Canadian Chef Hit With 14 Murder Charges After Allegedly Selling Hundreds of Poison ‘Suicide Kits’

A former chef in Canada who allegedly sold hundreds of poison "suicide kits" online to people who were at risk of killing themselves has been charged with 14 counts of murder.

Kenneth Law, 57, is now facing 28 charges related to the packages he sold, including a previous 14 charges of counseling or aiding suicide brought against him in August.

Canadian police allege that Law sold kits containing hoods, masks, tubing and sodium nitrite, an off-white odorless powder that can be deadly in certain concentrations. 

Multiple children, including teens as young as 16, bought and used his packages to kill themselves, according to the BBC.

Law was arrested in May in an investigation involving police in many of Canada’s biggest cities. His arrest led the Canadian police to release a public safety announcement this summer warning people that more packages might be out there and telling them to be on the lookout.

"Investigators are asking members of the community to be alert of any packaging or label identifying sodium nitrate,” Constable Sarah Patten said at the time.

Law sold the packages under various company names — Academic, ACademic, Escape Mode, escMode, Imtime Cuisine, AmbuCA and ICemac — and could be responsible for hundreds of deaths, authorities said.

Police believe he shipped more than a thousand packages worldwide.

British police are investigating 88 deaths of people who died after allegedly ordering his packages. His arrest followed an investigation in the U.K. newspaper The Times that alleged he had been mailing the poison worldwide.

Law is currently in Canadian custody awaiting trial. 

If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide or struggling with suicidal thoughts, help is available 24 hours a day through theSuicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. You are not alone.