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title: "Luka Magnotta: The Butcher of Montreal"
description: "The shocking true story of Luka Magnotta, the Canadian killer who murdered Jun Lin and posted the video online, and how internet sleuths had tried to stop him for over a year."
url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/luka-magnotta-the-butcher-of-montreal.md
canonical: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/luka-magnotta-the-butcher-of-montreal
datePublished: 2026-06-25
dateModified: 2026-06-25
author:
  - name: Dana Ortiz
    url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/author/dana-ortiz
publisher: Casual Criminalist
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type: Article
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summaryUrl: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/luka-magnotta-the-butcher-of-montreal.md.summary.md
---

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The shocking true story of Luka Magnotta, the Canadian killer who murdered Jun Lin and posted the video online, and how internet sleuths had tried to stop him for over a year.
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