International manhunt for Luka Rocco Magnotta

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Interpol aids in search for Luka Rocco Magnotta after torso found in Montreal, foot and hand mailed

The search for Luka Rocco Magnotta, the 29-year-old suspect in the grisly slaying and dismemberment of a victim whose body parts were sent in the mail, has now spread beyond Canada.

Interpol posted a picture and information on Magnotta on its website Thursday among a group of nine international suspects wanted for crimes including homicide, kidnapping and organized crime.

Montreal police Cmdr. Ian Lafrenière told CBC News on Thursday morning that they believe Magnotta may have left the country.

Magnotta is wanted for homicide in connection with sending body parts through the mail and the discovery of a torso behind a low-rise apartment rented by the suspect in west-end Montreal, near the Décarie Expressway.

Police believe Magnotta was in "a relationship" with the victim, a man in his 30s whose torso was found in a suitcase in a pile of garbage in Montreal. Investigators haven't released the victim's name and are awaiting autopsy results to confirm his identity.

However, Montreal police said they believe the victim was reported missing in Montreal several days earlier.

Lafrenière said police believe he was killed last week.

Sources have told CBC News that police believe they have evidence of the suspect videotaping the killing and dismembering of the victim.

A hand was found in a package addressed to the Liberal Party of Canada at a Canada Post terminal before it could be delivered.

Montreal police said there are still remains that are unaccounted for, but they have no reason to believe they were also sent in the mail.

Magnotta, believed to be originally from Toronto, is also known as Eric Clinton Newman and as Vladimir Romanov. Montreal police give this description of Magnotta:

Five feet 10 inches tall.

135 pounds.

Black hair.

Blue eyes.

The discovery of the torso was believed to be linked to the foot sent to Conservative headquarters and a hand found at a Canada Post terminal that was addressed to the Liberal Party of Canada headquarters.

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