New evidence led to murder charges in Kenneth Law case, investigators say
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New evidence in the Kenneth Law case led police to lay more than a dozen second-degree murder charges against the 57-year-old Mississauga man, investigators said Tuesday.
New evidence in the Kenneth Law case led police to lay more than a dozen second-degree murder charges against the 57-year-old Mississauga man, investigators said Tuesday.
Speaking to reporters at a news conference on Tuesday, York Regional Police Insp. Simon James, who is leading the multi-jurisdictional investigation, said Law now faces 14 second-degree murder charges in addition to the 14 counts he was already facing for allegedly counselling or aiding suicide. This brings the total number of charges Law is facing to 28.
“These new charges all relate to the same 14 victims that we updated the public on previously,” James confirmed.
The new charges were filed at the Ontario Court of Justice in Newmarket on Monday and were previously reported by CTV News Toronto.
The alleged victims, who range in age from 16 to 36, resided in regions across Ontario, including Toronto, York Region, Durham Region, London, Ont., Thunder Bay, Waterloo, and Peel Region. While police are not releasing any information about the individuals, James said more than one is under the age of 18.
Police allege Law used a number of online storefronts to sell sodium nitrite, a preservative used for meat processing that can be lethal in large doses.
Websites associated with Law appeared to sell rubber tubing, gas masks and other dangerous materials which can be used for suicide, police have said.