Grisly Canada Slays Tied To Bike Gang

Police: 8 Men Found Dead In Abandoned Cars Linked To 'Bandidos'

(AP) 

"This is how they deal with disputes. They don't go to court. They don't print snotty lawyers' letters. This is what happens," law enforcement consultant Chris Mathers told the AP. "It is shocking for it to happen all at one time. The fact that they were all killed at one time is significant. I don't think there is any doubt about that. It certainly sends a message."

Mathers, a former undercover Royal Canadian Police officer who now runs a consulting firm in Toronto, said the Bandidos and the Hells Angels have absorbed other biker groups in Canada over the year, He doubted there would be retaliation.

"It's probably hard to retaliate when most of your membership has been decimated," Mathers said.

Police found the bodies after a call from the property owner, who is not considered a suspect.

An aerial view late Saturday showed the vehicles parked within 218 yards of each other, with the bodies still inside.

A minivan was discovered in a field about 22 yards off a dirt road. About 109 yards away, a tow truck was found parked on the shoulder with a small silver-colored car hooked to the back. The fourth car, its hatch open, was parked in a clearing about 109 yards along the dirt road.

Mary and Russell Steele, who own the property on which the cars were parked, told Global News that the vehicles were not there when they took the road home the night before.

They said they called police Saturday morning after looking inside one of the vehicles and not being able to see anything because of a blanket covering the back window.

"We didn't see anybody in them, so we just phoned the cops with the license plate numbers," Russell Steele said.

"The police opened the back and I could see forms," his wife said. "I couldn't tell, but immediately in my mind I thought, `These are bodies."'

The area has been home to several motorcycle clubs, including the Loners, the Bandidos and the Hells Angels. It has witnessed several violent incidents, including the discoveries of two bodies dumped in county fields in separate incidents in 1994 and 1998.

Both were beaten to death. Neither crime has been solved.