All language subtitles for The Detectives (2018) 3x05 - Project Prism (English)

It's late 2013.

We had spent the vast
majority of the previous year

investigating the disappearances
of 3 brown-skinned men

from the Gay Village in Toronto.

The Brunton angle was a
very difficult investigation.

Said he killed this guy
and he killed that guy

and that he ate them.

Really delving into a very bizarre world

of the cannibalism fetish.

Wait, so you think that
Luka Magnotta is Nathan?

Magnotta was in Toronto
at the right time.

And he was referring to himself
as a cannibal serial killer.

Exposing myself and
a lot of the officers

to some material that we'll never unsee.

But we couldn't say any of
these men had been murdered,

because we had no evidence
that they had been murdered.

I found another person
connected to two of our men.

He goes by Silverfoxx51.

- Synced and corrected by Firefly -
- www.addic7ed.com -

_

Looking for connections
between our 3 missing men

had become the focus of Project Houston.

_

We need to know if these
3 guys are connected.

I've been reviewing the victims'
computers and cell phones.

Any name appearing in
more than one goes up here.

This way, we can speak
with each of them,

find out how they know the missing men

and how they might be connected.

We had computers belonging
to two of the victims.

And we had obtained usernames
of associates on those computers

when we were identifying
them and reaching out to them.

It's a good start, but not enough.

Coffey's focusing on their digital life.

For all the rest of you,

I need you to go out in the community

and talk to people.

Add anyone to this list that
knows more than one of them.

We launched a public awareness campaign.

It was the first time

anybody had connected
all 3 victims publicly.

Concern is growing
in the Village tonight

as police look for leads in
the disappearance of 3 men.

Police from 51 Division
were canvassing today,

hoping these posters
will jog someone's memory

in a strange case of 3 missing men

whose only connection seems
to be this neighbourhood.

We wanted those faces out there.

And we wanted anybody with
any information whatsoever

to contact us, no matter how small.

Someone must've seen something.

Police say this is a missing
persons investigation.

It was the lead story on all the news.

Some people came forward,

but we were still left
with nobody had any idea

what had happened to any of them.

Meanwhile, on our end,
Debbie developed a theory.

I've got another angle.

Nathan.

During the Brunton investigation,

we had discovered an associate
of Brunton named Nathan.

Think you know who Nathan is?

When Brunton met Nathan, he
was stripping at Remington's.

Who's Nathan?

Just a stripper I knew.
Sort of a messed up kid.

Montreal just arrested a guy

who used to strip at Remington's.

The man accused of a
gruesome murder in Montreal

made his first appearance
in a Canadian court today.

Luka Magnotta was returned
to Canada in a military...

Luka Magnotta is infamous

for hooking up with a gay
Chinese male in Montreal

and taking him back to his place

and filming him as he killed
him and dismembered him

and had mailed body parts of his victim

to various addresses around the country.

It's the latest twist
in this horror story.

The hand and foot delivered

to 2 Vancouver elementary
schools yesterday

belonged to 33-year-old Jun Lin.

Luka Magnotta was
nabbed in Germany today

after a worldwide police search

that reached into 190 countries.

Wait, so you think that
Luka Magnotta is Nathan?

When Brunton met Nathan in 2003,

Magnotta was living in Peterborough,

just a short walk from Brunton's home.

Where was Magnotta when
Skanda went missing in 2010?

According to our records,
he was right here in Toronto.

And look at this.

Magnotta said he was in a
relationship with an older man

that paid him to lure other men.

What if Brunton got Magnotta
interested in cannibalism,

and then Magnotta took it all the way?

There were too many
similarities and ties

between Magnotta and Brunton.

It's all hitting a
little too close to home

with what we already knew
about that bizarre world

of the cannibalism fetish.

It needed to be investigated.

Magnotta used aliases online.

Here's one of his dating profiles.

"I live in Canada.

And I'm looking for
a serious relationship

with a Middle Eastern man.

I love Middle Eastern men.

Email me and send me your pics".

Faizi and Kayhan are Middle Eastern.

Posted June, 2010.

Right before the disappearances started.

I also found this video online,

titled "Cannibal Serial
Killer Luka Magnotta".

Magnotta was in Toronto
at the right time.

He was looking for Middle Eastern men.

