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josev

josev

Vancouver, BC
February 2009

MAY 29, 2012 08:37 PM

It seems that Canada has the rare distinction of being the land of severed feet.
Severed foot mailed to conservative party HQ.
Not to mention the fact that over 11 severed feet have washed up on the shores of Vancouver in the past 4 years.
Missing a foot? Maybe its in Vancouver.
So what up? I think its time for a new national symbol, look out Loon, and Beaver, the feet are coming up.
Discuss.

cpkz

cpkz

Portland, OR
September 2006

MAY 29, 2012 08:44 PM

There was an episodes of Bones about it.

lexxie

lexxie

Toronto, ON
October 2008

MAY 29, 2012 09:05 PM

surreal

this has been a weird week.

Otoki

Otoki

SUICIDEGIRL

Minnesota, USA

MAY 29, 2012 11:01 PM

...the fuck.surreal

Calico

Calico

New Zealand
April 2007

MAY 30, 2012 12:02 AM

lexxie said:
surreal

this has been a weird week.



+1

Sid

Sid

SUICIDEGIRL

Colorado, USA

MAY 30, 2012 12:05 AM

This has actually been happening for years!

FreakPirate

FreakPirate

Canada
November 2002

MAY 30, 2012 12:13 AM

Not really a mystery.

The foot in the mail thing, however, is beyond me.

TwiggyTheSpider

TwiggyTheSpider

Australia
February 2006

MAY 30, 2012 12:16 AM

I like the people saying al the severed feet on the coast are a PR stunt. Ok, lets say they are...where are they getting the feet from? I'm just imagining people sitting thinking 'hmm, will I donate my body to medical science...Nah! I'll give it to PR people, my feet are gonna freak EVERYONE out!!'

yellowkid

yellowkid

Boise, ID
May 2007

MAY 30, 2012 12:41 AM

FreakPirate said:
Not really a mystery.

The foot in the mail thing, however, is beyond me.



Ah, good. I was afraid that it was some strange Canadian mafia.

formerviking

formerviking

Denver, PA
May 2006

MAY 30, 2012 01:46 AM

yellowkid said:

FreakPirate said:
Not really a mystery.

The foot in the mail thing, however, is beyond me.



Ah, good. I was afraid that it was some strange Canadian mafia.



Why , were the feet encased in cement ? biggrin

Clidna

Clidna

Canada
January 2005

MAY 30, 2012 10:21 AM

Hmm... I wonder what the odds are that the Tories' foot came from BC? wink

Also, new developments - hand found at East Ottawa Canada Post facility, and torso found in a suitcase in Montreal - where both the hand and foot packages are said to have been mailed from.

Clidna

Clidna

Canada
January 2005

MAY 30, 2012 11:07 AM

Body parts confirmed to be from same victim


MONTREAL - A low-income apartment complex in Montreal has become the epicentre of an investigation into the shocking case involving severed body parts, including a foot mailed in a package to the headquarters of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Police in masks have been combing through an apartment in the mid-rise brick building, zeroing in on one particular unit from which a rotten stench is drifting out, says a building resident.

The neighbour says police are showing people pictures of one man, while also asking questions about the unit's resident and about his possible connections.

Police have confirmed they are zeroing in on a suspect in the macabre case involving three body parts: the foot in a package opened at Conservative headquarters, a hand found at a Canada Post warehouse in Ottawa, and a torso in Montreal.

They all come from the same male victim, Montreal police confirmed Wednesday.

The packages in Ottawa were mailed from Montreal. Police shared other new details about the case Wednesday.

"The suspect and victim knew each other," Montreal police Cmdr. Ian Lafreniere told reporters.
"It isn't linked to organized crime."

Police are expected to provide further information around 2 p.m.

The Canadian Press spoke to a man in the west-end Montreal neighbourhood where the torso was discovered — locked in a suitcase, in a pile of garbage.

"I saw the suitcase and I was tempted to go get it," said Richard Payette, 60.

He said police wearing masks were milling about one particular apartment in the building on the second floor. He said the door of that particular apartment was left open, and the smell of rotten meat was drifting out into the hallway.

Police showed neighbours a picture of a man — whom Payette said he didn't recognize.

What isn't clear yet is why body parts were mailed to Ottawa, including a foot received at the offices of the Conservative party and a hand found at a Canada Post warehouse.

Montreal police have taken over the investigation, while Ottawa police will continue to provide assistance.

The packages are linked to a grim discovery made behind an apartment building in Montreal, where a janitor found a decomposing male human torso stuffed in a suitcase tossed among garbage.

An autopsy was being conducted on the body part. It wasn't immediately clear where the rest of the body was.

Initially, there were contradictory reports over whether the Montreal and Ottawa cases were linked.

