These gay men are counted among seven similar unsolved murders in Toronto between 1975 and 1978. Fourteen gay men were murdered in that period, the Star reported then, but those seven cases are cold to this day. Residents of the Church and Wellesley Village wrestled with the unanswered question of whether men were being preyed upon by a serial killer four decades ago. Rowland, who was in his early 20s at the time, said he was just coming out in the gay community at the height of these murders. At that time, the suspected serial killer had been dubbed the “Mad Stabber.”People in the Gay Village suspected they were being stalked by a serial killer in the late 1970s.

Source: thestar February 02, 2018 22:10 UTC