Luka Magnotta

ABOUT LUKA MAGNOTTA

Canadian former adult film star who became the subject of an international manhunt when a video surfaced online of him killing Chinese international student Lin Jun. After fleeing Canada, he was arrested in Germany and later convicted of first-degree murder for his crimes.

He began appearing in adult videos in 2003 appeared as a pin-up model for Fab magazine in 2005.

The Canadian Press' decision to name him the Canadian Newsmaker of the Year for 2012 caused much controversy among the press and general public.

His parents are Donald Newman and Anna Yourkin.

He and Keith Jesperson are two notorious Canadian murderers.