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Toronto police link three missing persons’ cases in Gay Village
In what were originally thought unconnected incidents of missing persons, Toronto police have now linked the cases of three men who disappeared over the last three years from the heart of the city’s gay community.
Police haven’t ruled out foul play in the disappearance of three men from the heart of Toronto’s gay community.
And without any answers into what happened, the community is on edge.
In what were
originally thought to be three unconnected incidents of missing persons,
police have now linked the cases of Skandaraj “Skanda” Navaratnam, 40,
Abdulbasir “Basir” Faizi, 44, and 59-year-old Majeed “Hamid” Kayhan.
The men disappeared between mid-2010 and late 2012.
“People are definitely talking about it,” said the general manager at a bar on Church St. “The concern is definitely there.”
Similarities
between the three middle-aged men — their ethnicity and being “active”
in the Church and Wellesley area — drew police to link the cases after
searching databases of missing persons.
“Typically with
missing person they’re located in a short period of time,” said Const.
Tony Vella. “It’s definitely an unusual case and it’s quite concerning
for us.”
Navaratnam was last
seen in the early hours of Sept. 6, 2010, at Zipperz, a popular gay bar
in the Church and Carlton Sts. area. Police said he was seen leaving
with an unknown man, whom they are now trying to identify.
In the hours prior to
his disappearance, Navaratnam was with a friend at another bar he
frequented before going to Zipperz alone. In a 2010 interview with Xtra
magazine, a close friend said Navaratnam was a regular at the bar, along
with Black Eagle and Pegasus, both located on Church near Wellesley St.
E.
Navaratnam left his dog behind, which police said was very unusual for the man.
It’s unclear what drew
police to search the missing persons’ databases for people fitting the
same profile, but it turned up two more men who haven’t been heard from
and were known to frequent the area.
Faizi was reported
missing on Dec. 29, 2010, to Peel police, but was last seen in the same
area as Navaratnam. Faizi’s car was found abandoned on Moore Ave.
Kayhan was reported missing by his son and was last seen on Oct. 14, 2012.
Police were in the
community Thursday canvassing and handing out flyers in the hope someone
would recognize one or more of the men and have information about their
activity before they disappeared.
The community is
vigilant about protecting one another “from those outside threats, the
people who may not like who we are,” said a resident.
Detectives have been going over tips and actively working on any information received, Vella added.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at the hotline number 416-808-5110.
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