While police were combing through garbage in Montreal looking for clues Tuesday, speculation had been rife that there might be a link to the more high-profile body part discovery in Ottawa.

Clidna

Clidna

Canada
January 2005

MAY 30, 2012 05:16 PM

So, they apparently know who the guy is, and are looking for help to find him... he allegedly recorded the killing, and police now have the video.

Says that the hand that was found was addressed to the Liberals. Wonder if there's something waiting for the NDP?

A source also apparently said that there might be a link to Karla Homolka? Oh, if anything good could come out of this morbid case, it would be her ass back in prison, where she belongs...

ardour

ardour

Canada
March 2006

MAY 30, 2012 07:05 PM

This has become an even weirder story than when it first started.

Strange strange strange news week.

Capote

Capote

Israel
October 2007

MAY 30, 2012 07:49 PM

Clidna said:
A source also apparently said that there might be a link to Karla Homolka? Oh, if anything good could come out of this morbid case, it would be her ass back in prison, where she belongs...



Apparently they once dated.

FreakPirate

FreakPirate

Canada
November 2002

MAY 30, 2012 09:15 PM

Clidna said:

Says that the hand that was found was addressed to the Liberals. Wonder if there's something waiting for the NDP?



The police said they thought it was possible there were other body parts somewhere in the Canada Post system.

josev

josev

Vancouver, BC
February 2009

MAY 30, 2012 09:58 PM

Wow, so things got even weirder. I was hoping that the floating feet and the mail feet were connected, that we could have a perfect denoument to this horrible tale. Also that suspect is fucking hilarious! He is such a contemporary murder suspect, kind of slick and fashiony. Very CSI or something like that.

he's a poser

lexxie

lexxie

Toronto, ON
October 2008

MAY 30, 2012 10:21 PM

the weird thing is, he looks familiar surreal

i don't think i actually know him, but it's bugging me.

ardour

ardour

Canada
March 2006

MAY 30, 2012 11:54 PM

It's going to be a CRAZY time until they catch this guy...

A note sent with a severed foot to Conservative Party headquarters in Ottawa indicated that more body parts had been sent in the mail, and that the person who dismembered the victim would kill again, CTV News has learned.

Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife reported late Wednesday that the note with the foot, which arrived at Tory headquarters Tuesday morning, said six body parts had been distributed. Police found a severed hand in a parcel addressed to Liberal Party headquarters in Ottawa later Tuesday.

"Canada Post and the police are now working, trying to find those four other missing body parts," Fife said.

"And that note also said that the suspect indicated he would kill again, and that is why the police are trying to find him, and fast. Police say there is no political motivation behind this, this was the work of a madman."



A video that may be connected to the body parts case has been making the rounds on the Internet. It purportedly shows a young man being stabbed and dismembered.

The video was posted to a website that specializes in gory videos and photos, but by Wednesday evening the link was slow to load and the video disabled.

A written description of the video's contents posted to the same site suggests it shows two naked young men, one stabbing the other with an ice pick. The killer then dismembers the corpse and engages in sexual acts with the body and its severed parts.

The written description also says the killer cannibalizes the corpse.



Internet searches for Magnotta bring up a variety of lurid stories about the suspect, including a possible connection to kitten snuff films that were posted online.

Magnotta has also written several lengthy blog posts that appear online, including a 2009 piece entitled "How to Completely Disappear and Never Be Found." The blog offers a six-step process to shedding an identity, including cutting ties with all friends and acquaintances and acquiring false identification.



It's interesting to see what the internet has done for the killers in our society.

Niobe

Niobe

I'm lost
April 2003

MAY 31, 2012 10:56 AM

I've seen the video...it's pretty disgusting. And I can handle a lot of shit, but this was really fucked up.

ardour

ardour

Canada
March 2006

MAY 31, 2012 01:29 PM

Yeah, I'm curious as to what happened, but decided I'm not going to seek it out.

Metta

Metta

I'm lost
September 2006

MAY 31, 2012 04:01 PM

I think this is the WEIRDEST and fucked up thing i have heard about in a loooooong time.

i can't stop watching the damn news.

He is prolly LOVING the attention.


gross.

lexxie

lexxie

Toronto, ON
October 2008

MAY 31, 2012 04:54 PM

that's probably the worst part. he clearly wanted attention for all of this. filming it, posting the video online, sending the body parts to political offices...

so creepy. i hope he's found soon. this story and his face are everywhere...i have no idea how he could still be in Canada without being spotted at this point. he must be holed up somewhere.

Metta

Metta

I'm lost
September 2006

MAY 31, 2012 05:13 PM

I know you said he looked familiar.

he did to me too but then when i heard about the kitten video that's when it clicked.

I remember everyone passing around that video a few years back...

disgusting.

Clidna

Clidna

Canada
January 2005

JUN 04, 2012 07:36 AM

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