Accused serial killer 'took a bad path': school friend

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The woman accused by authorities of being a serial killer after three deaths on three consecutive days in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls appears to have had a normal upbringing.

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However, a former high school friend said the woman went down a “bad path.”

On Friday afternoon, police in Niagara and Hamilton jointly announced the arrest of 30-year-old Sabrina Kauldhar of Toronto. She was arrested the day before at a Burlington hotel.

She was charged with first-degree murder in the Hamilton case and second-degree murder in the Toronto and Niagara cases.

The high school friend said he hadn't spoken to him Kauldhar in recent years.

“I haven't had any contact with her at all since about 2015, and even then she tried to ask for money… and I just said no and haven't heard anything since,” said the man, who asked not to be named become.

“Other than that little interaction, I knew her well from high school, both parents were dentists. She was a straight-A student and very active in sports. When she was young, she played high-level ice hockey and practiced figure skating.”

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He said both parents were great people, but according to an online obituary, tragedy struck four years ago when their mother died of illness.

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The friend believes that the defendant came into contact with the wrong people during his studies and also during his studies developed some mental health issues that “unfortunately led to this situation.”.”

“Pretty much all I can really say since it’s been ages [she] “Always just been a happy, fun person with a good head on her shoulders and all the resources she could ever want to be wildly successful, but she clearly went down a bad path.”

Toronto police said oJust after 2 p.m. Tuesday, officers responded to a call in the area of ​​Keele St. and Dundas St. W. A woman in her 60s was found dead in a home with wounds to her body. According to investigators, the defendant knew the victim, whose name was not released.

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Just before 3 p.m. Wednesday, Niagara Falls police officers were called to a disturbance at John Allan Park and found a man critically injured. Police said 47-year-old Lance Cunningham was pronounced dead at the scene.

Just after noon Thursday, Hamilton police officers were called to a parking lot on MacNab St. N. and found a man unresponsive. Police officers say fFormer high school teacher Mario Bilich, 77, was stabbed and later died in hospital.

The police assume that the two men who were stabbed were random acts.

Investigators are also trying to identify a woman seen on security footage Tuesday inside the Giant Tiger at the 2025 Guelph Line in Burlington. Police said the unidentified woman purchased clothes that Kauldhar had in her possession at the time of her arrest.

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On Friday, Niagara Police Chief Bill Fordy said the defendant definitely fits the definition of a serial killer, adding that investigators are consulting with colleagues across the province to determine whether there may be additional victims.

Police also said they are continuing investigations to determine their activities and movements earlier this month.

Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives via the dedicated hotline at 289-248-1058.

To provide information anonymously, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or submit anonymous tips online at crimestoppershamilton.com.

– with files from Brad Hunter.

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