murder of Jun Lin

{{Short description|2012 murder in Montreal, Canada}}

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{{Infobox civilian attack

| title = Murder of Jun Lin

| image = Jun Lin pic.jpg

| image_size = 150

| caption = Victim Jun Lin on an unspecified date.

| date = May 24 or 25, 2012

| location = {{ubl|Montreal, Quebec, Canada}}

| target =

| motive = *Attention seeking

| type = Murder by stabbing, dismemberment, necrophilia

| weapons = Various

| victim = Jun Lin, aged 33

| perpetrator = Luka Rocco Magnotta

| verdict = Guilty on all counts

| convictions = First-degree murder, committing an indignity to a body{{Infobox event

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| child = yes

| sentence = Life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 25 years}}

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In May 2012, Jun Lin ({{zh|c=林俊|p=Lín Jùn}}; December 30, 1978 – May 24 or 25, 2012), a Chinese university student, was fatally stabbed and dismembered in Montreal, Canada, by Luka Rocco Magnotta, who then mailed Lin's hands and feet to elementary schools and federal political party offices.{{r|rewind}} After a video that showed Magnotta mutilating Lin's corpse was posted online, Magnotta fled Canada, becoming the subject of an Interpol Red Notice and prompting an international manhunt. In June 2012, he was apprehended in Berlin.{{r|rewind}}

In December 2014, after eight days of deliberations, a jury convicted Magnotta of first-degree murder.{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/12/23/luka_magnotta_is_convicted_of_firstdegree_murder.html# |title=Luka Magnotta is convicted of first-degree murder |work=thestar.com |date=December 23, 2014 |access-date=September 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704110242/https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/12/23/luka_magnotta_is_convicted_of_firstdegree_murder.html |archive-date=July 4, 2017 |url-status=live |last1=Woods |first1=Allan}} He was given a mandatory life sentence and 19 years for other charges, to be served concurrently. Magnotta was previously sought by animal rights groups for uploading videos of himself killing kittens.{{r|5th}}

Victim

Jun Lin ({{zh|c=林俊|p=Lín Jùn}}), also known as Justin Lin, was born on December 30, 1978, and came from Wuhan. He had come to Canada in 2010 with the intention of starting a new life there and to study computer engineering.{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-trial-jun-lin-s-family-still-haunted-by-horrific-death-1.2882560 |title=Luka Magnotta trial: Jun Lin's family still haunted by horrific death |date=December 23, 2014 |via=CBC News |access-date=October 13, 2022 |archive-date=October 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013092725/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-trial-jun-lin-s-family-still-haunted-by-horrific-death-1.2882560 |url-status=live }} In 2012, he was registered as an international student and an undergraduate in the engineering and computer science faculty at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec.{{r|CBC_id}} Lin had been studying in Montreal since July 2011,{{r|CBC_id}} previously attending Tyark College, a language school,{{Cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/body-parts-victim-was-a-romantic-looking-for-love/article4226141/ |title=Body-parts victim was a romantic, looking for love |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=June 2012 |access-date=December 16, 2020 |archive-date=November 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103014529/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/body-parts-victim-was-a-romantic-looking-for-love/article4226141/ |url-status=live |last1=Peritz |first1=Ingrid |last2=Ha |first2=Tu Thanh |last3=Morrow |first3=Adrian }} and had worked part-time as a convenience store clerk in Pointe-Saint-Charles.{{r|TS_denial}} He moved into a Griffintown-area apartment with a roommate on May 1, 2012.{{r|CBC_id}}

Lin, who was gay, had been at some point married to a woman, though they later divorced. In Canada, he had lived for a time with another Chinese man. Lin had never revealed his sexual orientation to his family in China, even though they had met his boyfriend. Shortly before the murder, Lin's relationship with his partner had ended because Lin was experiencing pressure from his family to "settle down" and marry a woman.{{Cite news |url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/ex-boyfriend-describes-his-relationship-with-jun-lin-at-magnotta-trial-1.2033571 |title=Ex-boyfriend describes his relationship with Jun Lin at Magnotta trial |via=CTV News |date=October 1, 2014 |access-date=October 10, 2022 |archive-date=October 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010104915/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/ex-boyfriend-describes-his-relationship-with-jun-lin-at-magnotta-trial-1.2033571 |url-status=live }}

After breaking up with his boyfriend, Lin had been using Grindr and other web applications to meet with men. Magnotta later said that they had met after Lin had responded to his Craigslist ad proposing sex and bondage.{{cite web |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/1708594/tracing-luka-magnottas-footsteps-the-night-jun-lin-is-last-seen-alive/ |title=Tracing Luka Magnotta's footsteps: The night Jun Lin is last seen alive |author=Minsky, Amy |publisher=Global News |date=December 9, 2014 |access-date=January 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113214245/https://globalnews.ca/news/1708594/tracing-luka-magnottas-footsteps-the-night-jun-lin-is-last-seen-alive/ |archive-date=January 13, 2020 |url-status=dead }}

Perpetrator

{{Infobox criminal

| image_name = Luka Rocco Magnotta mugshot.jpg

| image_size = 150

| caption = Magnotta's mugshot in 2012

| alt = German police mugshot of Magnotta taken following his arrest in Berlin.

| name = Luka Magnotta

| birth_name = Eric Clinton Kirk Newman

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|07|24}}

| birth_place = Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

| conviction = *First-degree murder

  • Committing an indignity to a body
  • Criminally harassing Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other members of Parliament
  • Mailing obscene and indecent material
  • Publishing obscene materials{{cite news |title=Day 8 of deliberations in Luka Magnotta trial |url=http://globalnews.ca/news/1741034/day-8-of-deliberations-in-luka-magnotta-trial/ |access-date=December 23, 2014 |work=CTV News |date=December 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223100827/http://globalnews.ca/news/1741034/day-8-of-deliberations-in-luka-magnotta-trial/ |archive-date=December 23, 2014 |url-status=live }}

| height = 1.80 m{{cite web |url=https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news-story/8215097-luka-magnotta-joins-dating-site-for-prisoners/ |title=Description of Luka Magnotta |publisher=The Peterborough Examiner |access-date=October 31, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031174138/https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news-story/8215097-luka-magnotta-joins-dating-site-for-prisoners/ |archive-date=October 31, 2018 |url-status=dead |date=June 29, 2015}}

| conviction_penalty = Life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 25 years{{cite news |title=Luka Magnotta guilty of 1st-degree murder in Jun Lin's slaying |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-guilty-of-1st-degree-murder-in-jun-lin-s-slaying-1.2875989 |access-date=December 24, 2014 |work=CBC News |date=December 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223202953/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-guilty-of-1st-degree-murder-in-jun-lin-s-slaying-1.2875989 |archive-date=December 23, 2014 |url-status=live }}

| conviction_status = Imprisoned

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| surrender date =

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| occupation = Escort, model, porn actor, stripper

| other_names = {{ubl|Vladimir Romanov{{r|Macleans_FB}}|Mattia Del Santo{{r|Macleans_FB}}|"Jimmy"{{r|Xtra_Jimmy}}|"Justin"{{r|IAFD}}|"Angel"{{r|CBC_whois}}|

"Canadian Psycho"{{cite news|title='Canadian Psycho' Luka Rocco Magnotta chosen as 2012's Newsmaker of the Year|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/canadian-psycho-luka-rocco-magnotta-chosen-as-2012-s-newsmaker-of-the-year-1.1090120|access-date=October 11, 2022|work=CTV News|date=December 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011075844/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/canadian-psycho-luka-rocco-magnotta-chosen-as-2012-s-newsmaker-of-the-year-1.1090120|archive-date=October 11, 2022|url-status=live}}|"Butcher of Montréal"{{cite news|title='CLuka Rocco Magnotta arrested in Germany|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-rocco-magnotta-arrested-in-germany-1.1147219|access-date=October 11, 2022|work=CBC News|date=December 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011081340/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-rocco-magnotta-arrested-in-germany-1.1147219|archive-date=October 11, 2022|url-status=live}}|Kirk Trammel{{r|TS_schools}}}}

| imprisoned = Port-Cartier Institution,{{Cite web |url=https://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/institutions/001002-2010-fr.shtml |title=Port-Cartier Institution |access-date=February 13, 2024 |archive-date=February 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213140856/https://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/institutions/001002-2010-fr.shtml |url-status=live }} Quebec{{Cite news |url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/canadian-psycho-luka-rocco-magnotta-chosen-as-2012-s-newsmaker-of-the-year-1.1090120 |title='Canadian Psycho' Luka Rocco Magnotta chosen as 2012's Newsmaker of the Year |newspaper=National Post |date=November 2, 2015 |last1=Network |first1=Postmedia |access-date=December 20, 2019 |archive-date=October 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011075844/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/canadian-psycho-luka-rocco-magnotta-chosen-as-2012-s-newsmaker-of-the-year-1.1090120 |url-status=live }} (until 2022){{cite web|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/killer-luka-magnotta-transferred-from-maximum-security-prison-1.6794013|title=Killer Luka Magnotta transferred from maximum-security prison|first=Joe|last=Lofaro|website=CTV News|date=March 4, 2024|access-date=March 5, 2024|archive-date=March 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304224718/https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/killer-luka-magnotta-transferred-from-maximum-security-prison-1.6794013|url-status=live}}

| victims = Jun Lin, aged 33
4 kittens
1 puppy

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Luka Rocco Magnotta (born Eric Clinton Kirk Newman{{r|CBC_timeline}}) was born on July 24, 1982, in Scarborough, Ontario, the son of Anna Yourkin and Donald Newman. He was the first of their three children. According to him, his mother was obsessed with cleanliness, would routinely lock her children out of the house, and once put her children's pet rabbits out in the cold to freeze to death. His father was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1994,{{cite web |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/psychiatrists-report-chronicles-the-making-of-luka-magnotta |title=Psychiatrist's report chronicles the making of Luka Magnotta |last1=Montgomery |first1=Sue |date=November 14, 2014 |website=Montreal Gazette |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929233211/https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/psychiatrists-report-chronicles-the-making-of-luka-magnotta |archive-date=September 29, 2018 |access-date=September 29, 2018 |ref=Gazette }} after which he divorced Magnotta's mother, leading Magnotta to move in with his grandmother, Phyllis.{{r|CBC_timeline}}

