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一个埃德蒙顿独立制片人被指控谋杀 ^: M+ B# C$ B* a* t
10月10日,被害者先是被网络约会骗去片场,然后被敲头,杀死肢解,还被录影。
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Police say he was inspired by TV show Dexter3 _( [6 j, p$ V) x) ?* q% _
Ben Gelinas, Canwest News Service1 n2 W% ?4 N* j8 z6 g
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: i6 r) |: ]7 Z- LEDMONTON -- An independent Edmonton filmmaker has been charged with killing a 38-year-old man who was allegedly lured to the filmmaker's studio last month on the promise of a date with a woman.
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. ~/ X8 O& Q8 q; A$ ]% OPolice have seized a script from Mark Twitchell, 29, detailing scenes remarkably similar to the assault of one man and the murder of another.8 e) Q O$ K9 t/ S
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Johnny Brian Altinger was reported missing Oct. 10, after police say he answered an online personal ad for a date with a woman.
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4 k, [7 b0 \0 b* pAltinger showed up at a garage that police say Mark Twitchell used to make movies.
" U2 V* b5 \, N* o: Q8 l! @Police haven't found Altinger's body. But Twitchell has been charged with first-degree murder in Altinger's death.
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The script police recovered on a search warrant is in production, Edmonton homicide Det. Mark Anstey said.3 z. u. M" K( U
( l; m# Q# s) b0 a9 s6 _"It was about a killer luring a male off the Internet, off a dating site, on the pretence that he'd meet a lovely, sexy girl," Anstey said. "Once (he) was in the garage, he was knocked unconscious and duct-taped to a chair."7 |& Q7 s, n8 H/ F: ^
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The attacker in the film then forced personal information out of his victim, including bank account information and passwords for social-networking sites, which he used to contact his victim's friends to make it seem like everything was fine.( o \5 g( I" _" w4 ]9 W1 k/ S1 Q, N* l" l
6 V* e( _2 s; l3 O# tIn the script, the attacker then decapitated the victim.
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/ w' v L: M2 b( Q' i: A" b' r( e/ w g"His body was chopped up in little pieces and disposed of."
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Anstey said they believe they know how Altinger died, but would not release details, only hinting at what he said is even more bizarre.
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Altinger's friends were sent an e-mail three days after he disappeared.
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"I've met an extraordinary woman named Jen who has offered (sic) to take me on a nice long tropical vacation," it read.( x1 f5 L( ~2 @/ }5 Z. ]' s
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"We'll be staying in her winter home in Costa Rica, phone number to follow soon. I won't be back in town until December 10th but I will be checking my e-mail periodically."
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This e-mail was "definitely not" Altinger, Anstey said.
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# q: P9 e1 o8 UFriends said this sort of impulsive decision would be out of character for a quiet man who was timid with most women.9 F v$ g6 E/ k( e& y# ~& J( _
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Three days after that, Altinger's page on the social-networking website Facebook was updated. "It definitely was not Mr. Altinger," Anstey said.4 n0 b# Y/ d' V9 k h1 @9 l9 T& E
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Twitchell and Altinger did not know each other, police said.
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Anstey said a week before Altinger disappeared, a different man was lured to the garage under similar pretences.
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This man showed up dressed for a date, wearing a gold shirt and a tight perm with gel in it.$ p+ L" m! w* h! g1 c! U
( ~7 k0 i, h# Y' g% |+ ]& V2 l"We believe he was set up by a profile that was not a female, it was a fake female," Anstey said. "When he went to the garage he was expecting to see this female, but instead he ran into a man with a mask."
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$ y7 ?6 @8 _5 {6 N; S, z& T3 oThe man wore a black, old-fashioned goalie mask with gold stripes. Police say he attacked the man in the gold shirt. They have since recovered the mask and believe it belongs to Twitchell.
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. o. @) {+ }2 Z3 n( w+ l"The victim was able to break free and run into the lane while being chased by the male in the hockey mask," Anstey said. "A couple was walking by and saw the altercation.": C4 y) F* J4 k( v8 y8 v
- a! u% s5 C+ Y0 oThey told police the man may drive a black Ford Ranger.
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/ ^% s/ u# J; V& W0 w. ^% t& M% gHe is five-foot-10, approximately 180 to 190 pounds, and appeared tanned or dark skinned.
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" T/ P6 C9 o7 o8 X0 j2 Q TPolice want to speak to this man, as he has information that will assist them in their investigation. He should have welts over his left eye, Anstey said, and his name may be Francis, Hank or Fred.2 ^* |; S' i$ G4 i+ j* N
1 ]; A! B4 b9 b7 PA woman who lives in the area said she saw what appeared to be moviemaking going on at the house.9 Q* y/ U; { U6 d7 e0 S
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Around the September long weekend, she said, "There was a big movie light outside, but certainly no flyer saying they were going to be doing a movie outside.
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"There definitely looked like there was moviemaking going on that one day. But after that, there just seemed to be one guy that occasionally would come over. It's very odd.", T% Y3 b" n* j
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Twitchell was arrested and charged with first-degree murder on Friday.
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8 D$ F* ^7 _$ _6 z; c2 V I8 l" vHe was finishing a tribute film to Star Wars he filmed last year. It featured an international cast, including the actor who played Boba Fett in the George Lucas's films.
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6 n& _" T! U( y i* {; OPeople who worked on the film said Twitchell poured a lot of his own money into the project, not expecting to make a profit. He purchased a new digital video camera to film the movie.
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Twitchell, police said, was an avid fan of the television show Dexter, about a serial killer who kills bad people.
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On Aug. 15, he updated the status on his Facebook site to read: "Mark has way too much in common with Dexter Morgan."
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Anstey said: "We have a lot of information that suggests he definitely idolizes Dexter, and a lot of information that he tried to emulate him during this incident."9 k% a8 e8 ^2 X8 Y: g/ W6 R: N
Police allege that Twitchell acted alone.. e6 J; D; ~0 T i x3 Z- Y
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