An Ontario police chief says the Toronto woman arrested by his drive and accused of three murders in three days may be thought-about “a serial killer” after seemingly unrelated deaths had been reported in Toronto, Niagara Falls and Hamilton.
On Friday, three Ontario police forces introduced they’d charged a 30-year-old Toronto woman with homicide after two males and a girl had been discovered lifeless over three days in numerous cities.
Cops within the three southern Ontario cities had all been investigating homicides over the previous three days, main them to conclude the identical Toronto woman could also be behind the three killings.
“I think by definition she is a serial killer — two or more offences,” Niagara Regional Police Chief Invoice Fordy informed reporters on Friday.
The lady faces two first-degree homicide charges and one depend of second-degree homicide.
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Niagara and Hamilton police laid first-degree homicide charges related to killings they consider had been random, whereas Toronto police murder detectives are charging the identical woman with the second-degree homicide of somebody they consider she knew.
Three deaths reported in three days
The primary incident occurred in Toronto, close to Keele and Dundas streets, simply after 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Police mentioned they discovered a still-unidentified woman lifeless in a house with indicators of trauma on her physique.
The subsequent day, earlier than 3 p.m., police say they had been referred to as to John Allan Park in Niagara Falls after experiences of a disturbance. Officers discovered a person struggling vital accidents who, regardless of the makes an attempt of first responders, died on the scene.
After which, on Thursday, Oct. 3, Hamilton police rushed to a parking zone off MacNab Road North, the place they discovered an unresponsive male sufferer who had been stabbed. Police mentioned he was taken to hospital, the place he died.
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Investigators with Toronto police mentioned the detectives’ working understanding was that the Toronto sufferer was recognized to the girl, whereas the 2 different deaths had been believed to be “randomly targeted.”
Ontario Chronicle has discovered the accused was roommates with the Toronto woman who was killed.
Toronto police mentioned detectives concerned had been capable of “link the homicide” in Hamilton with the dying in Niagara Falls.
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“An additional link was made to the active homicide investigation from October 1 in Toronto,” the drive mentioned.
The accused was recognized as Sabrina Kauldhar, a 30-year-old woman from Toronto. She faces a second-degree homicide cost in Toronto and a first-degree homicide cost every from Niagara Regional Police and Hamilton police.
She is within the custody of Niagara Regional Police and was arrested in Burlington, Ont.
Two assaults believed to be random
Police mentioned that, whereas the girl who died in Toronto could have been recognized to Kauldhar, they had been engaged on the understanding the opposite two assaults had been random.
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The sufferer of the Niagara Falls was recognized as 47-year-old Lance Cunningham, whereas the Hamilton stabbing sufferer was named as 77-year-old Mario Bilich.
“Mario and Lance Cunningham were both going about their business and we believe that they were random attacks,” Chief Fordy mentioned.
“We are not aware of any connection between the victims and we are not aware of a motive at this time.”
Lance Cunningham.
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Police highlighted it was early within the investigation however mentioned they’d not discovered a motive behind the 2 assaults, leaving them to be presently thought-about random.
“This remains an ongoing investigation by homicide detectives; as they continue to determine the timeline of events,” Toronto police mentioned.
Family and friends confirmed that 77-year-old Bilich from Hamilton was a retired instructor.
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Calogero Milazzo, a good friend of Bilich’s, mentioned he was shocked.
“He was an ex-high school teacher, he knew many languages, he was brilliant,” he informed Ontario Chronicle. “A friendly guy, happy-go-lucky, five kids, everything.”
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In a publish on Fb, Bilich’s daughter mentioned her father had died in a “senseless stabbing” within the metropolis.
“Please pray for us, his children, in-laws, grandchildren, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews here in Canada as well as his many cugini e zii in Italy and Croatia and France,” she wrote in her publish.
Mario Bilich.
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Requested if he feared the deaths may have continued if Kauldhar had not been arrested, Chief Fordy mentioned it was arduous to guess.
“It’s always difficult to speculate on what somebody would do,” he mentioned.
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“What I can say is I am very pleased that we were able to bring this to closure in a quick manner. We have three families who have lost their loved ones, and I think, if someone has committed three offences in a time frame like that, there is a risk of them committing further offences.”
Chief Fordy mentioned investigators had been ready to make use of video footage to determine Kauldhar earlier than she was ultimately arrested simply earlier than 6 p.m. on Thursday.
He mentioned Kauldhar arrived at a location investigators had been securing in Burlington on Thursday, the place she was taken into custody. The scene the place she was arrested, Fordy mentioned, was a resort however he wouldn’t remark if she was staying there.
Officers mentioned they’re significantly involved with anybody who could have seen Kauldhar between Oct. 1 and her arrest simply earlier than 6 p.m. on Oct. 3, asking anybody with info to come back ahead.
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“Our investigators are in the throes of trying to better understand the timeline,” Fordy mentioned.
Police are additionally seeking to determine a girl seen at a Big Tiger location in Burlington shopping for garments Kauldhar apparently had when she was arrested.
Kauldhar appeared in courtroom on Friday.
— with information from Ontario Chronicle’ Catherine McDonald
Police try to determine a feminine who was noticed on CCTV footage on October 1 on the Big Tiger positioned at 2025 Guelph Line in Burlington shopping for clothes.
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