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It’s been nearly eight years since he vanished from Toronto’s Gay Village, and Skandaraj Navaratnam’s friends all but knew what had happened to him before Toronto police confirmed their most gruesome fears.

Navaratnam, 40 at the time of his disappearance, is now the sixth victim tied to Bruce McArthur, police said, after announcing his skeletal remains were found buried in planters that belonged to the alleged serial killer.

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The man described by friends as a fixture of the city’s LGBTQ community knew McArthur well. They would be seen chatting at Woody’s or the Black Eagle bar where McArthur’s friends didn’t call him Bruce, but “Santa.” Navaratnam worked with McArthur as a landscaper and, according to the CBC, the two dated in 2000.

McArthur had been previously charged with murdering Andrew Kinsman, Selim Esen, Soroush Mahmudi, Majeed Kayhan and Dean Lisowick. Police still expect to lay more charges as the remains of three other people found in planters at an east-side Toronto home have yet to be identified and could bring the total number of victims to nine.