An Ontario man convicted of murdering three women in Renfrew County has died in prison of what officials say were natural causes.
Correctional Service Canada says Basil Borutski died March 28 at Millhaven Institution in Ontario where he was serving at least a 70-year sentence for first- and second-degree murder.
Borutski was convicted in 2017 of first-degree murder in the deaths of 36-year-old Anastasia Kuzyk and 48-year-old Nathalie Warmerdam, and of second-degree murder in the death of Carol Culleton, 66.
All three women were killed by Borutski in an hours-long violent rampage on Sept. 22, 2015.
The case resulted in a public inquiry to investigate intimate partner violence in rural communities as well as the handling of high-risk offenders on probation.
The inquest heard that Borutski was stalking Culleton in the months before her murder after she rejected his advances and pleaded with him to leave her alone.
(The Canadian Press)
