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please see the show notes for this episode on your app or on our website on the night of Friday October 3 2008
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Canadian couple Trevor and Marissa were out walking their dog in the quiet suburban district of Mill woods in
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Edmonton South suddenly a young dark-haired man staggered into their path from the direction of a nearby
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alley way he was hunched over his shirt was torn and he had a large welt honey sweaty face he collapsed and rolled
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around in what the couple thought was an overly theatrical manner then stood up and screamed there's a guy attacking me
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he's mugging me please help me he cried out that's the guy as a second hooded man wearing a black hockey mask with
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gold markings emerged from the alleyway the man tapped his mask is though too adjusted then slipped behind a fence he
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peered over the top and called out to the injured man come on Frank come back though he sounded a lot harder than
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friendly Trevor and Marissa felt uneasy suspecting this scenario was a setup to mug them the couple hurried away as the
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disheveled stranger cried out can you at least help me get to my car Trevor wanted to help the couldn't shake his
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suspicions that it was a trap hey Ian Marissa rushed home where they called the police
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officers were dispatched to the alleyway but the two men were gone and nothing seemed out of the ordinary they
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monitored the situation over the coming days but received a note word from the alleged victim or further sightings of
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the assailant in the hockey mask [Music] [Music] thirty-eight-year-old Johnny Altinger
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lived alone in a small apartment in Edmonton where he was employed as a pipeline worker for oilfield equipment
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manufacturer Argus machine his night shifts were spent in quality control a job he neither loved nor hated but which
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gave him satisfaction although they lived in different cities he remained close with both his mother
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health Frieda and his older brother Gary and had a close-knit group of friends some of whom stretched back to grade
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school they described to Johnny as good natured light hearted generous thoughtful quiet and affectionate with
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an optimistic outlook that he used to help others that docked a more positive attitude in their own lives Johnny had a
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number of hobbies but the two that drew most of his attention were motorbikes and computers he owned two bikes a Honda
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500cc and a Yamaha 1200 cc sport touring bike his free time was spent going on rides playing paintball doubling in New
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Age spirituality and enjoying the music of Elton John at age 12 Johnny begged his mother to buy him a
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Commodore 64 an 8-bit home computer sparking what would become a lifelong passion from then on he was an early
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adopter of computing tech constantly upgrading his systems through the various hardware and software iterations
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he was always willing to help out his less tech-savvy friends and family with his brother Gary Altinger stating
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countless times he would sacrifice his own responsibilities to rescue me by word-processing term papers essays and
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other important assignments while I was attending university I owe much of my academic success to John
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Johnny made many online friends who eventually became his friends in real life too and by his 30s he was
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participating in online dating he joined the two most popular free sites at the time plenty of fish and a lava life and
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went on several dates of varying success while remaining optimistic that he'd find his perfect match someday on plenty
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of fish Johnny connected with a 35 year old woman named Jen who sought fun times
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her profile pictures depicted an attractive woman in a bikini although johnny was aware that photos
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could be misleading be enter between the pair indicated they were a good match and today organized the date for the
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night of Friday October 10 2008 Jen didn't provide a street address for their made up instead giving precise
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turn-by-turn directions to a set location a 10-minute Drive away from Johnny's apartment she had written
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although this sounds exciting I have to make sure you're not some kind of weed oh and so far he seemed to be fairly
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well put together but anyone can lie online Jen instructed Johnny to park in the driveway that looks like a forest
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and sneaked through a partially open garage door making sure to press a button to close it behind him she
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explained that a blanket would be spread out on the floor as a friend was using the space as a workshop that weekend by
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following her directions Jen would be able to see Johnny before letting him into the house quote maybe this is
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paranoid on my part but I have to look after myself my first instincts about people are never wrong and I know to
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trust them I want to play very much but I have to be cautious as I'm sure you can understand if you're ok with this
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let me know if not we'll have to miss each other on a lighter note though if we really
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get on you said you had four days off how long can I keep you for if I choose maybe you should pack for a few days
