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来源: LWHHWL 于 2012-05-30 13:38:38 [博客] [旧帖] [给我悄悄话] 本文已被阅读：次

Montreal police have issued a Canada-wide warrant for a 29-year-old male model and adult-film actor in connection with a dismembered torso found in their city and two body parts found in the mail in Ottawa.

Police said Wednesday they are seeking Rocco Luka Magnotta, who also uses the names Eric Clinton Newman and Vladimir Romanov.

It's believed that the male victim, whose torso was discovered Tuesday in a suitcase, knew his assailant, Montreal police Commander Ian Lafreniere told reporters on Wednesday.

Lafraniere said anyone with information about Magnotta's whereabouts should call 911 immediately.

"This is a priority for us," Lafraniere said. "We really need to get in touch with that suspect as soon as possible."

Homicide investigators are also still trying to establish a clear link between the torso and the severed foot and hand that were mailed to Ottawa.

Police will have to wait for DNA tests to confirm the link, said Lafreniere. Meanwhile, Ottawa police have confirmed that the body parts sent to Ottawa originated in Montreal.

Lafreniere confirmed that the torso, which was found Tuesday morning in a pile of garbage behind an apartment in the Cote-des-Neiges neighbourhood, belonged to a while male, but said the victim's identity has yet to be confirmed.

But he did say police believe the suspect and the victim knew each other.

Meanwhile, police in Montreal are sifting through a second-floor apartment in the Cote-des-Neiges that has been identified as a crime scene.

While Lafreniere would say little about the crime scene, reporters who looked in the open doorway noticed a great deal of blood.

"For most of the officers that have been there all night long, this is the kind of crime scene they've never seen in their life, in their career," Lafreniere said. "So yes I can consider that a horrible crime."

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

A website, luka-magnotta.net, contains several glamour shots of the suspect, who has claimed to work as a male model.

There was also speculation on social media sites that the recent killing was videotaped.

Lafreniere said Wednesday that Magnotta does not have a criminal record.

The case broke Tuesday, when a human foot arrived in a package delivered to the Conservative Party's Ottawa headquarters, triggering a lockdown of the building and nearby street.

Conservative Party staffers quickly called police on Tuesday when the blood-stained package arrived at the 12th-floor office.

A staffer had reportedly begun to open the package, but became suspicious due to the overwhelming smell and blood stains on the outside of the parcel.

Police were contacted and a hazardous material team was brought in to perform an X-ray on the package, and determined it contained what appeared to be a human foot.

Then late Tuesday, Ottawa police confirmed they had seized another package at a Canada Post office. That parcel contained a hand, but police have not confirmed the address on that package.

Lafreniere said both Ottawa police and the RCMP are assisting with the investigation.

"The two parts of a body that were found in Ottawa, we've got all the reasons to believe it's linked to our homicide," said. "That's the reason why the Ottawa police and the RCMP are working with us."