On police video, Borutski says he feels ‘sorry’ after Ottawa Valley killings
OTTAWA — None of the three women Basil Borutski is accused of killing in 2015 survived for more than a few minutes after they were attacked, and at least two of them tried to shield themselves, a forensic pathologist told an Ottawa jury Tuesday.
Dr. Christopher Milroy, director of forensic pathology at the Ottawa Hospital, was testifying in the first-degree murder trial of Borutski, 59, who is accused of killing Carol Culleton, Anastasia Kuzyk and Nathalie Warmerdam on Sept. 22, 2015.
The Crown alleges Borutski killed all three women in a murderous, revenge-fuelled rampage through the Ottawa Valley, triggered by what he characterized as lies both to him and about him, including allegations of assault that landed him in jail.
Throughout the testimony, Borutski said still and silent, his eyes often closed — including as members of the jury were seen wincing and turning away from a series of graphic autopsy photographs.