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lol Jen shortly before he left for his date Johnny found his longtime trusted friend Dale Smith Dale thought the
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messages from Jen were suspicious and joked that Johnny should call him once he got there to let him know he was safe
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when Johnny arrived at the garage a short time later he was met by a friendly and jovial man who explained he
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was using the location to direct films he showed Johnny around the set where he was currently making a movie about a
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serial killer and to let him hold a fake gun that was among various prop weapons
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on a metal table the man told Johnny that Jen had been held up in traffic and didn't know what time she would be back
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disappointed Johnny had at home and called Dale recounting the failed date in his typical light-hearted manner
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shortly after Johnny hung up Dale received an email message from his friend that read she's home now I'm
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heading over again eager to hear the outcome of the day Dale left in numerous messages for
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Johnny on voicemail and text but he didn't respond to any Dale hoped that it had gone better than expected and his
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friends just didn't have time to reply by Sunday his enthusiasm turned to concern when Johnny failed to meet first
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scheduled motorbike lesson friends often quipped that Johnny was so reliable you
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could set your watch by him and it was completely out of character for him to simply not show up without explanation
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on Monday morning Dale finally received an email from Johnny that read I've met an extraordinary woman named Jen who has
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offered to take me on a nice long tropical vacation we'll be staying in her winter home in Costa Rica phone
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number to follow soon I won't be in town until December 10 but I will be checking
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my email periodically Dale was stunned Johnny would never skip work to take an impromptu holiday and he didn't like
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warm destinations once returning from a trip to Hawaii complaining of the heat Dale knew if Johnny was truly leaving he
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would take a few minutes to call if only to ask Dale to store his beloved motorbikes furthermore Johnny never
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signed off emails with his name preferring to finish with a wisecrack about his friend believing Johnny did
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not author the message Dale tested the sender by responding with a query asking who would pick up Johnny's brother from
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the airport when he came to visit Gary wasn't actually coming and Johnny would know this that Dale didn't get a reply
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[Music] other friends had also received to the abrupt farewell email from Johnny H
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replied asking him to get in touch but none heard back like Dale one was suspicious as to who
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had sent the email as Johnny usually called her sunshine and the message was missing his telltale signs including the
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joke or smiley face he entered their correspondence with that same day an update appeared on Johnny's Facebook
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page that Red John is taking off to the Caribbean for a few months see you all when I get back his
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relationship status was also changed to in a relationship that evening Johnny's boss received an email from him that
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read greetings well I've certainly enjoyed my time at Argus I have another offer that is just
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too good to pass up so this is my notice that I will no longer be continuing my employment with your fine organization I
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thank you for the opportunity and to rest assured I would not be leaving unless this new path I've chosen was
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truly life-altering thank you John halting uh there was no further contact from Johnny over the following days his
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boss wrote back to him John there are many rumors floating around about what you have run off to do all I need to
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know is where to forward your last check good luck in your endeavors wherever they may be
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Johnny ignored the message and his $1500 final paycheck went uncollected meanwhile his msn messenger status
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changed - I've got a one-way ticket to heaven and I'm never coming back and his Facebook page was updated once more to
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say Johnny's wondering why anyone would leave Sun and surf to come home to snow and stress Kerry Lynn Souza was the wife
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of one of Johnny's friends although she had never met him she decided to reach out to Johnny over Facebook in an effort
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to assist his friends in a private message she wrote hi John please respond as soon as you
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get this or at least call Dale everyone is concerned for you thanks Kerry Lynn surprisingly she received a prompt reply
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that read no need to be worried I'm on vacation and loving it the Internet is much easier to use than phones due to
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terrible reception and cost I just need to get away for a while and on with someone wonderful I'll try to get in
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touch with Dale as soon as possible but in the meantime let him know I'm having the time of my life
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Kerry Lynn provided Johnny with a call collect phone number he could reach Dale on and told him to ring by 6:30 p.m. or
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they would be following up with Edmonton City police when the call never came the
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police were alerted but they weren't overly concerned they accepted Johnny's explanation that he had gone on holiday
