4 deaths in New Zealand linked to Ontario’s Kenneth Law
Global News
New Zealand authorities are tying the deaths of four people to Kenneth Law, an Ontario man accused of aiding suicide through the online sale of chemicals.
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story includes a discussion of suicide.
New Zealand authorities are tying the deaths of four people to Kenneth Law, an Ontario man accused of aiding suicide through the online sale of chemicals.
Law, 58, is charged with 14 counts of both first-degree murder as well as counselling and aiding suicide in Ontario. His lawyer has said Law would plead not guilty.
Investigators have alleged that Law ran several websites that were used to sell sodium nitrite and other items that can be used for self-harm, shipping them to people in more than 40 countries.
On Monday, authorities in New Zealand released four coroner reports to Global News which they alleged are linked to Law.
“The Suicide Prevention Office has taken steps to consult with New Zealand Internet Service Providers to request that access to Mr. Law’s website is blocked,” three of the reports read in part.
The four people who died by suicide were two students, ages 18 and 21, a 21-year-old woman and a 40-year-old personal trainer. New Zealand law restricts making public the method of death in these cases, though allows them to be referred to as deaths by suicide.
Those corner reports state there was either physical evidence from Law’s packages present when their bodies were found, or proof they had communicated with Law.
