bathhouse is one.
24:48What else?
24:50A couple of weeks back, Len came to me to report an assault.
24:53Excuse me?
24:54He said he was attacked during a hookup.
24:56He was really angry at first, but by the end of the conversation, he cooled down and he said that
25:00pressing charges wasn't worth it.
25:02Who attacked him?
25:03I don't know.
25:05I never got a name.
25:12I don't know.
25:13Hey, Adam.
25:16Hey.
25:20Hey, shouldn't you be laying off the gym while your hand heals?
25:24Asana helps with the stiffness.
25:30Oh.
25:35Oh, my God.
25:37What is it?
25:38This is on that path by the ravine.
25:42Apparently, Rosalind's husband's sister was the one who found him.
25:46Oh, that poor man.
25:50This neighborhood used to be safe.
25:52Hey.
25:53Webb's body cam checks out for the night of the murder, but I found something else.
25:57What you got?
25:57Footage of Len reporting the assault.
25:59Did he give a name?
26:00Well, he didn't mention a name, but he did mention getting two coffees from DoorDash and picking them up around
26:05seven, so I pulled a name from the order.
26:08Adam Harris.
26:09Hmm.
26:10Beautiful wife.
26:11Cute kid.
26:12Yeah, and an address.
26:14In Rosedale.
26:16Well, it all fits.
26:17This guy's not openly cruising.
26:19He's discreet.
26:20Bathhouse discreet.
26:21I had the same thought, so I gave Tevin a call.
26:23He confirmed seeing Adam at Steamhouse.
26:26Okay, so he meets Len at the bathhouse, finds out Len lives alone.
26:31They arrange to hook up, but they do.
26:35Adam attacks Len, but he gets away.
26:38Seems like the kind of loose end a serial killer would want to tie it up.
26:53I didn't kill him.
26:56I was home in bed the night Len died.
26:58Can anyone, uh, back that up?
27:02Your wife, perhaps.
27:04I prefer you didn't drag Elena into this.
27:08Walker, sir, what happened between you and Len two Fridays ago?
27:12We grabbed a coffee.
27:14That's it.
27:15That's it, huh?
27:17Well, not according to Len.
27:19You see, Len told an officer that you attacked him.
27:23I wasn't the one who attacked Len two weeks ago.
27:26He attacked me.
27:28Okay, well, paint me a picture.
27:32Floor's yours.
27:34We met at the bathhouse a while back.
27:38Len told me that he'd been closeted for most of his life.
27:41Said the shame had nearly broomed him.
27:43It was...
27:45It was like hearing my own thoughts out loud.
27:47Mm-hmm.
27:48Did you tell Len about your wife, your daughter?
27:52No.
27:52I gave Len the same story I always use in the village.
27:56What story is that?
27:57That I live alone.
27:59No family.
28:00New to the city.
28:02I was careful to keep that part of my life separate so Elena wouldn't find out.
28:07That's...
28:07That's why I didn't report it when Len assaulted me two weeks ago.
28:12Okay.
28:16Then why don't you tell us what did happen?
28:19Len offered to take me somewhere private to hook up.
28:25We ended up in the back of his van in some back lane.
28:28And he told me what he liked.
28:33That he fantasized about danger and domination pushing limits.
28:41But once we started he just...
28:46He changed.
28:47Changed?
28:48Changed?
28:51How did he, uh...
28:52How did he change you?
28:55His whole face.
28:57His eyes.
29:00He started to choke me.
29:03Not playfully.
29:05Full pressure.
29:07I couldn't breathe.
29:09I couldn't breathe.
29:09I tried to tap out but he wouldn't let go.
29:11He was just...
29:16Staring at me like I wasn't even a person anymore.
29:20Like I was a thing.
29:23I thought I was going to die.
29:27And...
29:28And all I could think about was my wife.
29:34And my daughter.
29:37And...
29:45And so I fought back.
29:50And eventually I landed a hit.
29:54And I made a run for it.
29:58And that's how you hurt your hand.
30:06Yes.
30:09Adam, you said Len took you to a back lane.
30:12Do you have any idea where that was?
30:14I think it was behind the church.
30:17Just got off the phone with Minister Cade.
30:19He said Len left his tools in the church's shed.
30:23I like the shed.
30:28You know, if Len really did attack Adam
30:32and went to Web to report it
30:35before Adam had the chance,
30:37well, that's calculating.
30:40Bold.
30:40It's as bold as assaulting a man behind the church, you work out.
30:44As bold as his volunteering to participate
30:48in searches for men,
30:50you may disappear.
30:56I smell bleach.
30:58You smell bleach?
30:59Yeah.
31:00I don't see it.
31:05No.
31:08It's strong here.
31:12Yeah.
31:14Look here.