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with a woman he had met online unconvinced Johnny's friends decided to break into his apartment to search for
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clues they arrived at Johnny's four-story condo where his motorcycle sat uncovered in the outdoor parking lot
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of the complex his red Mazda 3 to 3 was missing they broke a window to gain access to Johnny's apartment finding
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dirty dishes in the sink a paintball gun resting on his unmade bed an open CD case on the white leather couch in the
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lounge room his motorcycle jacket hung over the back of a kitchen chair and his helmet on the table the mess itself
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wasn't unusual as Johnny was known to tidy up when he expected guests yet the overall state of the apartment did not
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correlate with a person who had gone on holiday for an extended period of time Johnny's laptop was missing and
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strangely so was his printer in a surprise discovery a desk drawer contained his passport confirming he
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could not have gone to Costa Rica the group returned to the Edmonton police with the evidence they had
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gathered realizing the circumstances of his alleged departure didn't add up police opened a missing-persons file for
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Johnny Altinger on Friday October 17 2008 one week after his last confirmed communications a search for his car at
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the airport came up dry and his name was absent from the passenger lists of all departing international flights the
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detailed instructions gen email Johnny for their first date provided the strongest the lead
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detective Bill Clark was surprised to learn that Johnny had forwarded the instructions to two friends before going
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out including Dale Smith who recalled his friend saying something like if anything happens to me you'll know where
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to look there were constant warnings to women on dating sites to exercise caution and to let someone know where
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they were going but it was far less common for men to do so the directions led detectives to a garage in a laneway
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in the residential area of Mill Woods in the city's southeast they arrived close
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to midnight finding the building locked with a combination padlock the windows were covered up but one constable peeked
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through a small hole and could see a light on inside there didn't appear to be anyone in there and the interior was
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clean they knocked on the door to the adjoining house but there was no answer an application for a search warrant
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was denied as there was no evidence a crime had been committed however police inquiries led to Kirk side real estate
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who confirmed the garage had been leased to mark Twitchell an independent film maker on the evening of Saturday October
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18 police called mark and told him there was a problem with the garage he was renting the director readily agreed to
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come and open it up at around 11:30 p.m. and maroon-colored Pontiac Grand Am sedan pulled up outside
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the garage and Mark Twitchell emerged he was agitated as he had to pull over twice while on his way over to answer
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calls from Kirk side real estate from which he surmised that someone had been using the garage with the Audi's
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knowledge and to left the lights on as Mark went to let the police into the building he expressed surprise that the
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padlock on the door explaining it was different from the one he'd been using his combination padlock with silver on
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the outside with a black plastic dial in the center that this one was pure metal
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mark said he didn't know the combination and allowed officers to break it off mark explained that he rented the garage
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for one hundred and seventy-five dollars a month the residential space was rented
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to temporary foreign workers while someone else lived in the basement mark didn't have any contact with the other
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people in the building as they entered the garage her strong smell lingered inside indicating something had recently
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been burned in there do de Remy nated from an oil drum in one corner that had scorch marks and contained charred
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remains mark said he ordered the barrel to use as a garbage can and it had not been scorched when he had last seen it
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he also noted that several things were out of place most of his roll of duct tape had been used all his garbage bags
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were gone and an unopened bottle of cleaner was now half empty all the windows were covered from the inside
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into when the roller doors were closed it was impossible to see in mark explained that in late September he had
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filmed a scene for his short psychological thriller about a serial killer titled house of cards as it
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occurred at nighttime he had to block out the daylight that poured into the building
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there were a few red spatters about the garage which mark clarified were remnants of fake blood the attending
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officers decided to call their staff sergeant and while waiting muck which all chatted with constable christopher
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maxwell in a police car preparing his written statement there was a pleasant conversation mostly centered on mark's
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bill making and interest in the Star Wars movie franchise when asked if he would be willing to come back to the
