GUILTY Canada - Johnny Altinger, 38, lured to his death, Edmonton, AB, 10 Oct 2008

[LadyL]

Website with all the information, someone has done a very good job:
http://www.lastlinkontheleft.com/e2008altinger.html

Thanks for posting this site. Loads of stuff there I hadn't seen before.

 

[Twinkle]

This morning we are following the testimony of Gilles Tetreault. He is the man that fought off Twitchell and got away.

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Live+Blog+Twitchell+trial/4450771/story.html

 

[Twinkle]

another source of live tweets from the courthouse
http://twitter.com/#!/BillFortierCTV

 

[Twinkle]

Omigod, can you even imagine the horror Tetreault must have felt? His stomach must have hit his knees when he found out what Twitchell had planned for him. Wouldn't that just shake you to the core of your being?

 

[Twinkle]

Court is dismissed for the weekend. Here is the Facebook Page for the victim Johnny Altinger http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=31885203745&v=wall

 

[Twinkle]

Man describes life and death struggle in Mill Woods garage

Gilles Tetreault fought back against masked man, Twitchell trial hears
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/life...struggle+Mill+Woods+garage/4543860/story.html

 

[Sillybilly]

Thanks for posting this site. Loads of stuff there I hadn't seen before.

I agree LadyL. I was particularly interested in the CBC interview with Chris Heward:

http://www.lastlinkontheleft.com/e2008altingerheward.html

Heward is another actor who played the "victim" in House of Cards. A few things stood out to me ... that detectives asked CH what he knew about the "snuff film industry"; that real swords were used by all members of the film crew in the filming; that no fake blood was on the set.

JMO, but considering the above, combined with Twitchell's carefully crafted emails to his friends, I don't necessarily buy that Twitchell was in this alone.

again, MOO

 

[Patience]

EDMONTON - He is the one that got away. Gilles Tetreault just wanted to meet a woman. Instead, the Edmonton man hooked up with a maniac in a hockey mask who was armed with an 800,000-volt stun gun

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2011/04/02/17849291.html

 

[Curiousasacat]

Can anyone tell me if Twitchell grew up in Alberta?

Hi, my partner went to High School in Edmonton with him.They weren't friends.

 

[dotr]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2011/04/06/edmonton-twitchell-testifies.html
Twitchell will admit responsibility, jury told
CBC News Posted: Apr 6, 2011 9:25 AM MT Last Updated: Apr 6, 2011 12:49 PM MT
includes live twitter from court.

 

[Sillybilly]

Hi, my partner went to High School in Edmonton with him.They weren't friends.

Thank you Curious !! Any chance you could squeeze out of your partner what highschool that was? Much obliged

 

[Sillybilly]

Twitchell is on the stand right now. Am following on Twitter:

http://twitter.com/#!/briarstewart

 

[matou]

So he admits to killing him IN SELF DEFENSE??? Wow....this guy is unbelievable.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2011/04/06/edmonton-twitchell-testifies.html

 

[Sillybilly]

So he admits to killing him IN SELF DEFENSE??? Wow....this guy is unbelievable.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2011/04/06/edmonton-twitchell-testifies.html

IMO, Twitchell is a megalomaniac. He truly believes that he, and he alone, is the person who will save him in this whole mess. I'll bet a lotta $$ that his lawyer advised against it.

There is at least one glaring omission in Twitchell's testimony. I'm purposely NOT going to post it here tonite on the off-chance that somehow he would get wind of it. I'm sure the Crown caught the omission, and if not, I'm sure the jurors will pick up on it.

 

[Curiousasacat]

Thank you Curious !! Any chance you could squeeze out of your partner what highschool that was? Much obliged

Sorry it was junior high, apparently he had few friends and was quite strange at school.The school was Saint Cecilia. He remembers he had lots of coldsores and thick glasses,kind of nerdy. I would be in trouble for writing that I'm sure. LOL

 

[Sillybilly]

Closing arguments wrap up case for Twitchell defence ...

full article: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Clos...hell+defence/4596170/story.html#ixzz1JFAD1Zfy

... But during his trial, he testified that Altinger attacked him with a pipe after learning he wasn't going to meet a woman ...

Now that closing arguments are over, the "omission" that I alluded to, and haven't seen covered in any testimony or cross-examination:

Um, so if this wasn't at all planned ?? ... after Altinger supposedly attacked Twit with a pipe, and before his victim died, is this when he elicited all Johnny's email passwords, home address, etc from the dying man?

 

[Twinkle]

I might be wrong, but I thought he went to Johnny's apartment and logged onto Johnny's accounts with saved passwords.

 

[Sillybilly]

I might be wrong, but I thought he went to Johnny's apartment and logged onto Johnny's accounts with saved passwords.

Thanks Twinkle. What you say may well be what Twitchell has said, but IIRC, the actual script for House of Cards indicated that passwords were elicited from the victim while he was at the garage. Hard to figure out what is fact or fiction in this case at times.

 

[Twinkle]

5:46
bengelinas: After an afternoon of deliberation, the jury is about to deliver the verdict.
5:47
bengelinas: Mark Twitchell is guilty of first-degree murder.

 

[matou]

5:46
bengelinas: After an afternoon of deliberation, the jury is about to deliver the verdict.
5:47
bengelinas: Mark Twitchell is guilty of first-degree murder.

I'm happy about this verdict. It would be ironic if this story were told as a film but I really hope that this does NOT happen. I really think he wants the fame and notoriety and he should not get that satisfaction. JMO