Cops: Body-parts suspect may have fled to France

Associated Press

OTTAWA, Ontario

A Canadian porn actor suspected of mailing body parts to the headquarters of two major political parties after making a video of the killing might have fled to France, police said Thursday.

A Montreal police official said they have information that Luka Rocco Magnotta might have left Canada for France but said his current whereabouts are not known. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to talk about the case publicly, gave no other details.

Montreal Police Cmdr. Ian Lafreniere earlier said authorities believe Mag- notta fled North America 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 said police have been trying to take down an online video that they believe shows Magnotta murdering a man he dated.