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station to answer some questions mark agreed it was around 3:30 a.m. when Detective Mike table interviewed mark
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Twitchell he was forthcoming and helpful though seemed more interested in talking
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about his film career he shared how he'd aligned up a list actors and the co-producer who worked on the 2001 heist
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film Ocean's eleven for an upcoming comedy and discussed these plans to submit house of cards to festivals or
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pitch it to investors in the hopes they would fund a feature-length version or television series he described the scene
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in the garage detailing how the production crew had made large quantities of fake blood using corn
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syrup and food dye creating a realistic but messy result Detective table pointed
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out the coincidence that mark was filming a serial killer movie in the very place a man had disappeared from
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mark agreed stating I've got this weird tool because it just doesn't sit right so the first thing I start asking myself
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is who knows about what we do there and what our schedule looks like mark provided a list of people who had
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worked on house of cards and others who had access to the garage he said the last time he had been there
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was Friday October 10 the day Johnny Altinger z' friends the last confirmed contact with the missing man when asked
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if he knew of someone called Johnny Altinger mark was certain he had never heard the name the detective provided
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details about Johnny's last known activity in tau he had gone to the garage to meet Jen but instead
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encountered a man working on a film mark appeared baffled claiming not to know anybody by the name of Jen a rudimentary
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background check revealed that mark Twitchell came from a good home and had no history of violence or criminality
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although there was an old bankruptcy that would soon be discharged after the lengthy interview mark was released with
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instructions to contact police if he recalled anything that may assist in their search for Johnny Altinger the
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next day detective tabla received a three-page email from mark Twitchell in which he recalled several strange
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occurrences he believed to might be related to their investigation weeks earlier marks car was broken into
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while he was at a show with a friend named Joss who had worked on production jobs on house of cards and designed the
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film's website the offender stole marks sunglasses the loose cash kept in the cup holder and a bunch of receipts one
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was for financial services company Western Union and featured marks residential address while two others
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related to the garage and twisted it's address then on the night of Sunday October 12 mark returned home after
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visiting his in-laws to find at the front door to his home unlocked he didn't notice anything missing or any
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signs of an intruder and chalked it up to paranoia and fatigue on Wednesday October 15 mark had just driven to a
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petrol station to fill up a jerrican and had pulled over to answer a call when a
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stranger tapped on his window the Caucasian man was around a 6 feet 2 inches tall medium build with black mid
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lane fare mark rolled down his window and the men asked if he'd like to buy his car a red Mazda 3 2 3 as he was set
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to receive a brand-new BMW from a sugar mama he had hooked up with the men wanted to get rid of his master before
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taking off and an all-expenses-paid a vacation and offered to sell it to mark for whatever cash he had on him
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mark replied that he only had $40 and was surprised when the men accepted the small payment although suspicious mark
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permitted the man to follow him to the garage he described in the email to Detective table quote he's even killed
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disposition all but disappeared when we got to the garage and I was getting a weird vibe from him the man was
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obviously keen to get going hinting marked the Mazdas keys registration and insurance before taking
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off mark quickly realized the car had a manual transmission which he didn't know how to
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operate and had his friend Joss collect the Mazda and store it mark finished up his email writing I don't mind saying
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this is all seriously stressing me out identity theft is the first concern my home being compromised is now another
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one and we're strongly considering getting an active security system installed next week I feel violated and
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angry that anyone was rooting around in my personal stuff without my knowledge and now I'm greatly worried that they
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likely know where I live my car has a distinctive appearance and an easily identifiable custom plate and I'm
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wondering if this fellow who pawned the car off on me had seen mine before and he might have been waiting for me or
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following me I just don't know anymore he could have been the person who broke into my car as well there's a hundred
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different scenarios rushing through my head right now and I'm not a fan of any of them
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[Music] detective table shared marks email with his colleagues he odd stories only
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served to heighten their suspicions and take a closer look at the director 29 year old Mark Twitchell lived with his