Magnotta attended I. E. Weldon Secondary School in Lindsay.{{r|CBC_timeline}} Later on, having been diagnosed with schizophrenia, he received a disability allowance; he supplemented that source of income with prostitution.{{cite web |url=https://nationalpost.com/opinion/christie-blatchford-magnotta-jurors-likely-baffled-by-too-much-expert-testimony |title=Christie Blatchford: Magnotta jurors likely baffled by too much 'expert' testimony |date=December 21, 2014 |website=National Post |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240518182123/https://nationalpost.com/opinion/christie-blatchford-magnotta-jurors-likely-baffled-by-too-much-expert-testimony |archive-date=May 18, 2024 |access-date=October 14, 2022 |url-status=live }} Besides his work as an escort, he began in 2003 to appear in gay pornographic videos. He also worked as a stripper.{{r|CBC_timeline|MSN_interview}} He appeared as a pin-up model in a 2005 issue of Toronto's fab magazine, using the pseudonym Jimmy.{{r|Xtra_Jimmy}}

Although some media labeled him a "porn star" after the murder, further reporting showed that his work as a porn actor had been "anything but prolific or high-profile" as he had shot less than a dozen videos over a five-year period. A staff member of the Internet Adult Film Database commented, upon reviewing Magnotta's output, that "not even the porn industry was much interested in him". He did not have much success at modeling either.{{cite web |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/little-evidence-luka-rocco-magnotta-was-a-gay-porn-star-or-many-of-the-other-things-he-called-himself |title=Little evidence Luka Rocco Magnotta was a prolific gay porn star or many of the other things he called himself |date=Jun 1, 2012 |website=National Post |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220630191854/https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/little-evidence-luka-rocco-magnotta-was-a-gay-porn-star-or-many-of-the-other-things-he-called-himself |archive-date=June 30, 2022 |access-date=November 15, 2022 |url-status=live }}

He legally changed his name from Eric Clinton Kirk Newman to Luka Rocco Magnotta on August 12, 2006.{{r|CBC_whois}} Magnotta declared bankruptcy in March 2007, owing $17,000 in various debts.{{r|VS_bankruptcy|CTV_whois}} The bankruptcy was fully discharged in December 2007.{{r|VS_bankruptcy}}

=Attempts at notoriety=

In 2007, Magnotta was an unsuccessful competitor in OUTtv's reality series COVERguy.{{r|TS_audition|Sun_Coverguy|Xtra_details}} He had multiple cosmetic surgeries, and auditioned for the Slice network television show Plastic Makes Perfect in February 2008.{{r|Shaw_Plastic}}

Over several years, Magnotta created many profiles on various social media and discussion forums to plant a variety of claims about himself.{{r|CBC_whois|CTV_whois}} Among other things, he purported to be a successful model and a prominent porn star. Police stated that Magnotta set up at least 70 Facebook pages and 20 websites under different names. Magnotta would use these pages and multiple false online identities to "sing his own praises" (one page called him "The new James Dean"), attack people he disliked, or spread false information about himself in an effort to attract attention.{{r|Macleans_FB}}

One such rumour emerged in 2007, claiming Magnotta was in a relationship with Karla Homolka, a high-profile Canadian convicted murderer, which Magnotta denied in a subsequent interview with the Toronto Sun.{{r|Macleans_Homolka|Sun_Homolka|Warmington-2012-05-31}} During the murder investigation in 2012, Montreal police announced that the pair had dated, but soon retracted the statement, and acknowledged that they had no evidence to corroborate the claim.{{r|Macleans_Homolka}} As with the Homolka relationship, Magnotta repeatedly denied other claims that he had planted as hoaxes, and as part of a campaign of cyberstalking against him. Nina Arsenault, who had been Magnotta's lover in the early 2000s, described him in 2012 as a manipulative liar and often self-destructive.{{r|CBC_whois}}

The Toronto Sun reporter who had interviewed Magnotta in 2007 about the Homolka rumours later said that he had found him "troubled", and that he had suspected at the time that Magnotta had made up the rumours to gain attention. However, he had assumed that Magnotta was "if anything (...) more of a danger to himself".{{r|CBC_whois}} A transgender woman who had briefly dated Magnotta at the time, said in 2012 that he was obsessed with becoming famous, and that he seemed to perceive Homolka and her accomplice Paul Bernardo as "role models".{{r|CBC_whois}}

=Early criminal activity=

In 2005, Magnotta, who was going by his birth name at the time, was convicted of one count of impersonation and three counts of fraud (against Sears Canada, The Brick, and 2001 Audio Video): he had taken advantage of a mentally disabled young woman by convincing her to apply for credit cards and then using those cards himself to purchase over $10,000 worth of goods. He was also accused of sexually assaulting the woman, although that charge was later dropped. He pleaded guilty, and received a nine-month conditional sentence with 12 months of probation. The court noted at the time that Magnotta had "significant psychiatric issues" and did not always take his medication.{{r|GM_glimpse|CBC_timeline}}

In 2010, Magnotta posted on YouTube a video titled 1 boy 2 kittens, in which he deliberately suffocated two kittens in a plastic bag with a vacuum cleaner.{{r|CC_kittens}} He later published a second video of himself, this time drowning a cat in a bathtub. A third video showed him feeding a cat to a python. In January 2011, a private Facebook group identified Magnotta as the person in these videos;{{r|huffpobarbi}} animal rights activist groups subsequently offered a $5,000 reward for bringing him to justice.{{r|CBC_timeline}} He was initially dubbed the "Vacuum Kitten Killer" by the online animal activists.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyb4fOBMWds&t=1636s Hunting Luka Magnotta - the fifth estate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313223758/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyb4fOBMWds |date=March 13, 2020 }}, CBC News The Internet community which had identified Magnotta reported him to authorities, warning that after committing acts of animal cruelty, he might pose a threat to humans.{{cite web|url=https://sites.psu.edu/aspsy/2020/11/05/an-online-community-that-found-a-murderer/|title=An Online Community that found a Murderer|access-date=7 October 2022|work=sites.psu.edu|archive-date=October 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007165144/https://sites.psu.edu/aspsy/2020/11/05/an-online-community-that-found-a-murderer/|url-status=live}} Their investigation was later chronicled in the 2019 true crime docuseries Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer. In February 2011, Toronto police began investigating Magnotta in connection with the videos, after receiving a complaint from the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.{{r|GM_kittens}} The OSPCA also contacted the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Britain, the American FBI, and police in Montreal, due to the suspect's extensive travels.{{r|GM_kittens}}

Murder and investigation

File:5720 Decarie Blvd, Montreal (2) - Murder Location.jpg

Lin was last seen on May{{nbs}}24, 2012, and his friends reported getting a text message from his phone at 9:00{{nbs}}p.m.{{r|TS_denial}} His boss became suspicious when he did not show up for his shift the next day.{{r|CBC_friends|CN_shift}} Three of his friends went into his apartment on May{{nbs}}27.{{r|TS_denial|CTV_id|CN_shift}} He was reported missing to police on May{{nbs}}29.{{r|CBC_id|CTV_id}} The last images showing Jun Lin alive were taken by a surveillance camera on the night of May{{nbs}}24, 2012: they showed Lin and Magnotta entering the apartment building where Magnotta lived.

On May{{nbs}}25, 2012, an 11-minute video titled 1{{nbs}}Lunatic, 1{{nbs}}Ice Pick was uploaded to bestgore.com, depicting a naked male—later identified as Lin—tied to a bed frame being repeatedly stabbed with what appeared to be an ice pick{{r|NP_video}} (later determined to be a screwdriver){{cite news |last=Shivji |first=Salimah |title=Luka Magnotta inspired by film Basic Instinct, Crown says |newspaper=CBC News |location=Montreal |date=November 17, 2014 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-inspired-by-film-basic-instinct-crown-says-1.2834542 |access-date=October 30, 2021 |archive-date=October 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030221648/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-inspired-by-film-basic-instinct-crown-says-1.2834542 |url-status=live }} and with a kitchen knife, then dismembered, followed by acts of necrophilia{{r|NP_video|TS_gore}} as the perpetrator used the victim's severed arm to masturbate.{{cite news |title=Luka Magnotta trial: Jury sees unedited clips from infamous video|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-trial-jury-sees-unedited-clips-from-infamous-video-1.2810569|author=Salimah Shivji |website=CBC News|date=October 23, 2014|access-date=August 9, 2024 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/magnotta-trial-jurors-watch-so-called-murder-video-1.2056838 |title=Magnotta trial: Jurors watch so-called murder video|website=CTV News |date=October 16, 2014|access-date=August 9, 2024 }} The video was edited from various clips and also included still photos. During the video, the 1987 New Order song "True Faith" plays in the background,{{r|NP_video}} and a poster for the 1942 film Casablanca is visible on the wall.{{r|TS_horror}} The perpetrator uses a knife and fork to cut off some of the flesh, and gets a dog to chew on the body.{{r|NP_video|DB_nom}} Canadian authorities obtained a "more extensive" version of the video, and said that cannibalism may have been performed.{{r|TS_schools|MG_nom}}

It was later established that the video did not show the actual killing and that Lin, whose throat had been slit, was already dead when it was shot. The first seconds of the video showed a naked and bound man writhing while another man in a hooded sweatshirt straddled him. However, investigations determined that the person shown in those images was not Lin, but another man who had been to Magnotta's apartment at a different date and had not been murdered. Materials promoting the video appeared online 10 days before the murder took place.{{r|OC_refs|NP_promo}} Police later said that the video had been sent by Magnotta to bestgore.com, whose owner then posted it online.{{cite news |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/best-gore-site-owner-charged-for-posting-dismemberment-video-in-luka-magnotta-case |title=Best Gore website owner charged for posting grisly dismemberment video in Luka Rocco Magnotta case|website= National Post |date=July 17, 2013|author=Associated Press|access-date=August 9, 2024 }}

Several hours after killing Lin, Magnotta booked a round-trip ticket for a flight from Montreal to Paris, using a passport with his own name.