31:16This is not screwed in this pal.
31:20You know, maybe Len didn't match
31:23the racial profiles of the other victims
31:25because Len wasn't a victim
31:29to start with.
31:37Trophies.
31:37Trophies.
31:40Len was a village serial killer.
31:59Detectives.
32:00We've uncovered multiple partial remains.
32:03Any estimate on the number of victims?
32:06At least three so far.
32:09In 25 years,
32:11I've never had a scene quite like this.
32:13Thanks.
32:31Are those...
32:33trophies?
32:34Yeah, they were stashed in the shed
32:35at the back of the church.
32:37Looks like Len kept something
32:39from each of his victims.
32:40His way to...
32:42relive the kill.
32:44We've confirmed six bodies
32:45recovered from the church grounds.
32:47Six?
32:48You got IDs?
32:49Omar, Arjun, and Yusuf
32:51came back fast.
32:51We're still working on the others.
32:53Were you able to determine
32:55what happened?
32:55Some of the remains
32:56are up to three years old,
32:58so the specifics are limited,
32:59but in the two most recent cases,
33:02the findings are consistent.
33:03Wrist and ankle binding,
33:06strangulation.
33:07Len told Adam he fantasized
33:08about danger,
33:09about pushing men's limits in bed.
33:15Hey, what is it?
33:17Well, Lucy said there were six bodies,
33:19but we've only got five trophies.
33:22One of them is missing.
33:25So it turns out there were more victims.
33:27I'm hearing there were at least six.
33:31That bastard Len got what was coming to him.
33:38Benj?
33:39See you tonight, Dave.
33:40Bye.
33:42I thought I told you not to bring
33:43that stuff in here.
33:45You can't take that outside?
33:46Where am I supposed to go?
33:48Reporters are in every block
33:49asking about Len.
33:51Is that my lighter?
33:53Benj.
33:54Come on.
33:55Hand it over.
33:59Don't worry.
34:00I'm taking it outside.
34:05Len.
34:06Every major news outlet
34:08is running the village serial killer story.
34:10They're coming for Webb,
34:11asking how the hell he missed the pattern
34:13and where the oversight was on his unit.
34:15Won't be long before they're asking
34:16about Len's killer too,
34:18so where are we at with that?
34:19Well, Len was targeting and murdering
34:21vulnerable people from a marginalized community.
34:24He was showing no signs of stopping
34:25and no one was doing anything about it.
34:27The killer put a stop to that.
34:29That's true.
34:30But the cops dropped the ball
34:31is an illegal defense for murder.
34:33I know.
34:34Public trust is hanging by your thread.
34:36If we want to restore it,
34:38you need to bring in Len's killer.
34:40Quickly.
34:40No one was doing anything about it.
34:43Maybe this is a vigilante thing.
34:45Maybe somebody found out
34:46what Len did to a loved one
34:48and took matters into their own hands.
34:50No, we're looking at friends
34:50and families of six victims,
34:52three of whom we haven't even identified yet.
34:55Wonderful.
34:55So we're missing half our suspect.
34:57There's a vigil in the village tonight.
35:00If somebody close to one of our victims
35:02killed Len, well,
35:04well, sorry, they're going to be there.
35:09They were loved.
35:12They are missed.
35:14And they should have been protected.
35:16If you brought something to leave tonight,
35:19please come forward.
35:20Thank you all for coming.
35:29Oh, sorry.
35:33Sorry.
35:56What is it?
35:59Omar's dog.
36:01Ziggy Stardust.
36:07We're not open for another hour.
36:12Detectives?
36:14What brings you here?
36:16We wanted to check in.
36:18Just thinking about you,
36:20it must have been difficult
36:21to learn that the man
36:23you were canvassing with for months
36:24was responsible for killing
36:27the very men you were searching for.
36:28Yeah, I'm still trying to wrap
36:29wrap my head around it.
36:31Anything strange stand out
36:33about Len's behavior in hindsight.
36:36He liked asking people
36:37about Arjun, Yousef, and Omar.
36:39Too much.
36:42I always felt uneasy about it.
36:44Good instincts.
36:46Serial killers,
36:47well, they often insert themselves
36:49into the aftermath of their crimes
36:51to relive the thrill of the kill.
36:53You know, another way they do that
36:55is, uh, trophies.
36:58Some like to wear their victim's jewelry.
37:00Others carry something on them.
37:03Um, I.D., keys, a lighter.
37:11Does this symbol mean anything to you?
37:14No.
37:16Never seen that before.
37:18When I first saw it,
37:18I immediately thought of the,
37:20the lightning bolt
37:21from David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust era.
37:24The same alter ego
37:26that Omar named his dog after.
37:28So,
37:29I got curious.
