Plumbers found human flesh at Canadian murder suspect’s home: prosecutors

Plumbers discovered human flesh in the pipes at the home of a Canadian murder suspect, according to a prosecutor’s description of the grisly crime scene.

On Dec. 29, 2017, police in Oshawa, Ontario, about 40 miles east of Toronto, responded to a call at an apartment building from two plumbers who were trying to repair clogged drains when they discovered “what appeared to be a flesh-like substance,” prosecutor Bryan Guertin said in his opening statement.

An officer went to ask basement apartment tenant Adam Strong about the issue when he spontaneously admitted to being responsible for the plumbing problem, according to Global News Canada.

“OK, you got me, the gig’s up, it’s a body,” Strong allegedly told the officer. “If you want to recover the rest of her, it’s in my freezer.”

Strong, 47, was arrested and charged with the murder of 18-year-old Rori Hache who had been missing for months. He is also accused of killing Kandis Fitzpatrick, 19, who has been missing without a trace since 2008.

Strong pleaded not guilty to both first-degree murder charges prior to the trial’s start on Monday.

Parts of Hache’s body was discovered in Oshawa Harbour on Sept. 11, 2017, by fishermen. Strong’s cellphone was pinged at the harbor a week earlier, according to the prosecution.

Investigators found the rest of Hache’s remains in a freezer inside Strong’s bedroom. Her blood was on the walls and ceilings of the room. Investigators also found evidence Strong had sexually assaulted her.

While the decomposing of Hache’s body left a cause of death undetermined, a medical examiner found multiple injuries, including two skull fractures, the prosecutor said.

Investigators also found Fitzpatrick’s blood in Strong’s freezer, in his bedroom and on a large hunting knife, Guertin said.

Strong targeted both women because they “were vulnerable, were essentially homeless,” Guertin said.

The defense has argued that Strong’s statement to the first officer as well as subsequent videotaped interviews are inadmissible.