When was magnotta caught

A week before killing Lin, Magnotta brought another young man — who has never been identified — to his apartment, tied him to his bed and filmed him.

Lin was seen entering the building late May 24 with Magnotta, but never came out. Police discovered his body parts in the garbage May Magnotta mailed a hand and foot to two schools in Vancouver as well as to the Conservative Party headquarters in Ottawa.

The package destined for the Liberal Part of Canada was intercepted at the Canada Post plant before it could be delivered. Each parcel had been neatly wrapped in pink tissue paper and black wine gift bag and contained a hand-printed note on pink paper. The jury has been given Wednesday and Thursday off and was told to return Friday, when the defence should begin presenting its case. Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Montreal Gazette, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.

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According to Canadian media reports, Magnotta promoted himself as a gay porn actor through a graphic website that showcases a chameleon-like quality: the ability to change his appearance. In one picture, with dark hair, he resembles a teenager. In another, with blond hair, he looks rough. Authorities allege he even changes his names, using the aliases Eric Newman or Vladimir Romanov.

His name may not have been known before last week, but Magnotta's digital footprints were large. He was notorious among online animal rights activists, who pegged him as a serial kitten killer who used cat carcasses in sexual acts. A Facebook group started in December dubbed him the " Vacuum Kitten Killer ," after a video was posted on YouTube showing kittens being killed by suffocation and drowning.

Several Canadian newspapers also reported that Magnotta had dated notorious Canadian killer Karla Homolka, who years before was arrested for the rapes and murders of three Ontario girls, including her own sister. As part of a plea bargain, Homolka served 12 years in prison.

Lafreniere said he could not confirm any links and Homolka is not part of the investigation. Now, there are reports that Magnotta threatened to kill as early as six months ago during an encounter with a reporter at the Sun. The British newspaper implicated Magnotta as a suspect in the videotaped killing of a kitten, which it reports he initially denied. Then, according to the newspaper, it received an e-mail describing how the writer planned to move on from killing animals to people.

The writer, the newspaper reported over the weekend, was Magnotta. But there was little British authorities could do, with Magnotta back in Canada. Lafreniere has said police are aware of the animal abuse allegations. Magnotta, carrying a black satchel, was the last one to board the flight and took seat 33A, next to the window, said the blogger, who refused to give his real name. Magnotta stank of sweat, the blogger said.

Magnotta was seen crying at the back of the plane, and the blogger assumed he was scared of flying. He slept at a hotel in Bagnolet, in the northeast Paris region of Seine-Saint-Denis, near the international bus terminal, French media reported.

Police found pornography magazines and air sickness bags from the flight. Magnotta is also said to have stayed with a friend in the suburb of Clichy-la-Garenne before the friend knew police were searching for him. By this time, the gruesome affair had exploded in Canada. A decomposing foot showed up at the Conservative party headquarters in Ottawa.

Other body parts are still missing. Magnotta was quickly named as the suspect. Police entered his rundown studio apartment in Montreal and found a blood-stained mattress and blood in the fridge.

An international arrest warrant was issued May 31, the same day he left for Berlin on a Eurolines bus, information confirmed by video surveillance. He bought a ticket under the name K.