Porn actor is suspected in Canadian body parts case
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June 1, 2012, Friday
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A porn actor is wanted in a gruesome case of dismembered body parts that were mailed to different places including the headquarters of the Conservative Party of Canada, police said.
Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, is wanted for homicide, Montreal police said on Wednesday at a news conference.
According to an official close to the probe, Magnotta worked as a porn actor.
Magnotta, believed to originally be from Toronto, was renting an apartment in a working-class Montreal neighborhood. It was behind that building that police found a man's torso in a suitcase in a heap of garbage on Tuesday. That same day, a foot was found in a package mailed to the Conservative Party headquarters in Ottawa, and a hand was found at postal warehouse in the Canadian capital. The package with the hand was addressed to the Liberal Party of Canada. Testing shows the three parts come from the same man, police said.
Police in masks combed through the blood-soaked Montreal studio apartment on Wednesday. A blood-stained mattress remained there after they left.
"For most of the officers that were there all night long, this is the kind of crime scene they've never seen in their career," said Montreal Police Commander Ian Lafreniere.
Lafreniere said the suspect and the victim knew each other and that police have been trying to take down an online video that they believe shows Magnotta committing the murder.
He also said police believe Magnotta fled North America based on evidence they found at his apartment, and based on a blog Magnotta once wrote about how to disappear.
Police said Magnotta is also known by the names Eric Clinton Newman and Vladimir Romanov. They described him as white, 1.78 meters tall with blue eyes and black hair. His Internet presence indicates he is a bisexual porn actor and model.
Eric Schorer, the manager of the building where the suspect lived, said Magnotta had been living there for about four months but hadn't been seen in a while. He said there were never any complaints about noise in the unit, and that Magnotta "seemed like a nice guy."
Richard Payette, who lives across the hall from Magnotta, said the door of the apartment was left open on Wednesday and that a bad smell drifted out.
An online video of a man who looks like Magnotta shows him committing violent acts against kittens. For nearly two years, the name has been notorious among animal-rights activists seeking a man who killed and tortured cats and posted videos online.
Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, is wanted for homicide, Montreal police said on Wednesday at a news conference.
According to an official close to the probe, Magnotta worked as a porn actor.
Magnotta, believed to originally be from Toronto, was renting an apartment in a working-class Montreal neighborhood. It was behind that building that police found a man's torso in a suitcase in a heap of garbage on Tuesday. That same day, a foot was found in a package mailed to the Conservative Party headquarters in Ottawa, and a hand was found at postal warehouse in the Canadian capital. The package with the hand was addressed to the Liberal Party of Canada. Testing shows the three parts come from the same man, police said.
Police in masks combed through the blood-soaked Montreal studio apartment on Wednesday. A blood-stained mattress remained there after they left.
"For most of the officers that were there all night long, this is the kind of crime scene they've never seen in their career," said Montreal Police Commander Ian Lafreniere.
Lafreniere said the suspect and the victim knew each other and that police have been trying to take down an online video that they believe shows Magnotta committing the murder.
He also said police believe Magnotta fled North America based on evidence they found at his apartment, and based on a blog Magnotta once wrote about how to disappear.
Police said Magnotta is also known by the names Eric Clinton Newman and Vladimir Romanov. They described him as white, 1.78 meters tall with blue eyes and black hair. His Internet presence indicates he is a bisexual porn actor and model.
Eric Schorer, the manager of the building where the suspect lived, said Magnotta had been living there for about four months but hadn't been seen in a while. He said there were never any complaints about noise in the unit, and that Magnotta "seemed like a nice guy."
Richard Payette, who lives across the hall from Magnotta, said the door of the apartment was left open on Wednesday and that a bad smell drifted out.
An online video of a man who looks like Magnotta shows him committing violent acts against kittens. For nearly two years, the name has been notorious among animal-rights activists seeking a man who killed and tortured cats and posted videos online.
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