I'm really surprised that nothing has been mentioned during this trial about Magnotta's infatuation with Karla Homolka. I believe that this murder has less to do with mental illness as it does with Magnotta's fascination with the infamous serial killer. I know from my time on the now defunct "Watching Karla Holmolaka" forum, where Magnotta was a regular participant, that he had an interest in her that went far beyond your average true crime aficionado. In fact, Magnotta was spreading rumours about himself being romantically linked to Karla, and hinting that they actually had a child together. Behind the scenes he was looking for information as to her whereabouts, wanting to contact her, saying that he was attracted to her. Creepy!
If you look at the aspects of the murder, they are strikingly similar to the crimes of Holmolka:
- victim is lured to house
- victim is drugged in to unconsciousness
- victim is sexually assaulted
- assault is videotaped
- victim is dismembered and disposed of.
In my opinion this crime was committed to either form some kind of sick bond between Karla and himself or to simply give him the same notoriety that Karla had.
The fact that one of the packages was postmarked with Karla's sister's return address proves that he was still fascinated by that case. From my experiences with what was purported to be him, he was a nutcase, but I really think it was the Karla Homolka fascination that pushed him down the path to murder. To this day I haven't seen any violent tendencies from him until that point in his life (would have been about 2006).
http://www.macleans.ca/politics/magnotta-and-homolka-anatomy-of-a-rumour/