On May{{nbs}}26, 2012, an attorney from Montana attempted to report the video to Toronto Police, his local Sheriff, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but the report was dismissed by officials.{{r|CBC_report|TS_video}} Bestgore viewers also attempted to report the video.{{r|CBC_bestgore}} Police later confirmed it as authentic, and identified the victim, an Asian male, as the same individual whose body parts were sent to Ottawa.{{r|GM_apt}}

At 11{{nbs}}a.m. on May{{nbs}}29, 2012, a package containing a left foot was delivered to the national headquarters of the Conservative Party of Canada.{{r|NP_manhunt}} The package was stained with blood, had a foul smell,{{r|NP_Byrne|CC_trauma}} and was marked with a red heart symbol.{{r|GM_apt}} Another package containing a left hand was intercepted in a Canada Post processing facility, addressed to the Liberal Party.{{r|GM_apt}}

A janitor discovered a decomposing torso inside a suitcase, left in a garbage pile in the alley behind an apartment building in the Snowdon area of Montreal.{{r|NP_manhunt}} He first saw the suitcase on May{{nbs}}25, but it was not picked up due to the large amount of garbage that day.{{r|GM_apt}} After searching the scene, police recovered human remains, bloody clothes, and papers identifying the suspect, as well as "sharp and blunt objects" from the back alley.{{r|CBC_police2}} Footage from surveillance cameras inside the building showed a suspect bringing numerous garbage bags outside, and the images matched the suspect who was captured on video at the post office in Côte-des-Neiges.{{r|CBC_police2}}

File:5720 Decarie Blvd, Montreal (1) - Murder Location.jpg

At 11:33{{nbs}}p.m. EDT (03:33 UTC), police searched the apartment Magnotta was renting on Décarie Boulevard.{{r|CBC_police2}} He had moved in four months prior, and his rent was paid up to June{{nbs}}1.{{r|TS_apt}} The apartment had been mostly emptied before he left.{{r|TS_apt}} Blood was found on different items, including the mattress, the refrigerator, the table, and the bathtub.{{r|TS_apt}} "If you dont like the reflection. Dont look in the mirror. I dont care {{sic}}" was written in red ink on the inside of a closet.{{r|TS_apt}}

On May{{nbs}}30, 2012, it was confirmed that the body parts belonged to the same individual, later identified as Jun Lin.{{r|CTV_id}} The suspect in the case was quickly identified as Magnotta, who had by then fled.{{r|CTV_id}}

A note was found with the package sent to the Conservative Party, saying six body parts had been distributed, and that the perpetrator would kill again.{{r|CTV_note}} The other three packages also contained notes, but their contents were undisclosed by police, who cited their concerns about possible copycat crimes.{{r|CBC_probe}} On June{{nbs}}5, 2012, a package containing a right foot was delivered to St.{{nbs}}George's School, and another package containing a right hand to False Creek Elementary School in Vancouver, British Columbia.{{r|TS_schools|AP_schools}} It was confirmed that both packages were sent from Montreal.{{r|CBC_probe}} Some of the packages were wrapped in pink tissue paper; one of them was labeled with a note saying "Roses are red, violets are blue, the police will need dental records to identify you bitch."{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us/canada-murder-trial-hears-of-body-parts-in-mailed-parcels-idUSKCN0HP28I/|title=Canada murder trial hears of body parts in mailed parcels|first=Allison|last=Lampert|newspaper=Reuters |date=September 30, 2014|via=www.reuters.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/world-news/roses-are-red-violets-are-blue-the-police-will-need-dental-records-to-identify-you/30638219.html|title='Roses are red, violets are blue, the police will need dental records to identify you'|date=October 4, 2014|website=Irish Independent}}{{Cite web |date=2014-09-30 |title=Luka Magnotta trial witness describes evidence found at apartment |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-trial-witness-describes-evidence-found-at-apartment-1.2781832 |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=CBC News}}

On June{{nbs}}13, 2012, the four limbs and the torso were matched to Lin using DNA samples from his family.{{r|NP_match}} On July{{nbs}}1, his head was recovered at the edge of a small lake in Montreal's Angrignon Park, after police received an anonymous tip.{{r|CTV_head}}

Manhunt

Investigations in Canada were headed by Peter Lambrinakos. An arrest warrant for Magnotta was issued by the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM), later upgraded to a Canada-wide warrant{{r|RCMP}} by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), accusing him of the following crimes:{{r|CBC_warrant}}

  1. First-degree murder;
  2. Committing an indignity to a dead body;
  3. Publishing obscene material;
  4. Mailing obscene, indecent, immoral or scurrilous material; and
  5. Criminally harassing Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and several (unnamed) members of Parliament.

On May 31, 2012, Interpol issued a red notice for Magnotta at the request of Canadian authorities, and for several days before and after his arrest, his name and photo were displayed prominently at the top of the home page of the Interpol website. The red notice requested that Magnotta be provisionally arrested pending extradition back to Canada by any Interpol member state.{{r|Interpol_2}}

Prior to the red notice, Magnotta booked a round-trip ticket for a flight from Montreal to Paris on May 25, using a passport with his own name.{{cite news |last=Shivji |first=Salimah |title=Luka Magnotta trial hears from ex-PM's son and Karla Homolka's sister |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-trial-hears-from-ex-pm-s-son-and-karla-homolka-s-sister-1.2803849 |access-date=October 19, 2014 |work=CBC News |date=October 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020043736/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-trial-hears-from-ex-pm-s-son-and-karla-homolka-s-sister-1.2803849 |archive-date=October 20, 2014 |url-status=live }} After his arrival in France, his cell phone signal was traced to a hotel in Bagnolet, but he had left by the time police arrived.{{r|AFP_hotel}} Pornographic magazines and an air-sickness bag were found in the hotel room.{{r|AFP_hotel|CBC_coverage}} Magnotta used a false passport with the name "Kirk Trammel" at the hotel.{{cite news |title=Luka Rocco Magnotta: Victim's family meets Montreal police |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2012/06/06/luka_rocco_magnotta_victims_family_meets_montreal_police.html |access-date=October 19, 2014 |work=Thestar.com |date=June 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817080909/https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2012/06/06/luka_rocco_magnotta_victims_family_meets_montreal_police.html |archive-date=August 17, 2017 |url-status=live }} He had contacts in Paris from a previous visit in 2010, and police were following a large-framed man who had been in contact with Magnotta. Another man he stayed with for two nights did not realize who he was until he had left. Magnotta then boarded a Eurolines bus at the Bagnolet coach station bound for Berlin, Germany.{{r|AP_schools}}

On June 4, 2012, Magnotta was apprehended by Berlin Police at an Internet café in the Neukölln district while reading news stories about himself.{{r|CBC_arrest}} He tried giving fake names before admitting who he was.{{r|CBC_arrest}} His identity was confirmed through fingerprint evidence.{{r|CBC_arrest}} Magnotta appeared in a Berlin court on June 5, 2012.{{r|Reuters_German}} According to German officials, he did not oppose his extradition.{{r|Reuters_German}} There was sufficient evidence to keep him in custody until extradition,{{r|NP_match}} and he agreed to a simplified process.{{r|CBC_family}}

On June 18, 2012, Magnotta was delivered to Canadian authorities in Berlin, and flown aboard a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-150 Polaris to Mirabel International Airport, north of Montreal. A military transport was reported by the government to be necessary, due to safety concerns with using a commercial flight, and potential legal difficulties if the plane were diverted to another country.{{r|CTV_flight}} He was placed into solitary confinement at the Rivière-des-Prairies detention centre.{{r|Sun_isolation}}

Immediate aftermath

The crime was widely reported in China, with some believing the murder was racially motivated.{{r|Y_C}} Some Chinese questioned public safety in Canada, as the killing was the second high-profile murder of a Chinese student there in slightly over a year.{{r|Y_C}} Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird called Chinese ambassador Junsai Zhang to convey his condolences.{{r|The Huffington Post}}

On June 4, 2012, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he was pleased that the suspect was arrested, and congratulated the police forces on their good work in apprehending him.{{r|CBC_arrest}} Interim Liberal Party leader Bob Rae said that Canadians should mourn the victim, rather than "in any way, shape or form" celebrate Magnotta's notoriety.{{r|CBC_arrest}}