And he was referring to himself
as a cannibal serial killer.

Yeah, we have to talk to this guy.

- Go to Montreal?
- Yeah.

- We ended up travelling to Montreal.
- _

And Debbie met with
the lead investigator.

We think Magnotta may be involved

in our missing-persons case.

And what makes you think that?

We think our victims were cannibalized.

We zeroed in on a suspect
out of Peterborough

who had a cannibalism fetish.

He was friends with another cannibal,

a stripper from the Village
who worked at Remington's.

His name is Nathan.

Nathan? Where did you get Nathan?

You're familiar with that?

Yes, from Magnotta's text messages.

He calls himself Nathan,
but no one knows that.

We never released it.

Nobody knew then what
Montreal Police knew.

And that was the fact that

Luka Magnotta also went
by the alias of Nathan.

So as soon as Debbie brought that up,

they thought we were onto something.

The video was shot in his apartment.

There's a video.

It depicts the murder of
Jun Lin by Luka Magnotta.

It's very graphic.

Stop the video, please.

And I'm even loathe to describe it here

out of respect, A, for the victim,

and out of respect for somebody
who may be watching this.

But I'll keep that
with me for a long time.

Here are the photos.

And that's where he dismembered him.

And, uh, there was some cannibalism.

Luka Magnotta is a real cannibal,

as opposed to someone who engaged in it

just on a fantasy basis.

It's extremely messed up.
It's extremely messed up.

Can we see his interrogation?

It wouldn't be of any help.
He's really not talking.

Well, then let us take a crack at him.

I'm sorry, my hands are tied.

He's awaiting trial.

It's with the courts now.

And, anyways, what would you say,

that he calls himself Nathan?

No, he's going to jail for murder.

You don't want to derail that.

We couldn't speak to Magnotta.

He was awaiting trial
on his murder charges.

And we didn't want to
interfere with that process.

What about his computers,
cell phones? Do you have those?

Yeah, we can get them if it helps.

Okay.

This potential link to Luka Magnotta

is a terrifying thought.

_

The Magnotta files are
reviewed by investigators.

We had computers that
Montreal Police had gathered,

storage devices that they had seized

to see if there were
any links whatsoever

between Magnotta and not only Brunton,

but any of these 3 missing men.

So, was Magnotta in contact with him?

It's gonna take weeks
to dig through it all.

_

We're done with Magnotta's files.

And?

Nothing, no connection to our victims.

There was nothing on his hard drives

or any of his storage devices anywhere

that linked to any of the 3 missing men.

Disappointing, yes.

I thought:

"Okay, this cannibalism
angle is a dead end".

Since we had discounted
Brunton and now Luka Magnotta,

we couldn't say any of
these men had been murdered,

because we had no evidence
that they had been murdered.

It returns to being a
missing persons investigation.

I had to return back
to my office at Homicide

and start taking on
homicide cases again.

But I left Project Houston

in very capable hands to carry on.

It's hard to believe
they're all missing.

We had many helpful people come forward.

Did they know each other?

Maybe, they're all Black Eagle regulars.

So it's possible.

Investigators reached out

to The 519 community organization

to help make inroads

where there's that apprehension

about even going to the
police in the first place.

A lot of people are
afraid to come forward.

Look at them. They came
here for a better life.

Many of them come from places

where they may not be
accepted for who they are.

So, they keep things secret.

Most of their friends have talked to us,

but for others, well, it's
certainly been a challenge.

Of course.

We interviewed many
associates of the missing men,

including Silverfoxx.

I found another person
connected to 2 of the men.

He goes by Silverfoxx51.

The individual associated
to that username

had to be identified and
had to be interviewed.

When was the last time you saw him?

It was a Sunday at the Black Eagle.

We had a group that would meet there.

And the next time I saw
him was on a missing poster.

I miss him.

You know him?

I mean, I've seen his
missing poster around town,

but other than that, no, absolutely not.

Why would he have Silverfoxx51
written down in his notebook?

That's my online profile.

I mean, I use it for online dating.

Maybe from there?

All right.

Don't you want to ask me about Majeed?

You know him?

- Sure, we had a relationship.
- When?

A while back. I met
him, like 10 years ago.

And when did you see him last?

I don't know.

It was on Church. Uh, he was out.

I avoided him, though. I
had to work the next morning.

