Maher: Intrepid online sleuths tracked mutilation murder suspect Magnotta for months
By Stephen Maher, Postmedia NewsJune 1, 2012
In January of 2011, they received an anonymous message identifying the kitten killer as Luka Magnotta, and saying, falsely, that he lived in West Hollywood. They believe Magnotta — now being sought on a global warrant as the suspect in the brutal murder and mutilation of a Chinese college student in Montreal — tipped them off.
"It was him," said Baudi, a female member of the Facebook group. "He wants the attention. We're doing exactly what he wants."
"It's been a cat-and-mouse game with him," said John, another group member. "He wants us to chase after him. So he leaves information, little clues, that lead us to him."
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"We really honestly thought that if we gave police information on his location that he would be apprehended," says Baudi.
"We thought that if he wasn't apprehended he would move on to humans. We were very public about that. It's not like we were obsessed but we were determined to get him apprehended.
Spending all night going down Google Streetview wasn't out of the question."
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Another group member, Alex, contacted
a psychiatric facility where Magnotta was previously resident.
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