Two days later, Lin's family arrived at Trudeau Airport in Montreal.{{r|CBC_family|TS_family|VS_family}} The Chinese Students and Scholars Association of Concordia University established a fund to defray expenses incurred by Lin's family while in Canada, and an award was created in his honour.{{r|Sun_unity|GM_fund|CBC_award}} A candlelight vigil was held in Montreal.{{r|GM_vigil|CTV_vigil}}

Magnotta was named Canadian Newsmaker of the Year by The Canadian Press, which caused controversy.{{r|GM_newsmaker|newsmaker}}

Lin's body was cremated on July 11, and his ashes were buried on July 26 at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery (K04166) in Montreal.{{r|CBC_funeral|MG_funeral}}

On July 16, 2013, Edmonton police charged bestgore.com owner Mark Marek with corrupting public morals, a rarely used obscenity charge, for hosting the 1 Lunatic, 1 Ice Pick video online.[https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.1305412 Gore site owner charged over video in Magnotta case] CBC News, July 17, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2013. On January 25, 2016, Marek changed his plea to guilty, and was sentenced to a six-month conditional sentence after a joint submission from the Crown and defence. Marek had to serve half of the six-month sentence under house arrest.{{cite web |publisher=Global News |url=http://globalnews.ca/news/2474806/edmonton-gore-website-owner-on-trial-for-posting-magnotta-video/ |title=Edmonton gore website owner sentenced for posting Magnotta video |date=January 25, 2016 |access-date=June 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604231410/http://globalnews.ca/news/2474806/edmonton-gore-website-owner-on-trial-for-posting-magnotta-video/ |archive-date=June 4, 2016 |url-status=live }}

Legal proceedings

=Preliminary hearing=

On June 19, 2012, Magnotta appeared in court by video link to plead not guilty to all charges through his lawyer.{{r|AJ_plea}} On June 21, Magnotta appeared in person at a high-security Montreal courtroom to request a trial by jury.{{r|Sun_jury}}

A preliminary hearing began on March 11, 2013. The evidence presented is subject to a publication ban. Magnotta's defence team requested the media and the public be barred entirely from the hearing; this was declined the next day.{{r|Reuters_public}} Jun Lin's father, Diran Lin, travelled from China to attend the hearing.{{r|Sun_father}} On March 13, one of Magnotta's lawyers resigned, due to a possible conflict of interest.{{r|Gazette_conflict}} Expert witnesses testified, including a forensic pathologist, a forensic toxicologist, a forensic odontologist,{{r|Gazette_experts}} a bloodstain analyst,{{r|Sun_blood}} data recovery specialists{{r|LP_three}} and an Internet investigations officer.{{r|OC_collapse}} The prosecution also displayed video evidence.{{r|LP_three}} Both Magnotta and Diran Lin physically collapsed at separate times during the proceedings.{{r|Sun_blood|OC_collapse|Gazette_emo}}

On April 12, 2013, Magnotta was indicted on charges of first-degree murder, offering indignities to a human body, distributing obscene materials, using the postal service to distribute obscene materials, and criminal harassment.{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-to-stand-trial-on-1st-degree-murder-1.1331284 |work=CBC News |title=Luka Magnotta to stand trial on 1st-degree murder – Montreal – CBC News |access-date=April 12, 2013 |archive-date=April 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413023746/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2013/04/12/luka-magnotta-preliminary-hearing-trial-decision.html |url-status=live }}

=Trial=

Magnotta elected to be tried by judge and jury. He pleaded not guilty, admitting to the acts of which he was accused but claiming diminished responsibility due to mental disorders. Crown Attorney Louis Bouthillier made his opening statement on September 29, 2014. Quebec Superior Court Justice Guy Cournoyer presided over the trial, which lasted 10 weeks.{{cite web |last1=CBCNews |title=Luka Magnotta guilty of 1st-degree murder in Jun Lin's slaying |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-guilty-of-1st-degree-murder-in-jun-lin-s-slaying-1.2875989 |website=CBC News - Latest Canada, World, Entertainment, and Business News |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224035237/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-guilty-of-1st-degree-murder-in-jun-lin-s-slaying-1.2875989 |archive-date=December 24, 2014 |url-status=live }} On the opening day, he instructed jurors that Magnotta "admits the acts or the conducts underlying the crime for which he is charged. Your task will be to determine whether he committed the five offences with the required state of mind for each offence."{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-trial-hears-how-torso-found-in-trash-outside-apartment-1.2781112 |title=Luka Magnotta trial hears how torso found in trash outside apartment |date=September 29, 2014 |access-date=September 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930183046/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-trial-hears-how-torso-found-in-trash-outside-apartment-1.2781112 |archive-date=September 30, 2014 |url-status=live }}

Six tools (a pair of scissors, two knives, a screwdriver, an oscillating saw and a hammer) were recovered outside Magnotta's apartment and analysed by ballistics expert Gilbert Desjardins. He said none could be definitively linked to the killing and that no skeletal marks suggested the screwdriver or scissors were used, but some were consistent with saw and knife or X-Acto blade injuries.{{cite web |url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/crown-s-last-in-person-witness-testifies-at-luka-magnotta-trial-1.2072934 |title=Crown's last in-person witness testifies at Luka Magnotta trial |work=CTVNews |date=October 27, 2014 |access-date=October 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028003524/http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/crown-s-last-in-person-witness-testifies-at-luka-magnotta-trial-1.2072934 |archive-date=October 28, 2014 |url-status=live }}

During the trial, defence attorney Luc Leclair argued that Magnotta was in a psychotic state at the time of the crimes and could not be held responsible for his actions. The Crown prosecutor argued that the murder of Jun Lin was organized and premeditated and that Magnotta was "purposeful, mindful, ultra-organized and ultimately responsible for his actions."

Magnotta told a psychiatrist who interviewed him about the night he killed Lin that a person named "Manny"{{mdash}}{{hsp}}who he said was an abusive client from his escort service{{px2}}{{mdash}}{{hsp}}was there urging him to kill. It was then determined that this name and Magnotta's "Tramell" alias were inspired by Sharon Stone’s fictional character Catherine Tramell and fiancé Manny Vasquez, both from the film Basic Instinct. Prosecutors also suggested that the black screwdriver used by Magnotta to stab Lin had been painted silver to resemble the ice pick used in Basic Instinct{{'}}s murder scenes.{{cite AV media |title=Don't F**k With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer |medium=Streaming |publisher=Netflix |date=2019}}

Magnotta chose not to testify during the trial.

After a 12-week trial which included 10 weeks of hearing testimony, the jury of eight women and four men received final instructions from the trial judge on December 15, 2014, and was sequestered before beginning its deliberations the next day.{{cite news |title=Luka Magnotta trial: Jury now sequestered |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-trial-jury-now-sequestered-1.2871549 |access-date=December 15, 2014 |work=CBC News |date=December 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216103050/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-trial-jury-now-sequestered-1.2871549 |archive-date=December 16, 2014 |url-status=live }} On their eighth day of deliberation, they returned a verdict of guilty on all charges.{{cite news |title=Luka Magnotta trial: Jury delivers guilty verdict in death of Jun Lin |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-trial-jury-delivers-guilty-verdict-in-death-of-jun-lin-1.2875989 |access-date=December 23, 2014 |work=CBC News |date=December 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210013757/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-trial-jury-delivers-guilty-verdict-in-death-of-jun-lin-1.2875989 |archive-date=February 10, 2019 |url-status=live}} Magnotta was given a mandatory life sentence with eligibility for parole after 25 years.{{efn|He will be eligible for day parole in June 2034 and for full parole in June 2037.}} He was also sentenced to 19 years for other charges, to be served concurrently.Michael Winter (December 23, 2014). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/12/23/canada-killing-dismemberment-life-sentence/20825699/ "Canadian guilty of killing, dismembering Chinese student"]. {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625051638/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/12/23/canada-killing-dismemberment-life-sentence/20825699/ |date=June 25, 2018 }} USA Today. Retrieved December 24, 2014.

Magnotta filed an appeal for the convictions to be annulled and a new trial ordered. The appeal was filed with the Quebec Court of Appeal by Magnotta's defence counsel Luc Leclair, citing judicial error in jury instruction. The appeal further claimed that the "verdicts are unreasonable and unsupported by the evidence and the instructions."{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-files-appeal-of-murder-conviction-1.2918352 |title=Luka Magnotta files appeal of murder conviction |publisher=CBC News |date=January 19, 2015 |access-date=February 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211151730/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-files-appeal-of-murder-conviction-1.2918352 |archive-date=February 11, 2015 |url-status=live }} Magnotta withdrew his appeal on February 18, 2015.{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-withdraws-appeal-of-1st-degree-murder-conviction-1.2961348 |title=Luka Magnotta withdraws appeal of 1st-degree murder conviction |publisher=CBC News |date=February 18, 2015 |access-date=February 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218211920/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-withdraws-appeal-of-1st-degree-murder-conviction-1.2961348 |archive-date=February 18, 2015 |url-status=live }}