All right, well, thanks for coming in.

Of course.

And if there's anything
else, please give me a call.

You're always hopeful that a
witness is going to be able to

provide you with some
useful information.

But if he doesn't have
anything that can help you out

and you think he's being truthful,

then you move on.

You're also going to have people

who are going to slam
the door in your face,

people who are scared to talk to police

because they weren't out as being gay.

My family doesn't know
anything about this.

It would ruin things for me.

I've had people say:

"I don't trust the police
because of the history

between the police and the
gay community in Toronto".

We just need to know what
you know about these guys.

Sure you do. Sure you do.

There is legitimate
reasons for these tensions.

Some of that mistrust was developed

in the '70s, '80s and '90s

where people are being
treated differently by police

simply because of their sexuality.

That's something that has
to be worked on an awful lot

from our end to rebuild that trust.

_

Project Houston came to
a point in April of 2014

where the investigators had exhausted

all of the leads that they had.

The investigation was still open,

but there were no personnel
assigned on a permanent basis.

Did I lay awake at
night thinking about it?

Absolutely, I did.

Unsolved cases, they
don't ever leave you.

_

It's now 2017.

Debbie has retired
from the police service

and is now working for the
Office of the Fire Marshal.

I'm back at headquarters,
working in Homicide.

At the end of April,

a man named Selim Esan
was reported missing.

He wasn't reported missing for 15 days,

so the surveillance footage was wiped.

We traced his phone
records, talked to friends,

but no one knows what happened to him.

Selim Esan was a gay
male of Turkish descent.

Yes, there's some concern here.

And yes, he does fit the same
profile as the other three.

51 just reported another man missing

from Church and Wellesley.
They think it's suspicious.

And suddenly, this bombshell hits.

Another one?

We had 2 men go missing from the Village

in the span of 2 months.

It felt like it was
happening all over again.

Get down there real quick.

Get on top of it. Report
everything back to me.

It's okay. This one's
gonna come together.

We're gonna figure this one
out. We're gonna solve this one.

Hey!

So, what have you got?

Uh, the missing man is Andrew Kinsman,

49 years old, 6'4", 220.

- When was he last seen?
- Monday afternoon.

A tenant reported him missing

when she noticed the garbage
hadn't been taken out.

Mr. Kinsman didn't look
like the other guys.

But no matter what colour he is,

he's another gay male from the Village

who has disappeared.

Okay, be sure to pull security footage.

Neighbours, street cams...

There should be plenty available.

It's been less than 72 hours.

Okay. Want to take a look inside?

Yeah.

Mr. Kinsman was actually the
superintendent of the building.

And he had responsibilities
around the building.

Any sign of forced entry?

No, no forced entry.
No signs of any struggle.

Coffey found this, though.

"3:00 p.m. Bruce".

June 26, right around the
last time Kinsman was seen.

- Any idea who it is?
- We're looking into it.

Is there a chance that this
guy just took off on his own?

Doubtful.

Now we're worried

he had somehow met with foul play

at that point in time.

Andrew Kinsman's friends
were clearly emotional

earlier today at 51
Division when they spoke.

They say his disappearance

is completely out of character for him.

He's one of the most
predictable, responsible people

in my whole life.

He would not leave all
of us hanging like this.

He would let us know.

After Kinsman went missing,

obviously, there's increased
fear in the community.

You know, it's not safe.

It makes me wonder who's out there

and what's really going on.

Lots of suspicions and speculation...

Police won't use the
term "serial killer",

but people in the Village
were quick to use it.

People just don't disappear.

... inciting a lot of panic.

Nobody trusts anyone anymore.

And they needed that to end.

We set up a new task
force, Project Prism.

The goal of that project
was to investigate

the disappearances of Selim
Esan and Andrew Kinsman

and anything that links
to the 3 individuals

from Project Houston.

We're gonna start by
focusing on Kinsman,

'cause he's the most recent.

We need to go through his
computers, phone records,

any surveillance tape we have.

We need to talk to anyone
in Kinsman's circle:

family, friends, uncles,
aunts, lovers, ex-lovers.

You know, people are rightfully scared.

So, let's... let's figure it out.

The first step is accounting
for the last hours

of when someone has been seen

and identifying associates,

identifying places that they frequent,

trying to find people who
might be able to help you.

