Toronto police say they plan to dig up the main drainpipe in front of a property where alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur worked and stored landscaping equipment.
The digging for potential evidence is expected to take place on Tuesday afternoon. The pipe is near a residence on Mallory Crescent, near Bayview and Moores Avenues, in Leaside.
Police have found the remains of at least six people on the property.
McArthur, 66, is charged with five counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of five men: Andrew Kinsman, Majeed Kayhan, Soroush Mahmudi, Dean Lisowick and Selim Esen.
Earlier on Tuesday, Det.-Sgt. Hank Idsinga, the lead investigator in the case, said they did not find additional human remains in the property's backyard. Police crews have been digging in the backyard since last Friday.
Idsinga said crews are wrapping up their excavation at the property and the focus of forensic teams will return to the planters that have been seized.
Five men alleged killed by Bruce McArthur are, from left to right; Selim Essen, 44, Sorush Mahmudi, 50, Dean Lisowick, Andrew Kinsman, 49, and Majeed Kayhan, 58. (Toronto Police Service/AP)
"We will have a second run at some of the properties with the dogs once the ground thaws," he said.
Idsinga confirmed more planters were removed from the property Tuesday "out of an abundance of caution."
McArthur, who was arrested by police in January, is due to appear in a Toronto courtroom via video link on Wednesday.
As of Friday, investigators had searched five of the 15 planters seized from McArthur's clients.
Idsinga said a second location is on hold until some tests are done at Ontario's Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto.
On Monday evening, members of more than a dozen different faiths gathered at the Metropolitan United Church to remember the five men alleged to have been killed by McArthur.
Bruce McArthur, 66, has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder. (Bruce McArthur/Facebook)
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