=Mental health=

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|+ Trial expert testimony

ExpertDiagnosisCrown/Defence
Dr. RoyBorderline personality disorder with histrionic traitsIndependent
Dr. ParisBorderline personality disorderrowspan="2" | Crown
Dr. ChamberlandAntisocial personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder
Dr. AllardParanoid schizophrenia{{efn| While subtypes of schizophrenia (such as catatonic, disorganized, paranoid, residual, and undifferentiated) were previously specified, they have been proven to be difficult to clearly differentiate, and beginning with the DSM-5 (2013) and the ICD-11, these are no longer recognized as distinct diagnoses.{{cite journal |display-authors=etal |vauthors=Reed GM, First MB, Kogan CS |date=February 2019 |title=Innovations and changes in the ICD-11 classification of mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders |journal=World Psychiatry |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=3–19 |doi=10.1002/wps.20611 |pmc=6313247 |pmid=30600616}}{{Cite web |title=Updates to DSM-5 Criteria & Text |url=https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm/updates-to-dsm-5/updates-to-dsm-5-criteria-text |access-date=21 February 2019 |publisher=www.psychiatry.org |archive-date=March 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317044139/https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm/updates-to-dsm-5/updates-to-dsm-5-criteria-text |url-status=live }}{{cite journal |vauthors=Tandon R |title=Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-5: Clinical Implications of Revisions from DSM-IV |journal=Indian J Psychol Med |volume=36 |issue=3 |pages=223–225 |date=July 2014 |pmid=25035542 |pmc=4100404 |doi=10.4103/0253-7176.135365 |doi-access=free }}}}rowspan="3" | Defence
Dr. WattsSchizophrenia, histrionic personality disorder, borderline personality traits, paraphilia
Dr. BarthParanoid schizophrenia

During his trial for murder, defence witnesses provided evidence that Luka Magnotta had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia as a teenager.{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Allison |title=Luka Magnotta diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, 2005 court document say |url=https://montrealgazette.com/Luka+Magnotta+diagnosed+with+paranoid+schizophrenia+2005+court+document+says/8189128/story.html |access-date=April 23, 2014 |newspaper=The Montreal Gazette |date=July 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930185123/http://www.montrealgazette.com/Luka+Magnotta+diagnosed+with+paranoid+schizophrenia+2005+court+document+says/8189128/story.html |archive-date=September 30, 2018 |url-status=live }} Defence expert Dr. Joel Watts testified that Magnotta showed signs of episodic schizophrenia (undifferentiated type), histrionic personality disorder, borderline personality traits and paraphilia not otherwise specified.{{cite web |url=http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2014/11/17/psychiatrist-downplays-e-mail-magnottas-sister-told-him-about |title=Magnotta in the mirror fails to faze defence psych |author=Daly, Brian |publisher=Brantford Expositor |date=November 17, 2014 |access-date=March 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330175618/http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2014/11/17/psychiatrist-downplays-e-mail-magnottas-sister-told-him-about |archive-date=March 30, 2017 |url-status=live }}

The prosecution revealed that Magnotta had been using illegal drugs during his teenage years which led to symptoms that mimicked schizophrenia and that Magnotta had been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder by Crown expert Dr. Joel Paris at Jewish General Hospital in Montreal in April 2012.{{cite news |last1=MONTGOMERY |first1=Sue |title=Psychiatrist's report chronicles the making of Luka Magnotta |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/psychiatrists-report-chronicles-the-making-of-luka-magnotta |access-date=December 29, 2014 |publisher=Montreal Gazette |date=November 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929233211/https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/psychiatrists-report-chronicles-the-making-of-luka-magnotta |archive-date=September 29, 2018 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Luka Magnotta File |url=http://postimg.org/image/8s02w1u41/ |access-date=December 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229225937/http://postimg.org/image/8s02w1u41/ |archive-date=December 29, 2014 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Luka Magnotta File 2 |url=http://postimg.org/image/4bdjsrm0r/ |access-date=December 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229230102/http://postimg.org/image/4bdjsrm0r/ |archive-date=December 29, 2014 |url-status=dead }} Dr. Renée Roy, the forensic psychiatrist who treated Magnotta at Rivières-des-Prairies Detention Centre since November 2012, through his preliminary hearing and right up to the murder trial, diagnosed Magnotta with borderline personality disorder with histrionic features.{{cite news |last1=DiManno |first1=Rosie |title=DiManno: A strange trip through Luka Magnotta's medical history |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/11/03/dimanno_a_strange_trip_through_luka_magnottas_medical_history.html |access-date=December 29, 2014 |publisher=The Toronto Star |date=November 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211163512/https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/11/03/dimanno_a_strange_trip_through_luka_magnottas_medical_history.html |archive-date=December 11, 2018 |url-status=live }}

Dr. Gilles Chamberland, another Crown expert who was not able to interview Magnotta, suggested that Magnotta showed signs of antisocial, histrionic, and narcissistic personality disorders.{{cite web |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/national/its-not-his-illness-its-his-personality-magnotta-trial-told |title=It's not his illness, it's his personality, Magnotta trial told |author=Montgomery, Sue |publisher=Montreal Gazette |date=December 1, 2014 |access-date=March 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330181447/http://montrealgazette.com/news/national/its-not-his-illness-its-his-personality-magnotta-trial-told |archive-date=March 30, 2017 |url-status=live }} He testified that Magnotta's actions at the time of the murder were best explained by histrionic personality disorder.{{cite web |last=Daly |first=Brian |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2014/11/27/ultra-organized-magnotta-didnt-seem-schizophrenic-says-crown-expert |title=Personality disorder best explains Luka Magnotta: Crown expert | Magnotta trial |publisher=Torontosun.com |date=November 27, 2014 |access-date=February 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130121236/http://www.torontosun.com/2014/11/27/ultra-organized-magnotta-didnt-seem-schizophrenic-says-crown-expert |archive-date=January 30, 2015 |url-status=live }} The prosecution accused Magnotta of pretending to be schizophrenic since his defence pleaded diminished responsibility due to alleged schizophrenia, and noted that a number of psychiatrists over the years found that Magnotta displayed antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic personality traits.{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-didn-t-act-like-a-schizophrenic-person-psychiatrist-says-1.2852607 |title=Luka Magnotta didn't act like a schizophrenic person, psychiatrist says |date=November 27, 2014 |access-date=November 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128095555/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-didn-t-act-like-a-schizophrenic-person-psychiatrist-says-1.2852607 |archive-date=November 28, 2014 |url-status=live }}

Investigation into other possible crimes

On June 8, 2012, the Los Angeles Police Department announced they were in contact with Montreal police to determine if Magnotta was involved in the then-unsolved murder and decapitation of Hervey Medellin,{{r|abc6812|Obs_LAPD|Gazette_LAPD}} known as the "Hollywood Sign Murder", but later announced that they did not believe he was involved in the crime.{{r|LA cops}} The animal rights group Last Chance for Animals claimed responsibility for posting YouTube videos linking him to the Hollywood Sign Murder in an attempt to lure Magnotta into contacting them.{{r|LCA_edge|Obs_LCA|Fox_LCA}} LCA offered a $7,500 reward for information leading to his arrest while he was on the run.{{r|LCA_reward}} On November 16, 2015, Gabriel Campos-Martinez was sentenced to 25 years to life for the murder.{{cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-life-in-hollywood-body-parts-case-20151116-story.html |title=Man gets 25 years to life in Hollywood sign body parts murder |website=Los Angeles Times |last1=Winton |first1=Richard |date=November 16, 2015 |access-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303073037/http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-life-in-hollywood-body-parts-case-20151116-story.html |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=live }}

Magnotta was also investigated for possible links to the 2010–2017 Toronto serial homicides, although this lead was eventually abandoned for lack of evidence.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-police-investigated-whether-gay-village-murder-suspect-had-help-from-notorious-killer-luka-magnotta-1.5124195 "Toronto police investigated whether Gay Village murder suspect had help from notorious killer Luka Magnotta"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508043515/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-police-investigated-whether-gay-village-murder-suspect-had-help-from-notorious-killer-luka-magnotta-1.5124195 |date=May 8, 2019 }}. CBC News, May 6, 2019.

In media

The murder of Jun Lin and its subsequent trial drew comparisons across North America to Mark Twitchell, a convicted murderer inspired by Dexter, who used social media in his crimes, and to self-promote his work. Author Steve Lillebuen, who wrote a book on the case, described a new trend in crime where social media allows killers to become "online broadcasters", and have direct, instant access to a global audience they may crave.

Netflix produced a three-part documentary series on Magnotta, and the group of people on the internet who helped track him down.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/dec/20/dont-fk-with-cats-netflixs-pet-killer-saga-is-2019s-darkest-documentary |title=Don't F**k With Cats: Netflix's pet killer saga is 2019's darkest documentary{{!}}Television{{!}}The Guardian |newspaper=The Guardian |date=December 20, 2019 |access-date=June 3, 2022 |archive-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518181635/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/dec/20/dont-fk-with-cats-netflixs-pet-killer-saga-is-2019s-darkest-documentary |url-status=live |last1=Heritage |first1=Stuart }} The show, titled Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer and directed by Mark Lewis, premiered on December 18, 2019.{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/11/raw-tv-wins-netflix-commission-on-luka-rocco-magnotta-1202789696/ |title='Gold Rush' Producer Raw TV Wins First Netflix Commission With Documentary On Canadian Killer Luka Magnotta |last=Kanter |first=Jake |date=November 20, 2019 |website=Deadline |language=en |access-date=November 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121135320/https://deadline.com/2019/11/raw-tv-wins-netflix-commission-on-luka-rocco-magnotta-1202789696/ |archive-date=November 21, 2019 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.narcity.com/entertainment/ca/luka-magnotta-documentary-on-netflix-will-trace-how-internet-sleuths-helped-find-him |title=Netflix Is Releasing A True Crime Docuseries On Canadian Murderer Luka Magnotta |website=www.narcity.com |date=November 20, 2019 |language=en-CA |access-date=November 23, 2019 |archive-date=February 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210113731/https://www.narcity.com/entertainment/ca/luka-magnotta-documentary-on-netflix-will-trace-how-internet-sleuths-helped-find-him |url-status=live }}