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wife Jess into their 8 month old daughter in a home they had purchased the previous year Jess had insisted on
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the move the shared loathed to their previous neighborhood and threatened that their
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marriage might not last should they remain there mark got a mortgage to secure a new
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split-level home with a white picket fence in the Riverside district of st. Albert Jess was marked second wife the
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couple had met through an online dating service and married in 2006 by 2008 their relationship was strained and they
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were sleeping in separate bedrooms Jess was unhappy about mark's filmmaking efforts which took up a large amount of
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his time for little financial gain it was part of mark's identity he was a regular cosplayer dressing up in
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costumes as Wolverine predator and nearly every major Star Wars character while attending sci-fi and fantasy
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conventions where he took photos with the stars of his favorite series one particularly elaborate costume of the
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transformer bumblebee won him over three thousand dollars in prizes for radio Halloween contests he later sold it for
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a substantial amount but his obsession came at the expense of his family so jess insisted they start attending
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couples therapy Marc also agreed to weekly one-on-one sessions with a psychiatrist and it seemed as though
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that were working despite their problems Marc regarded Jess as a wonderful mother
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to their daughter whom he believed was exceptionally adorable [Music] on Monday October 20 mark Twitchell
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visited the Edmonton Police Service headquarters for a second interview that was performed by the Forces star
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interrogator Bill Clark known as the pit bull a 30-year veteran detective schooled in the old school style of
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grilling suspects mark acknowledged his legal right to have a lawyer present but
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deemed it unnecessary every facet of mark story was probed including his encounter with the unknown man who sold
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him a Mazda 3 to 3 for $40 he recalled the seller had a Celtic knot tattooed on his neck about 3 inches in diameter the
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Mazda was later located in the possession of mark's friend and crew member Joss and confirmed to be Johnny
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Altinger vehicle detective Clark switched gear and changed his line of questioning narrowing his focus on
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Johnny Altinger he pressed mark asking him questions like what do you think happened do you think somebody has done
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something to harm him do you think he's really missing Mark's response to H was that he didn't know
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when asked how do you think the results of this investigation are gonna come out
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on you he replied well positively I would think I've been trying to tell you guys everything that I know the
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bombardment of questions continued leading into the possibility Johnny had met with foul play and marks opinions of
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the person who would carry out such a crime mark believed the perpetrator should go
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to prison with no mercy when asked the point-blank if he had any involvement in Johnny's disappearance mark responded no
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detective Clarke continued to apply pressure but Mark remained firm after a short break at the interrogations two
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and a half hour point detective Clarke explicitly accused mark of being involved stating that detectives had
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since spoken with residents in Mill Woods who reported seeing mark changed the lock on the garage a week and a half
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earlier furthermore the oil drum he had purchased to use that the site as a garbage can was known in the industry as
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a burn barrel and contained the charred remnants of a pair of eye glasses which johnny was known to wear mark appeared
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rattled but continued to deny the allegations and eventually asked if he was free to go with no hard evidence
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detective Clarke was forced to release mark who shrugged and nodded when told his car was being seized as part of a
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search warrant detective clock told him it's gonna eat at you if you're a normal person it's
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gonna eat at you mark replied you'd be surprised what I can live with after his interrogation mark Twitchell
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finally engaged the services of a lawyer the following day police were granted permission to search his home and
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vehicle in Mark's Pontiac they found a half-empty jerrican of petrol into Toshiba brand a laptop covered in
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spider-man stickers which appeared to be stained with blood similar staining was discovered on the
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upholstery in the trunk and on an 8-inch long hunting knife there were cryptic instructions written
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on post-it notes such as ship phone wallets on return address of victim destroy wallet contents and kill room
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clean sweep bends roughly drawn maps with one marking a path from marks home district of st. Albert to the crossroads
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near Johnnie halting his apartment in the back seat was a paperback from author Jeff Lindsay's darkly dreaming
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dexstar book series which depicts the fictitious double life of Dexter Morgan in his daily life
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Dexter maintained a normal facade as a forensic blood spatter analyst privately he was a vengeful serial killer who
