Montreal police revealed Tuesday that they have assembled more video evidence against Luka Magnotta. They also announced that they had recovered blunt and sharp objects, documents and clothing that might prove his guilt in a grisly murder.
The information was revealed in a press conference which took place prior to revelations that two Vancouver schools had received a human foot and a human hand in the mail Tuesday.
Montreal police declined immediate comment on the discovery of those body parts Tuesday evening. It is not yet known whether those body parts were the ones that were still unrecovered from the body of murder victmi Lin Jun.
However earlier in the day police representative Ian Lafreniere confirmed that authorities obtained video images of Magnotta from apartment building surveillance cameras and from a visit to a Cote des Neiges post office from where he allegedly mailed body parts of his victim.
Lafreniere also noted that the horrific video of the murder shows scenes of cannibalism.
And although Magnotta's capture appears to have relieved much of the tension, those living in his building were still shocked by the horrific events when interviewed Tuesday.
"That was a horrible crime and we're trying to get over it. It's not easy," said one neighbour.
"The whole thing freaks me out," said another. "I think (the perpetrator) is sick. That's what I think," said a third.
His former employer also expressed similar emotions. "Sure it's very tough for me. For the first two days I cannot sleep. I cannot eat," said depanneur owner Kankan Huang.
Video still on internet
Authorities expressed concern that the awful video of the murder was still available online Tuesday. Authorities had managed to persuade several websites to remove the video but reported that at least one site had failed to comply.
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said that there's a possibility the webmaster of that site could be charged under the criminal code for publishing obscene material.
Magnotta is currently being held in solitary confinement and German authorities said that there he has offered no resistance and has said nothing about the case.
A day after accused Canadian killer Luka Rocco Magnotta was arrested in Berlin, Montreal police said they have been in contact with law enforcement officials across North America who are looking into possible links between the suspect and unsolved crimes.
Magnotta, 29, was arrested in Germany following an international manhunt after Montreal police identified him as the suspect in the grisly killing and dismemberment of a Chinese student at Concordia University.
Magnotta was caught at an Internet café in Berlin Monday, looking up stories about himself and the case online.
He remains in a German prison but said Tuesday he will not fight his extradition to Canada.
Meanwhile, police in the Quebec town of Gatineau said they will investigate whether Magnotta is linked to an unsolved 2011 murder of a woman whose body was found beaten and burned.
Investigators were not able to track down a suspect in the murder of Valerie Leblanc and the case had gone cold.
But Sgt. Jean-Paul Lemay stressed it was routine procedure for police to look for connections between the murders given the distinct nature of both crimes.
As Montreal police field calls from other jurisdictions, it still isn't clear how long it will take to get Magnotta back to Canada, though authorities have said they're preparing documents to set the process in motion.
Magnotta is being transferred to a holding centre where he will await extradition, CTV correspondent Ben O'Hara-Byrne told CTV News Channel on Tuesday. He spent Monday night in a cell at Berlin police headquarters.
Back in Canada, Magnotta faces several criminal charges related to the murder and dismemberment of 33-year-old Jun Lin, a Chinese national who was studying at Concordia.
Lin's torso was discovered in a suitcase outside Magnotta's apartment in Montreal last week. The partial corpse was later linked to a severed hand and foot that were mailed to political offices in Ottawa.
Some of Lin's body parts remain unaccounted for, Montreal police Cmdr. Ian Lafreniere announced at a Tuesday news conference.
Police still haven't recovered the victim's head, as well as another hand and foot.
But Lafreniere told reporters there's "no indication whatsoever" that the missing parts were sent through the mail. Still, he said investigators are "not taking any chances."
All other severed body parts were discovered during an 18-hour search of an alley near Magnotta's apartment in Montreal, he said.
Police obtained surveillance footage of Magnotta bringing garbage bags out to the alleyway and matched it to additional video of the suspect mailing packages at a post office.
Montreal police say Magnotta left Canada on a flight bound for Europe on May 26.
Soon after a worldwide manhunt was launched, at least two people reported seeing the suspect in northwest Paris over the weekend. Various French media outlets say police were following Magnotta's movements through the city by tracking his cellphone activity.
Magnotta left Paris for Berlin on a bus early Monday at 12:40 p.m. local time, Lafreniere confirmed at the news conference.
He was arrested at an Internet café in the German capital without incident on Monday afternoon, where police say he was watching a video on YouTube and reading news articles about himself. The accused, who was the subject of an Interpol "red notice" at the time, was recognized by the internet cafe's attendant Kadir Anlayisli who stepped outside and flagged police.
Investigators said Magnotta first tried to give police a false name, but eventually conceded, saying to officers, "OK, you got me."
While officials with the Justice Department prepare documents for the extradition process, Montreal police continue to investigate Magnotta's background, including determining if he is linked to more homicides or other crimes.
In the coming days, Quebec's bureau of prosecutions plans to file a request to Canada's justice minister asking for Magnotta's extradition.
The owner of an Edmonton website that carried the grisly video believed to be at the centre of the Luka Rocco Magnotta case says he hasn't heard a word from police about the matter.
There have been reports out of Montreal that police are investigating the site with an eye to laying charges.
But Mark Marek, who operates the site bestgore.com, says he took the video down the day Magnotta's name was officially released by the authorities.
He says he did it on his own and not as a result of a request by the police.
Marek says any investigation of his site is unwarranted because it was his site that brought the video to light.
Magnotta was arrested in Berlin Monday and will not challenge his extradition back to Canada on murder charges.
Website owner says police have not been in contact
The owner of an Edmonton website that carried the grisly video believed to be at the centre of the Luka Rocco Magnotta case says he hasn't heard a word from police about the matter.
There have been reports out of Montreal that police are investigating the site with an eye to laying charges.
But Mark Marek, who operates the site bestgore.com, says he took the video down the day Magnotta's name was officially released by the authorities.
He says he did it on his own and not as a result of a request by the police.
Marek says any investigation of his site is unwarranted because it was his site that brought the video to light.
Magnotta was arrested in Berlin Monday and will not challenge his extradition back to Canada on murder charges.
With a file from The Canadian Press