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{{cite news |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/05/30/jenni-byrne-human-foot/ |title=Tory mastermind behind Stephen Harper made grisly discovery of human foot |author=Stephanie Levitz |newspaper=National Post |agency=The Canadian Press |date=May 30, 2012 |access-date=March 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120531103916/http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/05/30/jenni-byrne-human-foot/ |archive-date=May 31, 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=http://www.canada.com/news/Tory+staffers+receive+trauma+counselling+over+encounter+with+severed+foot/6720491/story.html |title=Tory staffers receive trauma counselling over encounter with severed foot |author=Randy Boswell |agency=Postmedia News |date=June 2, 2012 |access-date=March 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109131908/http://www.canada.com/news/Tory+staffers+receive+trauma+counselling+over+encounter+with+severed+foot/6720491/story.html |archive-date=November 9, 2015 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/note-with-severed-foot-warned-of-more-killings-1.833410 |title=Note with severed foot warned of more killings |date=May 30, 2012 |publisher=CTV |access-date=June 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601221057/http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20120530/body-parts-apparently-sent-to-conservative-party-120530 |archive-date=June 1, 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite video |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-police-sum-up-magnotta-investigation-1.1683884 |title=Montreal police sum up Magnotta investigation |publisher=CBC |location=Montreal |date=June 5, 2012 |access-date=December 19, 2019 |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728095004/https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2242488737 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1204015--luka-magnotta-toronto-police-admit-they-could-have-done-more-when-u-s-lawyer-flagged-disturbing-video |title=Toronto police admit they "could have done more" when U.S. lawyer flagged disturbing video |author=Tonda MacCharles |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=May 31, 2012 |access-date=September 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815121125/http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1204015--luka-magnotta-toronto-police-admit-they-could-have-done-more-when-u-s-lawyer-flagged-disturbing-video |archive-date=August 15, 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-police-deny-ignoring-body-parts-case-tip-1.1219373 |title=Toronto police deny ignoring body parts case tip |publisher=CBC News |date=May 31, 2012 |access-date=March 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324211659/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/05/31/dismemberment-.html |archive-date=March 24, 2013 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.1134435 |title=Best Gore website investigated over Magnotta video |publisher=CBC |date=June 5, 2012 |access-date=June 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619130138/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/06/05/pol-magnotta-best-gore-police.html |archive-date=June 19, 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1204016--montreal-murder-case-online-reaction-to-video-reveals-a-disturbing-appetite-for-gore |title=Online reaction to video reveals a disturbing appetite for gore |author=Wendy Gillis |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=May 31, 2012 |access-date=September 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104024618/http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1204016--montreal-murder-case-online-reaction-to-video-reveals-a-disturbing-appetite-for-gore |archive-date=January 4, 2013 |url-status=live }}

{{cite web |url=http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/05/30/luka-rocco-magnotta-1-lunatic-1-ice-pick/ |title=The web can enable freedom in dictatorships, but it can also embolden psychopaths |author=Christie Blatchford |author-link=Christie Blatchford |publisher=Postmedia News |date=May 30, 2012 |access-date=March 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120531103631/http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/05/30/luka-rocco-magnotta-1-lunatic-1-ice-pick/ |archive-date=May 31, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/06/04/canada-s-cannibal-killer-early-reports-warned-about-luka-magnotta.html |title=Canada's 'Cannibal Killer:' Early Reports Warned About Luka Magnotta |author=Winston Ross |newspaper=The Daily Beast |date=June 4, 2012 |access-date=December 31, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308144335/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/06/04/canada-s-cannibal-killer-early-reports-warned-about-luka-magnotta.html |archive-date=March 8, 2013 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/Magnotta+accused+eating+part+slain+student+body+parts+still+missing/6731784/story.html |title=Magnotta accused of eating part of slain student – body parts still missing |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |author=Bruemmer, Rene |author2=Fisher, Matthew |agency=Postmedia News |date=June 5, 2012 |access-date=October 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930174105/http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Magnotta+accused+eating+part+slain+student+body+parts+still+missing/6731784/story.html |archive-date=September 30, 2018 |url-status=live }}

{{cite web |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/References_to_murder_video_online_10_days_before_body_parts_discovered/6714681/story.html |title=References to snuff video made online 10 days before suspected date of slaying |author=Glen McGregor |date=June 1, 2012 |work=Ottawa Citizen |access-date=October 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006130441/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/References_to_murder_video_online_10_days_before_body_parts_discovered/6714681/story.html |archive-date=October 6, 2018 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite news |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06/07/luka-rocco-magnotta-1-lunatic-1-ice-pick-jun-lin/ |title=As Luka Rocco Magnotta's alleged victim blogged about his cat, promos appeared for '1 Lunatic, 1 Ice Pick' |newspaper=National Post |date=June 7, 2012 |access-date=July 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129171240/http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06/07/luka-rocco-magnotta-1-lunatic-1-ice-pick-jun-lin/ |archive-date=January 29, 2013 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/a-glimpse-inside-magnottas-mind/article4446492/ |title=A glimpse inside Magnotta's mind |author=Renata D'Aliesio |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=July 27, 2012 |location=Toronto |access-date=September 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828182350/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/a-glimpse-inside-magnottas-mind/article4446492/ |archive-date=August 28, 2016 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |last=McGregor |first=Glen |title=Luka Magnotta's bankruptcy filing reveals a life lacking in glamour |url=https://vancouversun.com/news/Luka+Magnotta+bankruptcy+filing+reveals+life+lacking+glamour/6727237/story.html |access-date=June 4, 2012 |newspaper=Vancouver Sun |date=June 4, 2012 |agency=Postmedia News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606184413/http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Luka+Magnotta+bankruptcy+filing+reveals+life+lacking+glamour/6727237/story.html |archive-date=June 6, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite news |url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/magnotta-in-spotlight-but-who-is-eric-newman-1.846208 |title=Magnotta in spotlight, but who is Eric Newman? |agency=The Canadian Press |date=June 20, 2012 |publisher=CTV |access-date=March 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801210556/http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/magnotta-in-spotlight-but-who-is-eric-newman-1.846208 |archive-date=August 1, 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/magnotta-luka/ |title=Luka Magnotta & his troubled history |publisher=CBC |date=November 2012 |access-date=March 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215030632/http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/magnotta-luka/ |archive-date=February 15, 2013 |url-status=dead }}

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{{cite web |url=http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Police_hunt_former_fab_boy_in_connection_with_Montreal_murder-12069.aspx |title=Police hunt former fab boy in connection with Montreal murder |publisher=Xtra! |date=May 30, 2012 |access-date=March 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130331055751/http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Police_hunt_former_fab_boy_in_connection_with_Montreal_murder-12069.aspx |archive-date=March 31, 2013 |url-status=dead }}

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{{cite video |url=http://www.torontosun.com/videos/featured/featured-tor/1213592864001/luka-on-tv/1667942181001 |title=Luka on TV? |publisher=Toronto Sun |access-date=June 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114115522/http://www.torontosun.com/videos/featured/featured-tor/1213592864001/luka-on-tv/1667942181001 |archive-date=November 14, 2014 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite news |url=http://www.globalregina.com/my+name+is+luka+and+im+a+cosmetic+surgery+addict+audition+tape/6442656618/story.html |title='My name is Luka and I'm a cosmetic surgery addict': audition tape |publisher=Global News |date=June 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711142629/http://www.globalregina.com/my+name+is+luka+and+im+a+cosmetic+surgery+addict+audition+tape/6442656618/story.html |archive-date=July 11, 2012 |url-status=dead}}

{{cite video |url=http://video.ca.msn.com/watch/video/cannibal-suspect-luka-magnotta-in-2007-interview/8ql7jjjr |title=Cannibal Suspect Luka Magnotta in 2007 Interview |publisher=MSN Canada |access-date=June 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609041338/http://video.ca.msn.com/watch/video/cannibal-suspect-luka-magnotta-in-2007-interview/8ql7jjjr |archive-date=June 9, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite video |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/2012/05/31/luka_magnotta_auditions_for_a_reality_show.html |title=Luka Magnotta auditions for a reality show |publisher=Toronto Star |access-date=June 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414060903/http://www.thestar.com/news/2012/05/31/luka_magnotta_auditions_for_a_reality_show.html |archive-date=April 14, 2013 |url-status=live }}

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{{cite journal |url=http://www.macleans.ca/2012/06/01/magnotta-and-homolka-anatomy-of-a-rumour/ |title=Magnotta and Homolka: Anatomy of a rumour |first=Alan |last=Parker |journal=Maclean's |date=June 1, 2012 |access-date=March 21, 2013 |archive-date=February 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210092621/http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/01/magnotta-and-homolka-anatomy-of-a-rumour/ |url-status=live }}