A packed house last
night in the Gay Village

as police and the community
talked about the disappearances

of 5 men from the area.

I wanted to see some
movement on the case.

I'm glad that the police

have put more police on
the actual investigation.

The difference in 2017

was the proliferation of video cameras.

We had to go through the video footage

that had been seized
from different cameras

all throughout Mr.
Kinsman's neighbourhood,

trying to figure out
what happened to him.

It's definitely not
as simple as it sounds.

You have grainy footage
from different cameras.

It's an incredibly
time-consuming, menial task.

Hours and days of
tiring and draining work

sitting in front of a
computer by multiple officers.

I think we found something.

Hey, Hank!

We found footage of a red van

stopping close to Kinsman's residence.

That looks like Kinsman.

Did you get an angle on the driver?

- No.
- How about the plate?

No, but we were able
to narrow the model down

to a Dodge Caravan from the early 2000s.

Probably 2004.

My reaction is: "Okay,
focus on that van".

Okay. Can you pull up all red 2003
to 2006 Caravans in the GTA?

There are 6,181 red 2003
to 2006 Dodge Caravans

in all of Ontario.

Kinsman has a note for
the day he went missing

where it says Bruce.

"3:00 p.m. Bruce".

How many of those Dodge Caravans

were registered to someone named Bruce?

Five.

Any of those pop up in our records?

- Only one.
- Pull it up.

Bruce McArthur.

I know that guy.

I interviewed him for
Houston after you left.

- Can you find the interview?
- Yeah, just one sec.

Does the name Silverfoxx51
mean anything to you?

Sure, that's my online profile.

This is the guy that
we did identify in 2013

as Silverfoxx.

We knew he was associated
to 2 of the 3 missing persons

from Project Houston.

- You know him?
- He was a good friend.

Just a friend?

We never had sex, if
that's what you mean.

- Did he know Skanda?
- That's possible.

I mean, they both hung
out at the Black Eagle.

Did you check his criminal record?

He had an assault
charge from 12 years ago.

Drove once without insurance papers.

He was otherwise clean.

Yeah, there are a lot of guys

with much worse records.

Hindsight's a wonderful thing.

But even with hindsight,

I've seen people with criminal records

with 70, 100, 150 convictions

for offences such as
assault or such as mischief.

That's not that unusual.

Looks like McArthur
was arrested in 2016.

Three years after Project Houston,

Bruce McArthur was arrested
for choking somebody

in the back of his van.

What happened?

The victim escaped and dialled 911

and McArthur turned
himself in that night.

But, all charges were dropped

when he explained it
as a misunderstanding.

The investigating officer concluded that

there weren't grounds to charge
him because he seemed, quote:

"Genuine and credible in
his recall of the incident".

It was determined
that it was consensual.

And he was released with no charges.

And I thought to myself:

"That doesn't sound quite right".

I didn't know where
something had gone wrong,

if something had gone wrong.

I think I have a video.

I thought he liked it rough.

So I reached out and
grabbed him by the neck

and started squeezing.

Boy, did I misread him,

because then he started to freak out.

Next thing I know,
he's calling you guys.

And we let this guy go?

The Toronto Police Service
screwed something up here.

Not an individual officer,
the Toronto Police Service.

He fooled me.

No, he fooled all of us.

I need you to find
McArthur's van and seize it.

Now that we know that

that van belongs to Bruce McArthur,

the next step is to
forensically examine it

and see if there's any
evidence that can help us out.

We had McArthur's home address.

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm in McArthur's parking garage.

I found his car, but
it's not a 2004 Caravan.

It's a much newer model.

It was suspicious to us

that he had gotten rid
of his 2004 Dodge Caravan

2 days after Project Prism
was publicly announced.

The important thing then was:

"We've got to find this
2004 Dodge Caravan".

We started looking for the van.

We put McArthur under full surveillance.

Lots of fear, lots of
worry, lots of angst

that he's going to kill another victim.

And in the meantime, it was decided,

we've got to go into his apartment...

He's on the move. You're clear.

... clone his computer...

and see what we can
find in his apartment.

They're inside the place.

_

Are there any visitors who
are going to be coming by?

Are there neighbours watching?

Everything and anything
can potentially go wrong.

He's coming back.