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targeted individuals that were harmful to society he went to great lengths to conceal these crimes restraining his
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victims and dismembering their bodies in rooms covered in plastic before dumping
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their remains at sea luminol used throughout the Mills budda garage exposed a large patch on the floor and
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several spatters on the wall similar spots were found on an open bottle of ammonia that market purchased but denied
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using as well as several other incriminating items including a long metal table various knives scissors and
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sores as well as a selection of butcher tools that were part of a heavy-duty carving
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kit including knives shears Forks and a rib spreading device the coiled end of a
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metal pipe appeared to contain traces of blood and tissue detectives spoke with Marc's friends and associates some of
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whom suggest that the situation might be a publicity stunt to promote house of cards describing mark as someone who
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would do anything to get noticed others had received an email from mark discouraging them from speaking with
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police with the evidence mounting against him a covert surveillance team watched mark
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24/7 and two calls to and from his cell phone were monitored however nothing in his behavior aroused suspicion motive
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remained a mystery as their prime suspect appeared to be an ordinary family man who had no history with or
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connection to Johnny Altinger meanwhile investigators searched police records from the mill Woods area and its
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surrounds for anything that could be connected to their case they learned of a peculiar report made earlier that
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month on Friday October 3 wherein a couple witnessed the man referred to as Frank being accosted by an individual
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sporting a hockey mask investigators working the Altinger case considered the possibility the couple had encountered
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Johnny but the incident occurred a week before his date with Jan the laptop found in mark Twitchell's car was
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examined with experts recovering a deleted text file titled SK confessions the forty five page document read like a
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personal diary and began with the following disclaimer this story is based on true events the names and events were
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altered slightly to protect the guilty this is the story of my progression into becoming a serial killer
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the author explained that his inability to feel empathy had made him an expert at lying and deception by age 30 he
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fantasized about being a serial killer who not only got away with murder the profited financially from his crimes
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he initially planned to prey on married men who were seeking to have affairs stating in one way I'd be taking out the
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trash doling out justice to those who want some level deserved what they got but after analyzing the risks he decided
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to instead target single men in their 30s looking for love as he believed they would have expendable income and to be
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easily seduced moreover as these men typically lived alone their disappearances wouldn't be detected
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immediately the author researched and planned each step methodically he wanted his murder weapon to be simple elegant
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and beautiful and chose a well-crafted hunting knife with an eight-inch blade that he found at a military surplus
00:37:11
store a hunter's gain processing kit containing tools designed to butcher large animal carcasses provided him a
00:37:19
clean way to dismember bodies he described finding the perfect location to carry out his crimes a quote
00:37:27
double detached garage for rent in the south of the city tucked away in a quiet neighborhood on a lot with a house
00:37:35
occupied by tenants who couldn't even read English much less speaker once his so-called little workshop of Horrors was
00:37:44
ready to kill Oh crafted online dating profiles to procure victims first to downloading an IP blocker so nothing
00:37:52
could be traced back to him he decided to carry out his murders on Fridays when he was supposed to be at a psychiatrist
00:38:01
appointment ensuring his wife would be none the wiser quote it was a very convenient and perfectly credible cover
00:38:11
story and I saw the merit in keeping the illusion going for the purpose of my late night freedom so every Friday
00:38:18
I were to leave the house and prep for a kill while my wife was convinced my shrink was working his magic I even
00:38:26
added the special performance of seeming lighter and more relaxed when I walked back into the house it was only
00:38:33
partially an act since I did in fact feel good about my evening just not in the way she quite expected the weekend
00:38:44
also provided him time to clean and ensured his victims disappearance initially went unnoticed as quote most
00:38:53
people are not hard and fast expected to be anywhere on the weekend the author's
00:38:59
first victim was a man he referred to as Frank whom he'd lured to the garage after masquerading as an attractive
00:39:06
blond woman online his second victim Jim arrived while preparations were still underway forcing the killer to get him
00:39:15
to leave later that night Jim messaged his date again still interested in getting together now
00:39:23
ready the killer invited him back to the garage in the story the killer received
00:39:32
a call from his wife Tess just as he was finishing up dismembering his victim he
00:39:37
told his wife he was at the gym but had to improvise when she pointed out that it closed an hour earlier telling her he
00:39:45
was at another gym in a different part of town investigators noted that the name tess rhymed with the name of mark
00:39:54
Twitchell's wife the story concluded with the killer using Jim's keys to access his apartment which was described
00:40:03
exactly like Jonny's he took cash from a dresser and a few other items of interest including a printer and a
00:40:11