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{{cite news |last=Warmington |first=Joe |title=Magnotta mystery goes way back |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/31/magnotta-mystery-goes-way-back |access-date=May 31, 2012 |newspaper=Toronto Sun |date=May 31, 2012 |location=Toronto ON |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228090433/http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/31/magnotta-mystery-goes-way-back |archive-date=December 28, 2013 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |title=Victim in body-parts case remembered by Montreal friends |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/victim-in-body-parts-case-remembered-by-montreal-friends-1.1144022 |date=June 2, 2012 |agency=The Canadian Press |publisher=CBC News |access-date=March 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510121402/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/06/02/montreal-body-parts-friends-victim.html |archive-date=May 10, 2013 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2012/06/02/luka_rocco_magnotta_friends_of_murder_victim_justin_lin_in_denial.html |title=Friends of murder victim Justin Lin in denial |author=Andrew Chung |date=June 2, 2012 |newspaper=Toronto Star |access-date=September 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822035508/https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2012/06/02/luka_rocco_magnotta_friends_of_murder_victim_justin_lin_in_denial.html |archive-date=August 22, 2016 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/justin-lin-33-identified-as-victim-in-grisly-slaying-1.834338 |title=Justin Lin, 33, identified as victim in grisly slaying |date=June 1, 2012 |publisher=CTV Montreal |access-date=June 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609035008/http://montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120601/mtl_missing_120601/20120601 |archive-date=June 9, 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/body-parts-victim-a-chinese-student-in-montreal-1.1144025 |title=Body-parts victim a Chinese student in Montreal |date=June 1, 2012 |publisher=CBC |access-date=June 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605222433/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/06/01/body-parts-france.html |archive-date=June 5, 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2012/06/01/victim-jun-lin-hadnt-missed-a-shift-until-disappearance-boss/ |title=Victim Jun Lin hadn't missed a shift until disappearance: boss |author=Andy Blatchford |author2=Sidhartha Banerjee |agency=The Canadian Press |publisher=CityNews |date=June 1, 2012 |access-date=March 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007205340/http://www.citynews.ca/2012/06/01/victim-jun-lin-hadnt-missed-a-shift-until-disappearance-boss/ |archive-date=October 7, 2014 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/human-remains-delivered-2-canada-schools |title=Human remains delivered to 2 Canada schools |agency=Associated Press |date=June 5, 2012 |access-date=March 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209221526/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/human-remains-delivered-2-canada-schools |archive-date=February 9, 2015 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2012/06/05/luka_rocco_magnotta_foot_and_hand_sent_to_vancouver_schools.html |title=Foot and hand sent to Vancouver schools |author=Petti Fong |author2=Andrew Chung |author3=Hilda Hoy |date=June 5, 2012 |newspaper=Toronto Star |access-date=September 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211042044/https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2012/06/05/luka_rocco_magnotta_foot_and_hand_sent_to_vancouver_schools.html |archive-date=December 11, 2018 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/magnotta-probe-widens-to-include-vancouver-remains-1.1224064 |title=Magnotta probe widens to include Vancouver remains |agency=The Canadian Press |publisher=CBC news |date=June 6, 2012 |access-date=June 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607060807/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/06/06/bc-body-parts-schools.html |archive-date=June 7, 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06/14/jun-lin-luka-rocco-magnotta-vancouver |title=Body parts mailed to Vancouver schools belong to Jun Lin |date=June 14, 2012 |publisher=National Post |access-date=June 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120615105000/http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06/14/jun-lin-luka-rocco-magnotta-vancouver/ |archive-date=June 15, 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/head-found-in-montreal-park-belongs-to-jun-lin-police-1.865495 |title=Head found in Montreal park belongs to Jun Lin: police |date=July 4, 2012 |publisher=CTV news |access-date=March 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320182156/http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/head-found-in-montreal-park-belongs-to-jun-lin-police-1.865495 |archive-date=March 20, 2013 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |title=Jun Lin's mother has 'sympathy' for alleged killer |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/jun-lin-s-mother-has-sympathy-for-alleged-killer-1.1181496 |date=July 26, 2012 |publisher=CBC |access-date=July 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726225011/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2012/07/26/jun-lin-funeral-montreal.html |archive-date=July 26, 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |title=About 50 people pay respects to Lin Jun at funeral service |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/About+people+respects+funeral+service/6993786/story.html |author=Kamila Hinkson |newspaper=The Montreal Gazette |date=July 26, 2012 |access-date=October 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930091500/http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/About+people+respects+funeral+service/6993786/story.html |archive-date=September 30, 2018 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/murder-suspect-magnotta-accused-of-harassing-pm-1.1291207 |title=Murder suspect Magnotta accused of harassing PM |date=June 2, 2012 |publisher=CBC |access-date=June 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602132731/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/06/01/magnotta-arrest-warrant-accusations.html |archive-date=June 2, 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605030213/http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/wanted-recherches/mur-meu/magnotta-eng.htm |url=http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/wanted-recherches/mur-meu/magnotta-eng.htm |title=Luka Rocco Magnotta |work=Wanted by the RCMP |publisher=Royal Canadian Mounted Police |archive-date=June 5, 2012 |date=May 29, 1989}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.interpol.int/News-and-media/News-media-releases/2012/N20120531 |title=INTERPOL issues Red Notice for suspected Canadian killer |publisher=Interpol |date=May 31, 2012 |access-date=May 31, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602214731/http://www.interpol.int/News-and-media/News-media-releases/2012/N20120531 |archive-date=June 2, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite news |url=http://www.afp.com/en/news/topstories/canadian-psycho-murder-suspect-arrested-berlin/ |title='Canadian Psycho' murder suspect arrested in Berlin |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=June 5, 2012 |access-date=March 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605102831/http://www.afp.com/en/news/topstories/canadian-psycho-murder-suspect-arrested-berlin |archive-date=June 5, 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-rocco-magnotta-arrested-in-germany-1.1147219 |title=Luka Rocco Magnotta arrested in Germany |publisher=CBC News |date=June 4, 2012 |access-date=June 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604173128/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/06/04/montreal-magnotta-search.html |archive-date=June 4, 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-canada-murder-idUSBRE8540ZA20120605 |title=Suspect in grisly Canada murder faces German court |work=Reuters |date=June 5, 2012 |access-date=July 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141126071448/http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/05/us-germany-canada-murder-idUSBRE8540ZA20120605 |archive-date=November 26, 2014 |url-status=live }}

{{cite video |url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2242141312 |title=Magnotta arrest coverage |publisher=CBC |date=June 4, 2012 |access-date=December 19, 2019 |archive-date=April 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412162218/https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2242141312 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.cp24.com/magnotta-arrives-home-to-face-canadian-justice-1.843501 |title=Magnotta back in Canada, expected in court Tuesday |date=June 18, 2012 |publisher=CTV |access-date=June 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620214834/http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20120618/magnotta-canada-germany-120618 |archive-date=June 20, 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite web |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/06/201262091240124117.html |title=Canada 'cannibal' suspect pleads not guilty |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=June 20, 2012 |access-date=March 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110035324/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/06/201262091240124117.html |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2012/06/21/magnotta-chooses-jury-trial |title=Magnotta chooses jury trial |author=Brian Daly |newspaper=Toronto Sun |agency=QMI |date=June 21, 2012 |access-date=March 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113005548/http://www.torontosun.com/2012/06/21/magnotta-chooses-jury-trial |archive-date=November 13, 2014 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2012/06/12/montreal-jail-reserves-isolated-holding-cell-for-magnotta |title=Montreal jail reserves isolated holding cell for Magnotta |author=Eric Thibault |newspaper=Toronto Sun |agency=QMI |date=June 12, 2012 |access-date=March 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112150135/http://www.torontosun.com/2012/06/12/montreal-jail-reserves-isolated-holding-cell-for-magnotta |archive-date=November 12, 2014 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/body-parts-case-involving-lin-jun-murder-provokes-220045918.html |title=Body parts murder of Lin Jun provokes Chinese gov't to warn its citizens in Canada |last=Radia |first=Andy |date=June 3, 2012 |work=Yahoo! Canada |access-date=June 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407044411/http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/body-parts-case-involving-lin-jun-murder-provokes-220045918.html |archive-date=April 7, 2013 |url-status=live }}

{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/06/01/luka-rocco-magnotta-john-baird_n_1563622.html |title=John Baird Offers Condolences to Chinese After Cops ID Victim In Body-Parts Death |author=Steve Rennie |date=June 1, 2012 |work=The Huffington Post |access-date=June 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604040703/http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/06/01/luka-rocco-magnotta-john-baird_n_1563622.html |archive-date=June 4, 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |title=Jun Lin family's Montreal arrival 'heartbreaking' |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/jun-lin-family-s-montreal-arrival-heartbreaking-1.1245689 |date=June 6, 2012 |publisher=CBC |access-date=June 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607045532/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/06/06/montreal-jun-lin-family.html |archive-date=June 7, 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2012/06/06/luka_rocco_magnotta_victims_family_meets_montreal_police.html |title=Victim's family meets Montreal police |date=June 6, 2012 |newspaper=Toronto Star |access-date=September 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817080909/https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2012/06/06/luka_rocco_magnotta_victims_family_meets_montreal_police.html |archive-date=August 17, 2017 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |title=Stricken with grief, family of dismembered man Jun Lin says: 'We come to take you home' |url=https://vancouversun.com/news/national/Family+dismemberment+victim+makes+emotional+journey+from/6740798/story.html |date=June 6, 2012 |newspaper=Vancouver Sun |access-date=October 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004151209/http://www.vancouversun.com/news/national/Family+dismemberment+victim+makes+emotional+journey+from/6740798/story.html |archive-date=October 4, 2018 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/concordia-sets-up-fund-to-aid-lins-family/article4242813/ |title=Concordia sets up fund to aid Lin's family |author=James Bradshaw |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=June 8, 2012 |location=Toronto |access-date=September 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304214445/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/concordia-sets-up-fund-to-aid-lins-family/article4242813/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/concordia-creates-jun-lin-award-1.1272561 |title=Concordia creates Jun Lin Award |date=June 8, 2012 |publisher=CBC News |access-date=March 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130223155030/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/06/08/concordia-creates-jun-lin-award.html |archive-date=February 23, 2013 |url-status=live }}

