Kenneth Law, a Toronto-area man, is suspected of links to at least 147 deaths worldwide after two years of selling poison to vulnerable people. The estimate is based on information requests, interviews with families, and a review of court records and authorities’ statements over three years, though the true number may never be known because not all incidents were investigated. In Ontario court, Law pleaded guilty to abetting 14 suicides between 2021 and 2023. Prosecutors later planned to withdraw first-degree murder counts tied to those deaths. Law has been in custody since his May 2023 arrest in Mississauga and is expected to be sentenced later. British authorities told families he would not face prosecution for deaths in England and Wales. Investigators said he ran online shops selling a legal but potentially lethal chemical and suicide paraphernalia, shipping packages to buyers across many countries, with seizures occurring after wellness checks.
"Kenneth Law, the Toronto-area man who spent two years selling poison to vulnerable people, is suspected of being linked to at least 147 deaths around the world, a CBC News investigation has found. The new estimate is based on information requests and interviews with families, as well as an exhaustive review of court records and authorities' statements over the past three years. Still, the real number of deaths tied to Law's products may never be known. Not all incidents have been investigated by law enforcement."
"In a Newmarket, Ont., court on Friday, Law pleaded guilty to abetting 14 suicides across the province between 2021 and 2023. In turn, Crown prosecutors said they would later withdraw the 14 counts of first-degree murder that he was facing in connection with the same deaths. The former hotel cook has been in custody since his May 2023 arrest at his Mississauga, Ont., home. Law, 60, will be sentenced at a later date."
"Court heard Law ran online shops selling a legal, but potentially lethal chemical and other suicide paraphernalia. Investigators said Law shipped 1,209 packages to buyers in 41 countries, including 160 to Canadian destinations and more than 200 to the U.K. On Friday, the Ontario court heard Law made 431 shipments to the U.S., and others to Australia, Brazil, China, India, Poland, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and South Korea."
"Canadian law enforcement informed Interpol, which alerted authorities from Australia to the Mediterranean island nation of Malta. In some instances, wellness checks carried out at the buyers' homes led police to seize Law's products. Other provinces Police in Calgary; Saskatoon; Moose Jaw, Sask.; and Longueuil, Que., all p"
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