OTTAWA — A Canadian porn actor suspected of mailing body parts the headquarters of two major political parties after making a video of the killing might have fled North America, police said Thursday.
Montreal police Cmdr. Ian Lafreniere said authorities believe Luka Rocco Magnotta fled based on evidence they found at his apartment and based on a blog Magnotta once wrote about how to disappear.
Magnotta, 29, has been added to Interpol’s “wanted persons” list.
Lafreniere also said police have been trying to take down an online video that they believe shows Magnotta murdering a man he dated and dismembering the corpse.
Lafreniere said police believe the victim is a man reported missing several days ago and that the man’s family lives overseas. He said police were having trouble contacting the family.
The case began Tuesday when police found a man’s torso in a suitcase behind Magnotta’s apartment and a severed foot was found in a package mailed to the Conservative Party headquarters in Ottawa.
A hand was found in a separate package at a postal facility, addressed to the Liberal Party of Canada.
Other body parts remain missing, and Lafreniere said police are investigating the possibility that they also may have been put in the mail.
