UPDATE: 3:56 p.m.
Toronto police say 鈥渋tems of interest鈥� yet to be identified have been found at a property where accused serial killer Bruce McArthur worked as a landscaper.
Police had already found the remains of seven men buried in planters at the property in midtown Toronto, but resumed digging at the property on Wednesday.
McArthur, 66, has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of eight men with ties to Toronto鈥檚 gay village.
Police spokeswoman Meaghan Gray says investigators originally did a dig at the property over the winter and nothing was found.
She says it was decided to revisit all the properties where McArthur worked again when the springtime hit and the thaw was done.
Gray says canine units found 鈥渁 number of different spots鈥� of interest on the property when they returned in the spring.
鈥淲e did find 鈥� items of interest,鈥� Gray said Wednesday evening.
鈥淭hey have been taken away by the coroner鈥檚 office where they will undergo testing and, until the coroner has been able to do their testing, I鈥檓 unable to confirm exactly what it is,鈥� Gray said.
Police dogs also searched about 100 other properties with links to McArthur鈥檚 landscaping business but found nothing, she said.
The excavation began Wednesday and is expected to last multiple weeks, Gray added.
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Toronto police say they will resume digging at a property where accused serial killer Bruce McArthur worked as a landscaper.
Police have already found the remains of seven men buried in planters at the property in midtown Toronto.
McArthur, 66, has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of eight men with ties to Toronto鈥檚 gay village.
鈥淲e originally did a dig at the property over the winter and nothing was found,鈥� police spokeswoman Meaghan Gray said.
鈥淭hen we decided to go back and revisit all the properties (where McArthur worked) again when the springtime hit and the thaw was done.鈥�
Canine units found 鈥渁 number of different spots鈥� of interest on the property when they returned in the spring, Gray said.
Police dogs also searched about 100 other properties with links to McArthur鈥檚 landscaping business but found nothing, she said.
The excavation began Wednesday and is expected to last multiple weeks, Gray said.
McArthur, currently in custody at a west Toronto jail, is alleged to have killed Selim Esen, Skandaraj Navaratnam, Andrew Kinsman, Majeed Kayhan, Dean Lisowick, Soroush Mahmudi, Abdulbasir Faizi and Kirushna Kanagaratnam.
His case is scheduled to return to court on July 23.
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