Domestic Abuser Released from Jail, Murders Woman He Was Convicted of Abusing, Two Other Exes
LatestA Canadian man imprisoned for choking a woman two years ago was released in December. Months later, he’s accused of murdering that woman and two others, all believed to be his ex-girlfriends. New reports have also revealed that the suspect, Basil Borutski, had a long history of violent and disturbing behavior against women, including frequent threats to kill them.
Borutski, 57, was arrested Tuesday in Ottawa and accused of the shooting deaths of three women in the rural area surrounding Wilno, Ontario, whose bodies were all discovered early Tuesday morning. One is 36-year-old realtor Anastasia Kuzyk, with whom Borutski was briefly in a relationship. The other two were Carol Culleton, 66, who had just retired from a job at Canada’s agriculture department, and Nathalie Warmerdam, 48, whose 20-year-old son was at home when the gunman arrived, and who was able to flee the house to safety.
Borutski was convicted in September 2014 for assaulting Kuzyk in December of 2013. Court documents obtained by CBC show that he was convicted of choking her—a huge predictor that domestic abuse will eventually turn fatal, according to experts—and burning a beloved antique rocking horse she owned.