He's in the parking garage. Get out now!

Maybe he knows we're onto
him. Maybe he's onto us.

That's all running through your head.

We managed to clone 45% of
Bruce McArthur's computer.

He's coming back. Get out now!

We gotta go.

We had analysts start going
through all of that material,

looking for links

between Bruce McArthur
and Andrew Kinsman.

In that 45%, there
are a million artefacts

and over 100,000 images.

While all this is going on,

we found Bruce McArthur's
van at a wrecking yard.

I can't really promise what
condition the vehicle is in.

Hey, that's better than nothing.

- There she is.
- The plate's missing.

You're lucky it's here at all.

You know, a regular scrapyard
would have destroyed it by now.

Yeah.

VIN is a match.

I'm seizing this vehicle.

The van was examined by
forensics specialists.

They found human blood as well as semen,

which were submitted for DNA testing.

Yeah.

Yeah, okay.

Thanks for letting me know. Bye.

One area of the blood
staining in the van

matched to Andrew Kinsman.

Very sad.

Very sad.

This suggests to us

that Andrew Kinsman has been killed.

And we have some evidence
which indicates to us

that Bruce McArthur is a suspect

in the murder of Andrew Kinsman.

Is McArthur the guy
who's done all of this?

And has he killed these other guys?

Okay. I will.

Call you right back.
That looks like Kinsman.

In a folder named "Andy"
on McArthur's computer.

He tried deleting it.

He looks deceased.

It's dated June 26,
the day he went missing.

And there's more:

Pictures of 4 other men,

just like it, all in fur coats.

Three of them I don't recognize.

Who's the fourth?

Selim Esan.

After he killed his victims,

he would pose them and he would
take photographs of them.

It's McArthur's bedroom.

We now had evidence

that he had killed Mr.
Esan and Mr. Kinsman.

And we're finding photos of more men

who we don't know who these men are.

Now this all comes crashing
down as absolute reality.

And I was angry that...

this had gone on,

that this had happened in our city.

- Let's take him down.
- Not yet.

We don't know where the bodies are.

He's a landscaper. They could be buried.

Let's get search warrants
for properties he worked on.

It'll take days. It's
dozens of properties.

We gave ourselves 72 hours
to get the teams into place,

get the warrants all
signed and be ready to go.

What if he tries something
between now and then?

If he tries anything,

if he tries to destroy evidence

or he's alone with a man,

we take him down right away.

We have to get him off the street,

but we have to do it properly.

We had 24-hour surveillance
of Mr. McArthur in place,

unless he goes somewhere
alone with another male,

in which case, the
plan is completely off,

and he is to be arrested
right there and then.

He's headed back to his apartment.

He does exactly what we
had hoped he wouldn't do.

It was unbelievable.

He picks up a male,

and he takes him back to his apartment.

It's good to see you again.

You too.

Does anyone know you're with me?

Let's go.

And I said to the team:

"Take him out right now.

He's responsible for killing 2 people.

And we're not going to take
any risks with him whatsoever".

Okay, let's bring him in.

They have to go up 18 floors
to McArthur's apartment,

hoping that they're not too late.

Can I help you?

Bruce McArthur, you're under
arrest for first-degree murder.

Hello?

Hey! It's okay. It's okay.

You're gonna be okay.

It's okay. It's all right.

Get me out of here!

It's okay. It's okay.

I have no doubt that Dickinson
saved that man's life.

We are at 51 Division with McArthur.

Emotions are running high.

And adrenaline is running high.

He thinks he's getting away with this.

He thinks he's outsmarted everybody,

and he's going to continue doing

what he's been doing.

Am I gonna be here much longer?

I really don't want to
miss my prior engagement.

He certainly did not react

as you would expect anybody to react.

Very nonchalant.

Of course I know Andrew.

I haven't seen him in
a long time, though.

How long?

A week? A month? A year?

I don't think he knew how much we knew

at that point in time.

- Bruce, how long?
- Over a year.

How about him?

Bruce?

Actually, he looks like a
guy I met a few months ago.

- What's his name?
- I don't remember.

- We went back to my place.
- Then what?

I had some very good
evidence with the photographs

that were found on Mr.
McArthur's computer.

But without a body,

it's going to be an
uphill battle in court.

What happened at your
place, Bruce? Bruce?

