07/17/2012

Canadian Cannibal

The Background:

A Vancouver elementary school received a severed hand in the mail. On the same day in late May, 2012, a bloodied human foot was delivered to a middle school in Vancouver. A similar parcel was discovered at the Canadian Parliament Building, and law enforcement found still more en route to other government buildings. A “Red Notice,” Interpol’s version of an arrest warrant, was issued for male escort and wannabe gay porn actor Luka “Rocco” Magnotta, based on a disturbing video that seemed to show him killing, dismembering and performing necrophiliac acts. An international manhunt led to an internet café in Germany, where Berlin Police arrested Magnotta. He was extradited to Canada as the primary suspect in the body parts mailing case.