Timeline of events: The Luka Rocco Magnotta case

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TORONTO - The investigation into possible links between Luka Rocco Magnotta and cold cases in several cities is widening. On Saturday, Miami police said they're trying to determine if there's a link between Magnotta and an unsolved homicide. Police there say a three-year-old case bears some similarities to the slaying of 33-year-old Jun Lin in Montreal.

Global News takes a brief look at the details surrounding the gruesome body parts case in Canada.

THURSDAY MAY 24, 2012

Lin Jun, a 33-year-old Chinese student, studying at Montreal’s Concordia University is last seen alive.

FRIDAY MAY 25, 2012

A neighbour reportedly spots porn actor and model Luka Rocco Magnotta carrying a box to post office.

SATURDAY MAY 26, 2012

Magnotta flies out of Montreal to France, landing in Paris.

Montana lawyer Roger Renville sees bizarre Internet video he believes is snuff film depicting bound man being stabbed to death and dismembered.

SUNDAY MAY 27, 2012

Renville alerts U.S. and Canadian police to Internet video but they dismiss it as a fake.

TUESDAY MAY 29, 2012

In Montreal

Investigators comb through garbage bags and furniture left on a street in the Snowdon district, looking for body parts.
Mike Nadeau, 49, who works as a janitor in a building nearby, makes the grisly discovery of a human torso in a suitcase at about 10 a.m. in a pile of garbage and discarded furniture left on the curb on Place Lucy at Décarie Blvd.

Lin is reported missing by a close friend.

In Ottawa
A stunned Conservative receptionist opens a blood-soaked box containing what police later confirm to be a human foot that had been delivered to the party's headquarters a few blocks from Parliament Hill.
The macabre discovery leads to a midday call to police and paramedics about a suspicious package. The first officers to arrive on the scene, spot blood splatter on the package and immediately called in the hazardous-material unit. When the specialists open the package, police find the severed appendage inside.
A few hours later, a hand is discovered in a package at an Ottawa postal sorting warehouse. The package is addressed to the Liberal Party HQ.

VIDEO: FOOT FIND AT TORY HQ IN OTTAWA

Nationwide arrest warrant issued

An international manhunt is on after Montreal police name a suspect accused of killing a man and mailing parts of his body to various locations.

Police allege Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, a man with a controversial past, is behind the grisly crime. He is also known by the names Eric Clinton Newman and Vladimir Romanov.
Profiles circulating online describe him as a male model and bisexual porn actor while shirtless photographs of the man in question are also readily available on the Internet.

At the alleged crime scene

Police believe the second-floor bachelor unit in Montreal, which Magnotta rented for $490 per month, is the scene of a gruesome crime that has locals' stomachs churning.

5309 Place Lucy, Apartment 208 in Montreal becomes a central focus in the investigation. A pink bed sheet soaked with what appears to be blood lies next to a purple, blood-streaked shower curtain.

VIDEO: POLICE ON BODY PART SUSPECT

Police say they believe the murder was videotaped and posted on a website originating out of Alberta that specializes in posting gore.
Late Wednesday night, media reports indicate a letter was attached to the severed foot delivered to the Conservatives' headquarters. The note said four more body parts had been mailed out. Both police and postal officials are said to be working now to track down these grotesque parcels.

INTERACTIVE MAP: BODY PARTS MURDER CASE

THURSDAY MAY 31, 2012

Worldwide search begins

Magnotta is added to Interpol's wanted person's list. Interpol is the world’s largest international police organization, collaborating with 190 member countries.
Montreal police tell Global News they have information suggesting Magnotta has left the country and they’re “pretty sure” he’s in Europe. Media reports suggest that he may have travelled to France.
While reports continue to tie Magnotta to Homolka, the police say that so far in the investigation, there is “no connection.”

EXTENDED VIDEO: DR. HART ON PROFILING A KILLER

FRIDAY JUNE 1, 2012
Victim identified

Montreal police identify the victim in Montreal's grisly murder and dismemberment case as missing Concordia University student Lin Jun.

