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Author: Molly Hayes, Tavia Grant
Publication Date: December 17, 2025 - 13:00
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How a Toronto-area suspected serial killer evaded police for decades
December 17, 2025
A man posthumously identified last week as a serial killer, who police believe is responsible for three cold-case murders in Ontario in the 1980s and 90s, had a history of committing violent crimes, including rape.
However, Kenneth Smith remained biologically off the radar of law enforcement for decades, police say, because his prior convictions occurred before the creation of both the national DNA data bank and the sex-offender registry.
Unpublished Newswire
In the lobby of a grocery store in the Leaside neighbourhood of Toronto, a small group of perky women and one man are trying to thrust flyers into the hands of customers. Many shoppers, pushing carts and laden with bags, rush past them, assuming they’re soliciting donations or selling something. But others stop short and react with incredulous delight when they hear what Vyshnave Jeyabalan is offering. “Excuse me,” Ms. Jeyabalan asks shopper after shopper, “do you have a family doctor?”
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