{{cite video |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2012/06/09/a-tragedy-creates-unity |title=A tragedy creates unity |publisher=Toronto Sun |date=June 9, 2012 |access-date=March 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113015840/http://www.torontosun.com/2012/06/09/a-tragedy-creates-unity |archive-date=November 13, 2014 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/candlelight-vigil-held-for-lin-jun-in-montreal/article4265589/ |title=Candlelight vigil held for Lin Jun in Montreal |agency=The Canadian Press |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=June 15, 2012 |location=Toronto |access-date=September 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828205412/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/candlelight-vigil-held-for-lin-jun-in-montreal/article4265589/ |archive-date=August 28, 2016 |url-status=live }}

{{cite video |url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=700888 |title=Vigil held for Lin Jun downtown |publisher=CTV News |date=June 15, 2012 |access-date=March 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061129/http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=700888 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=http://www.canada.com/life/Maher+Animal+rights+activists+started+chasing+Magnotta+years+before+mutilation+murder/6710225/story.html |title=Animal rights activists started chasing Magnotta years before mutilation murder |author=Stephen Maher |agency=Postmedia News |date=May 31, 2012 |access-date=March 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107110134/http://www.canada.com/life/Maher+Animal+rights+activists+started+chasing+Magnotta+years+before+mutilation+murder/6710225/story.html |archive-date=January 7, 2014 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joan-k-smith/barbi-twins-animal-rescue_b_2025727.html |title=Move Over, Romney and Obama: The Barbi Twins' 'Green Tea Diploradical Party' Speaks for the Real 99 Percent |last=Smith |first=Joan K. |date=November 2, 2012 |work=Huffington Post |access-date=November 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107014449/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joan-k-smith/barbi-twins-animal-rescue_b_2025727.html |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/police-were-tracking-magnotta-just-weeks-before-lin-juns-death-landlord-says/article4366705/ |title=Police were tracking Magnotta just weeks before Lin Jun's death, landlord says |author=Andy Blatchford |agency=The Canadian Press |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=June 24, 2012 |location=Toronto |access-date=September 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828165612/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/police-were-tracking-magnotta-just-weeks-before-lin-juns-death-landlord-says/article4366705/ |archive-date=August 28, 2016 |url-status=live }}

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{{cite press release |url=http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/lca-takes-cutting-edge-investigation-accused-murderer-animal-abuser-luka-magnotta-1665809.htm |title=LCA Takes Cutting Edge in Investigation of Accused Murderer and Animal Abuser Luka Magnotta |author=Last Chance for Animals |author-link=Last Chance for Animals |publisher=Marketwire |date=June 5, 2012}}

{{cite news |title=Los Angeles animal rights group that set online trap for Canadian 'cannibal killer' refutes published report |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/los-angeles-animal-rights-group-that-set-online-trap-for-canadian-cannibal-killer-refutes-published-report/ |publisher=Fox News |date=June 7, 2012 |access-date=June 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609064002/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/06/07/canadian-cannibal-killer-magnotta-reportedly-admired-video-la-body-parts-murder/ |archive-date=June 9, 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |title=Animal Activists Claim Responsibility For Videos Linking Luka Magnotta To Hollywood Sign Killing |url=http://observer.com/2012/06/animal-activists-claim-responsibility-for-videos-linking-luka-magnotta-to-hollywood-sign-killing |newspaper=New York Observer |date=June 6, 2012 |access-date=June 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608235020/http://observer.com/2012/06/animal-activists-claim-responsibility-for-videos-linking-luka-magnotta-to-hollywood-sign-killing/ |archive-date=June 8, 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/accused-canadian-cannibal-luka-magnotta-strike-hollywood/story?id=16519380 |title=Did Accused Canadian Cannibal Luka Magnotta Strike in Hollywood? |last=Goldman |first=Russell |date=June 8, 2012 |work=ABC News |access-date=June 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608102605/https://abcnews.go.com/International/accused-canadian-cannibal-luka-magnotta-strike-hollywood/story?id=16519380 |archive-date=June 8, 2012 |url-status=live}}

{{cite news |url=http://observer.com/2012/06/lapd-investigating-connection-between-luka-magnotta-and-hollywood-sign-killing |title=LAPD Investigating Connection Between Luka Magnotta And Hollywood Sign Killing |date=June 8, 2012 |newspaper=New York Observer |access-date=June 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611024522/http://observer.com/2012/06/lapd-investigating-connection-between-luka-magnotta-and-hollywood-sign-killing/ |archive-date=June 11, 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/Police+probing+possible+Magnotta+link+homicide+with+video/6746118/story.html |title=Police probing possible Magnotta link to L.A. homicide (with video) |date=June 7, 2012 |newspaper=The Montreal Gazette |access-date=October 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930083604/http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Police+probing+possible+Magnotta+link+homicide+with+video/6746118/story.html |archive-date=September 30, 2018 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |title=Canadian 'Cannibal' and 'Hollywood Sign' Murder Not Connected, LA Cops Conclude |author=Richard Esposito and Russell Goldman |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/canadian-cannibal-hollywood-sign-murder-connected-la-cops/story?id=16526236#.T9JIor-8zeY |newspaper=ABC News |date=June 8, 2012 |access-date=June 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608181428/https://abcnews.go.com/International/canadian-cannibal-hollywood-sign-murder-connected-la-cops/story?id=16526236#.T9JIor-8zeY |archive-date=June 8, 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |last=McIntyre |first=Mike |title=Media monsters |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/media-monsters-156629435.html |access-date=June 9, 2012 |newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604032454/http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/media-monsters-156629435.html |archive-date=June 4, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite news |last=Lillebuen |first=Steve |title=The sick fascination with a death video |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/06/opinion/lillebuen-killing-video/index.html |access-date=June 9, 2012 |newspaper=CNN.com |date=June 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610064608/http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/06/opinion/lillebuen-killing-video/index.html |archive-date=June 10, 2012 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |last=Lillebuen |first=Steve |title=Murderers have become online broadcasters. And their audience is us |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/murderers-have-become-online-broadcasters-and-their-audience-is-us/article4226048/ |access-date=June 9, 2012 |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |location=Toronto |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403085409/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/murderers-have-become-online-broadcasters-and-their-audience-is-us/article4226048/ |archive-date=April 3, 2016 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |last=Blatchford |first=Andy |title=Magnotta surfaces again: this time as Canadian Press News Story of the Year |url=http://www.thecanadianpress.com/english/online/OnlineFullStory.aspx?filename=DOR-MNN-CP.14c93379a9d94fc291cb91ec1c0fcaa3.CPKEY2008111303&newsitemid=21335918&languageid=1 |access-date=December 29, 2012 |agency=The Canadian Press |date=December 22, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413131428/http://www.thecanadianpress.com/english/online/OnlineFullStory.aspx?filename=DOR-MNN-CP.14c93379a9d94fc291cb91ec1c0fcaa3.CPKEY2008111303&newsitemid=21335918&languageid=1 |archive-date=April 13, 2014 }}

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{{cite news |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2013/03/11/victims-dad-prepares-to-see-accused-butcher-magnotta |title=Victim's dad prepares to see accused butcher Magnotta |author=Michael Nguyen |newspaper=Toronto Sun |agency=QMI |date=March 11, 2013 |access-date=March 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111205406/http://www.torontosun.com/2013/03/11/victims-dad-prepares-to-see-accused-butcher-magnotta |archive-date=November 11, 2014 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/canada-magnotta-idUSL1N0C4CAT20130312 |title=UPDATE 1-Canadian judge rejects total media ban in dismemberment case |work=Reuters |date=March 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064019/http://www.reuters.com/article/canada-magnotta-idUSL1N0C4CAT20130312 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=https://montrealgazette.com/Member+Luka+Magnotta+legal+team+withdraws+amid+conflict+interest+issue/8092357/story.html |title=Member of Luka Magnotta's legal team withdraws amid conflict of interest issue |newspaper=The Montreal Gazette |agency=The Canadian Press |date=March 13, 2013 |access-date=October 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507082836/http://www.montrealgazette.com/Member+Luka+Magnotta+legal+team+withdraws+amid+conflict+interest+issue/8092357/story.html |archive-date=May 7, 2013 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite news |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/Preliminary+hearing+goes+heavy+emotional+twists+turns/8093841/story.html |title=Preliminary hearing goes heavy on emotional twists and turns |author=Christie Blatchford |author-link=Christie Blatchford |newspaper=The Montreal Gazette |date=March 14, 2013 |access-date=October 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605103040/http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Preliminary+hearing+goes+heavy+emotional+twists+turns/8093841/story.html |archive-date=June 5, 2013 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite news |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2013/03/15/janitor-at-luka-magnottas-building-takes-stand-at-preliminary-hearing |title=Janitor at Luka Magnotta's building takes stand at preliminary hearing |author=Brian Daly |newspaper=Toronto Sun |agency=QMI |date=March 15, 2013 |access-date=March 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112220412/http://www.torontosun.com/2013/03/15/janitor-at-luka-magnottas-building-takes-stand-at-preliminary-hearing |archive-date=November 12, 2014 |url-status=live }}

{{cite news |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/Experts+testify+Magnotta+preliminary+hearing/8114998/story.html |title=Luka Magnotta hearing breezes through six more witnesses |author=Sue Montgomery |newspaper=The Montreal Gazette |date=March 18, 2013 |access-date=October 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210013756/http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Experts+testify+Magnotta+preliminary+hearing/8114998/story.html |archive-date=February 10, 2019 |url-status=live}}

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