The 33-year-old student from Wuhan, China was reported missing to the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Montreal on May 30, the day after a janitor in Montreal found the torso of a man locked in a suitcase. Police say they believe Lin and Magnotta had some sort of relationship.
The global impact of the vicious sex killing and dismemberment of a Chinese student in Montreal was brought home when Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird picked up the phone and reached out to China's envoy to Canada.
His officials say the minister is promising to keep the Chinese up to date with any developments in the international manhunt for Magnotta.

VIDEO: VICTIM IDENTIFIED

SATURDAY JUNE 2, 2012
Additional charge laid against Magnotta

Montreal police say Magnotta will also be charged with threatening Canada's prime minister. Montreal Police Cmdr. Ian Lafreniere said Saturday that because the severed foot mailed to Ottawa was addressed to Prime Minister Stephen Harper's party office they can lay an additional charge against Magnotta.

SUNDAY JUNE 3, 2012

Magnotta spotted in France

Authorities confirm that Magnotta was spotted in France this weekend, but warn that he may still be on the move.

MONDAY JUNE 4, 2012

Magnotta arrested

Magnotta is arrested at an internet cafe at 2 p.m. local time without incident.

The owner of the small café located in the Arabian district near the centre of the city recognized Magnotta and went on the street to flag down the police, German police tell Global News.

VIDEO: GERMAN INTERNET CAFE WHERE MAGNOTTA WAS FOUND

Thomas Neuendors, spokesmen for Berlin City Police, said seven young officers from a police school entered the café on Karl Marx Strasse, where they found Magnotta alone in a corner.

Neuendors said Magnotta rambled off several names, before calmly admitting defeat, telling police: “Okay, you got me.”

The suspected killer is now in a Berlin jail and is expected to go before a judge tomorrow. Magnotta will be extradited to Canada at some point, but a legal expert tells Global News it could take months.

VIDEO: MAGNOTTA ARRESTED IN BERLIN

TUESDAY JUNE 5, 2012

In Germany

Magnotta says he will not fight extradition to Canada.

The suspected killer makes a brief court appearance at a massive police station where he told police he would not object to his return to Canada.

The court appearance comes after Magnotta spends a night alone in a small prison cell after his arrest at an Internet café in Berlin. Authorities said they offered Magnotta the choice of a shared cell, but he chose to be alone.

Guards at the detention centre describe Magnotta as "quite meek," says German police spokesman Stefan Redlich. "They told me that he had passed a quiet night without incident."

In a press conference, Montreal police say they have no reason to believe other body parts were mailed out but confirm several body parts are still missing. Montreal police also confirm Magnotta and Lin knew each other.

Montreal police also state that they are investigating whether to lay charges against the owner of the Best Gore website where the alleged death video was posted. The police are urging people not to watch or share the “sordid” video.

In Vancouver

As Magnotta sits behind bars awaiting extradition in a Berlin jail, packages containing human remains are delivered to two schools in Vancouver. Montreal police say they are investigating possible links between the suspected killer and other unsolved homicides and assaults.

VIDEO: HUMAN REMAINS MAILED TO VANCOUVER

WEDNESDAY JUNE 6, 2012

Montreal police confirm the body parts mailed to two Vancouver schools and found the day prior were sent from Montreal and are thought to be linked to the killing and dismemberment of Lin.

THURSDAY JUNE 7, 2012

German prosecutors say a decision on Magnotta's extradition could be made within days.

VIDEO: INSIDE MAGNOTTA’S MIND

FRIDAY JUNE 8, 2012

Berlin state court spokesman Tobias Kaehne says the court would "soon decide" on the request, but that information would be available "Monday at the earliest."

SATURDAY, June 9, 2012

The Miami Police Department is the latest force searching for ties between Luka Rocco Magnotta and an unsolved homicide, as law-enforcement agencies across the continent take a closer look at the distinct Montreal killing. Police there say there appears to be some similarities between the slaying the of Jun Lin and a three-year-old cold case.