‘We wanted for him to be found alive:’ Sisters of man presumed killed searched for months
TORONTO — The sisters of a man presumed to have been killed after vanishing from Toronto’s gay village said they searched for him for months only to have their last hope snatched away this week when police charged a man with his murder.
Patricia Kinsman and Karen Coles told a news conference Friday that news of Bruce McArthur’s arrest came as a shock, but also brought respite from the worry and despair that had plagued them since their brother, Andrew Kinsman, went missing last June.
“It’s not what we wanted, we wanted for him to be found alive,” Coles said. “But at least now we know instead of spending every day thinking, wondering, worrying, ‘Is he injured? Is he hurt? Someone’s hurting him.’”
Patricia Kinsman said she and Coles were like second mothers to their brother and looked for him for six months, aided by his friends co-workers and even strangers. Their last search was on Dec. 9, she said.