37:30I wanted to follow up
37:31with his neighbor
37:31to see if she knew
37:32what happened to his dog.
37:34The dog that barked for days
37:36after Omar went missing.
37:38And she said that
37:41Ziggy went to Omar's sister.
37:44Hazel.
37:49That's what Omar used to call me.
37:51His sister.
37:54Neither of us had family to lean on,
37:55so we looked up for each other.
37:58It wasn't blood, but
38:00it was real.
38:01We chose it.
38:02Hazel, we spoke to your staff.
38:05The ones who worked
38:06at the upstairs bar
38:07and the main bar
38:08on the night of the drag show.
38:10None of them saw you
38:11after you closed Lynn's tab,
38:13not until after midnight.
38:17What happened?
38:26Lynn brought the lighter that night
38:28because he knew he'd be close to someone
38:35cared about Omar.
38:37You.
38:39You got a thrill out of that.
38:42And as you said,
38:44you overdid it on the drinks.
38:46And when you went to close out his tab,
38:48he finally slipped up.
38:50He pulled that lighter out with the cash,
38:53didn't he?
38:54Do you know I had this letter
38:55custom printed
38:55for Omar's 40th birthday?
38:58Bowie was his sobriety inspiration.
39:00He,
39:01he,
39:02he,
39:02he just,
39:03never, ever lit a cigarette without it.
39:05He was a
39:06pack-a-day guy.
39:14Len rested the lighter
39:15on the counter.
39:17Wasn't even there for a second.
39:19I recognized it right away.
39:22And then everything just
39:25clicked.
39:27Len's enthusiasm
39:28when we would go canvassing
39:30and the way he would
39:31encourage me to open up
39:33about Omar.
39:34He'd listen,
39:36smile,
39:38looking back on it.
39:39He wasn't comforting me.
39:41He was getting some sort of
39:44sick rise
39:45out of my grief.
39:47But I needed to hear him say it.
39:52So I drugged him.
39:55I made Len one last drink
39:57to swipe some canamine
39:58from Benji.
40:00I waited till he finished it,
40:02spilled a drink on him,
40:03made it look like an accident.
40:05I watched him walk to the bathroom.
40:07clean himself off.
40:09That's where I confronted him.
40:13I told him,
40:14I saw the lighter.
40:15I know you killed them.
40:17His whole demeanor
40:19just shifted.
40:21He just looked me dead in the eye
40:23and he said,
40:25no one will believe you.
40:27Before I could even process it,
40:29Len slipped away.
40:30But he was right.
40:32I didn't have any proof.
40:35Do you know I spent months
40:38sounding the alarm,
40:39telling anybody who'd listen,
40:41someone is targeting men in the village.
40:43Nobody cared.
40:45Cops didn't care.
40:47Webb didn't care.
40:49Just kept feeding us the same line
40:51but no signs of foul play.
40:54So I made a decision.
40:57I said,
40:58I'll give you your foul play.
41:00Do you know Len mentioned that he
41:02went through the Rosedale Trail sometimes.
41:06I know if he died in that ravine,
41:08the cops wouldn't be able to ignore it.
41:11They'd have to take seriously
41:13bring in real detectives.
41:17So I staged the crime scene.
41:20It's the only way to get you here.
41:23To make you look at those missing posters
41:25and see the pattern
41:28and realize that,
41:29yes,
41:30Len was a part of this.
41:35I knew once you did,
41:36you'd have to investigate
41:37these cases as connected.
41:40Until you saw Len
41:41for what he truly was.
41:42Hazel,
41:43you must have known
41:43that once we
41:45did learn the truth about Len,
41:46we would still be looking
41:47for his real killer.
41:49You weren't afraid
41:50that we'd find you?
41:51Yeah.
41:54I was scared.
41:59Then I thought about Omar.
42:01How scared he must have been.
42:04Now I couldn't let that happen
42:06to another vulnerable person
42:07from my community.
42:11Even now,
42:13I'd do it again.
42:15To expose Len,
42:18to find their bodies.
42:23At least someone's
42:25finally listening.
42:29Serial killers
42:30always become famous.
42:32Infamous.
42:33Interviews,
42:34podcasts,
42:35books,
42:35movies,
42:35all while their victims
42:36become footnotes.
42:38With Len,
42:39they're never going to be able
42:40to tell his story
42:41without talking to me.
42:44And I'm never going to tell it
42:45without centering
42:46every single one
42:47of his victims.
42:49And the cops
42:50who didn't even see them
42:50as human enough
42:51to care.
42:58Hazel Bennett,
42:59you're under arrest
43:00for the murder
43:00of Len Marsden.
43:04Read her to rights outside.
43:16That doesn't feel like justice.
43:18Maybe because it's not.
43:19Are you alone?
43:25No.
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