Where'd you meet?

How about him?

Bruce?

Any time we tried to gear the
subject towards the murders,

Mr. McArthur would not
communicate anymore.

I really don't want
to miss my appointment.

So, the interview, at the end of it,

really was quite fruitless.

We came to that point and
still didn't have any answers.

Very frustrating.

From missing persons to murder victims.

Police aren't revealing much more

as to what happened to
Andrew Kinsman or Selim Esan,

just that their killer is allegedly

a 66-year-old landscaper
named Bruce McArthur,

who, as of today,

has been charged with 2
counts of first-degree murder.

I'm telling you, he's killed at least
2 people that we know of.

And we believe there are more victims.

And tonight, police are
still digging for evidence,

searching through that
apartment building

connected to the suspect.

McArthur's apartment was a crime scene.

So I undertook a very
thorough forensic examination

of that apartment.

Essentially, in that situation,

your mind is a whirlwind.

The utmost priority is to find anything

that tied any of the other missing men

that we were investigating.

A metal bar had been used
to commit the murders.

He would put the rope
around the victim's neck,

wrap it around the metal
bar and use it as a winch

to tighten the rope around the neck.

I've never seen a
murder weapon like that.

We found a journal
belonging to Selim Esan...

and a bracelet that had
belonged to Skanda Navaratnam.

Are they trophies, mementos...

props?

I don't know.

It's extremely messed up.

But to find that definitive
link between Skanda and McArthur,

that was a huge moment.

But we hadn't recovered
any of the victims' remains.

So there's still that nagging feeling.

If we don't find these victims,

we're not going to be able
to prove these murders.

Police won't discuss how the 2 men died.

They haven't even found their bodies.

Detectives have been searching locations

connected to McArthur.

We have contacted owners
of these properties

and have conducted searches
at the majority of them.

We searched an address
on Mallory Crescent....

... where Mr. McArthur
spent an awful lot of time

and stored his landscaping
equipment in the garage.

And the cadaver dogs
made some indications

around the base of some planters.

Police aren't mincing words.

This, they say,

is an unprecedented
case and a chilling one.

When they removed 2 large planters

where McArthur stored
his landscaping tools.

We took the planters

to the Ontario Forensic
Pathology Services.

The first thing we could
see was a human skull.

Whatever sick gratification McArthur has

to do what he did,

having the remains being disposed of

in such a callous way,

it hits home.

And it hits home really, really hard.

We have now identified
the remains of individuals

from these planters.

Number one being Andrew Kinsman.

Number two being Soroush Mahmudi.

Soroush was reported missing
by family out in Scarborough.

He was never linked
to the Gay Village at all.

And number three being
Skanda Navaratnam.

That was probably my
most emotional moment

during the entire investigation.

Skanda was what started it all.

To finally be able to say,

"Now we know what happened to Skanda,

and we've got the guy who did it..."

it was a tough thing to
deal with on that day.

The next set of remains in the planters

that we were able to
positively identify,

Selim Esan...

Basir Faizi.

Dean Lisowick was never
reported as missing.

Terrible story.

Living on the streets,
in the shelter systems

and coming to an end like that.

And Kumar Kanagaratnam was
a refugee from Sri Lanka

who came to Canada.

As it turned out,

his refugee claim was rejected,

and he disappeared.

And his family never
reported him missing.

How can you not feel for these men

and the very sad ending
that they came upon?

As Toronto Police forge ahead
with their months-long probe

of alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur,

they have found another disturbing clue.

Police dogs led the team
of forensic experts here,

a ravine behind the home

where McArthur stored
his landscaping tools.

Police confirm they've found remains

in one of two piles of compost.

When we finally
identified Majeed Kayhan,

obviously, that was a huge moment.

Majeed had been one of the
original 3 missing persons

from Project Houston.

Members of the gay community
stood together tonight,

lighting candles, saying
prayers, holding vigil.

I don't think it's something
that will ever leave me

or family or friends of the victims.

It's still tough to look at pictures.

I've got this montage of pictures

of all 8 of the victims.

The more you learn about
them and their stories,

the harder it is,

even though you never even knew them,

to really come to terms

with what happened to them in the end.

_

_

_

_

_

- Synced and corrected by Firefly -
- www.addic7ed.com -

_

_

_