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By the time body parts of the man he is alleged to have killed were discovered in the mail in Ottawa and behind his Montreal apartment, Luka Rocco Magnotta was already on the other side of the Atlantic, police say.

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The former model and escort at the centre of an international manhunt for a killing and dismemberment fled Canada for Paris on May 25, the day the killing took place.

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That was the same day a brand new suitcase appeared among the trash in an alley behind Mr. Magnotta’s apartment building. For some reason garbage collectors did not take it away in their regular pick-up that day, and on Tuesday the building’s janitor opened the stinking bag to discover a human torso. The same day packages containing a foot and a hand were found in mail addressed to the federal Conservative and Liberal parties’ offices in Ottawa. One of the parcels included a note that police have described as the “ramblings of a mad man.” Police have evidence that the remains are from the same victim but are awaiting confirmation.