Murder of Jun Lin

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Murder of Jun Lin
Victim Jun Lin at an unspecified date.
Location
DateMay 24 or 25, 2012
Attack type
Murder by stabbing, dismemberment, necrophilia
WeaponsVarious
VictimJun Lin, aged 33
PerpetratorLuka Rocco Magnotta
Motive
VerdictGuilty on all counts
ConvictionsFirst-degree murder, committing an indignity to a body
SentenceLife imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 25 years

In May 2012, Jun Lin (December 30, 1978 – May 24 or 25, 2012), a Chinese university student, was fatally stabbed and dismembered in Montreal, Canada, by Luka Rocco Magnotta, who then mailed Lin's hands and feet to elementary schools and federal political party offices.[1] After a video that showed Magnotta mutilating Lin's corpse was posted online, Magnotta fled Canada, becoming the subject of an Interpol Red Notice and prompting an international manhunt. In June 2012, he was apprehended in Berlin.[1]

In December 2014, after eight days of deliberations, a jury convicted him of first-degree murder.[2] Magnotta was given a mandatory life sentence and 19 years for other charges, to be served concurrently.[3] Magnotta was previously sought by animal rights groups for uploading videos of himself killing kittens.[4]

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