ELIZABETH — An internet celebrity known as "Kai the Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker" is being sought on murder charges for the killing of Joseph Galfy Jr., the Clark attorney found dead in his Starlite Drive home Monday afternoon, Union County Prosecutor Theodore Romankow said in a press release this morning.

The whereabouts of the 24-year-old suspect, whose real name is Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, are not known, Romankow said.

Romankow, who will hold a press conference later today, did not say how authorities came to suspect McGillvary in Galfy’s killing.

Romankow said that McGillvary, who he said cut his hair in an attempt to alter his appearance, was last seen at a light rail station in the Haddonfield area. The prosecutor said McGillvary is considered armed and dangerous.

Galfy, a partner in Rahway law firm of Kochanski, Baron and Galfy, was also the attorney for the Green Brook land use board and a member of the Clark Chamber of Commerce.

An autopsy completed Tuesday afternoon determined Galfy, 73, died of blunt force trauma, the prosecutor’s office said.

Officers had gone to Galfy's home after he failed to show up for work or answer his phone. Investigators found no signs of forced entry into Galfy’s home and no evidence that anything was taken, officials said.

McGillvary, an itinerant hitchhiker with a freewheeling disposition also known as Kai Lawrence, Caleb Kai Lawrence and Kai Nicodemus, gained fame and several television appearances earlier this year for helping to stop a deadly attack in California by pummeling a man with his hatchet.

His idiosyncratic behavior on as a principal witness during the subsequent court hearing gained widespread attention.

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In his latest Facebook entry, posted Tuesday, McGillvary intimates that he was drugged and raped, but does not say where or when the incident took place.

“what would you do if you woke up with a groggy head, metallic taste in your mouth, in a strangers house... walked to the mirror and seen ... dripping from the side of your face from your mouth, and started wretching, realizing that someone had drugged, raped, and (had sex with you)? what would you do?” it reads.

The prosecutor’s homicide task force is working with local, state and federal officials to locate McGillvary. He is charged with murder in with bail set at $3 million by Superior Court Judge Stuart Peim.

Romankow said the Union County Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to McGillvary’s arrest.

All tips are kept anonymous and may be called into (908) 654-TIPS (8477), www.uctip.org, the prosecutor said.

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