laptop he was pleased to discover the device was still logged into Jim's email and social media accounts quote
00:40:21
I couldn't have had an easier time I changed the audio response on his email to say he had decided to run away with
00:40:29
the woman he hooked up with on Friday to go on a two-month vacation to the Caribbean
00:40:39
armed with this new evidence detectives visited mark Twitchell's home and confiscated a number of items including
00:40:46
several swords a box for stun baton sales receipts for a butcher knife and handcuffs an air pistol with baby blue
00:40:54
pellets and to draft designs for a metal chair and table a search of the basement
00:41:01
office uncovered a black hockey mask featuring three gold stripes and a cutout chin it was sitting on a pile of
00:41:09
clothes near Mark's computer which they also seized there appeared to be bloodstains on a pair of his jeans and a
00:41:17
sweatshirt they were also burned to DVD copies of the second season of popular television
00:41:23
series Dexter based on the darkly dreaming Dexter books mark Twitchell's wife Jess informed detectives that her
00:41:34
husband was having an affair with an ex-girlfriend named Tracy whom he'd met at college in 1997 at the time he had
00:41:43
lied to Tracy about his age into background and convinced her to date him even helping design her three inch
00:41:50
Celtic cross tattoo but she ended the relationship after uncovering his deception the pair reconnected in the
00:41:59
fall of 2008 with Mark concealing their daytime trysts by telling his wife he was at work
00:42:07
Jes believed her husband was working through his issues during psychiatrist appointments on Friday evenings but when
00:42:15
she phoned mark on the night of Friday October 10 he claimed he was at a gym that she knew to be closed at the time
00:42:23
he clarified he was at their old gym which stayed open later she couldn't recall what time he returned home but
00:42:32
spent most of the following day with him noting his mood was normal and he was quote easygoing kind of relaxed Jess
00:42:43
revealed their marital problems began after a conversation in September during which Mark revealed that he was unsure
00:42:50
if he could feel empathy in an effort to understand Jess told the story of a woman who mistakenly left her baby in
00:42:59
the car resulting in its death as a mother herself Jess expressed a great deal of empathy for the woman but Mark
00:43:08
felt nothing this upset Jess who suggests that he go to therapy Mark's apathy appeared to be an ongoing issue
00:43:18
as his first marriage ended with divorce papers citing his extreme and repeated mental cruelty
00:43:24
a document on Mark Twitchell's computer titled profile of a psychopath appeared to be a self-evaluation against traits
00:43:35
listed in the DSM for a manual used to help diagnose mental health disorders in the document mark detailed his efforts
00:43:45
to deceive those around him including telling people he was at work when he was really spending his time in cafes he
00:43:54
had falsified documents to obtain a mortgage which he paid off using money investors had supplied for his films he
00:44:02
described the psychological torture he had inflicted on his wives manipulating them to believe he's infidelity was all
00:44:09
in their heads when Jess caught him logged into a dating web site mark claimed he had been hired to write
00:44:17
an article about it and set up an elaborate series of fake email correspondence and even hired an actor
00:44:24
to play the role of the articles editor in an attempt to maintain the ruse another document investigators
00:44:34
downloaded from Marc's computer was the screenplay for house of cards it detailed the story of Roger a family man
00:44:42
lured to a garage under the guise of meeting a woman here connected with than an infidelity dating website once there
00:44:50
he's confronted by a man quote dressed in a large black PVC apron with gloves and sporting a black street hockey mask
00:45:00
with yellow streaks across it painted to look like a bear claw scratch with the mouth cut out roger is then tortured
00:45:09
murdered and dismembered by the masked man after the gory kill scene the script cut to a suburban house in a twist
00:45:19
ending that revealed the killer was a writer quote he closes Microsoft Word and a website showing the inside
00:45:28
workings of a female profile on achievers dating site is the last thing to shut down he puts the laptop into his
00:45:36
carrying case and des leans over to close a duffel bag containing gloves a stun gun and a black Mouth wife's hockey
00:45:44
mask with yellow streaks on it the screenplays final line was it's true when they say the best way to succeed is
00:45:54
to write what you know the actor who played that deranged murderer in mark short film was identified as Robert
00:46:04
Barnsley who told police he had fun on set and enjoyed playing a serial killer Chris Huard played Roger and recalled
00:46:14
feeling uneasy during filming due to the use of real weapons on set including a stun baton knives and a samurai sword
00:46:24
DNA swabs taken from Johnny Altinger --zz cutlery cuts raises and two nail clippers were compared with forensic
00:46:32
evidence found on the various items belonging to mark Twitchell returning a match on October 31 the director was
00:46:42
arrested and charged with the first-degree murder of Johnny Altinger investigators believed to SK confessions
00:46:51
in the house of cards gripped to be admissions of guilt but because mark could argue both were works of fiction
00:46:58
they needed to prove the events outlined had actually occurred SK confessions referred to a victim
00:47:06
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in sk confessions the author described waiting for Frank while wearing his mask which served the dual purpose of hiding
00:52:07
his identity and protecting him from blood spatter he wrote my kill room was perfectly
00:52:14
prepped plastic sheeting taped together and around my table a large green cloth screwed into the drywall ceiling to
00:52:22
shield view of it from my guests line of sight and to shield me - of course I now
00:52:29
stood but a few feet away from the front door which I had locked of course the plan was to wait in the shadow of my
00:52:36
curtain until he approached the door and shot him with the stun baton followed by
00:52:41
a sleeper hold that would Sapa way his consciousness so that I could tape him up and set him on
00:52:47
my table at the allotted time Frank entered the garage through the half-open roller door several pages
00:52:56
recounted what happened next and ensuing scuffle the wounds the killer inflicted
00:53:02
how Frank managed to break free and to the killer's frustration when he slipped them flag to be on a couple who didn't
00:53:09
assist but provided an opportunity for him to escape this retelling in SK confessions under the matching statement
00:53:18
provided by the couple who happened across the attack indicated that Frank was a real person in an effort to find
00:53:25
him investigators went public with the story newly separated at age 33 shield tetro was looking for love when he
00:53:36
joined plenty of fish in September 2008 he encountered the profile of a user called spiderwebs an attractive girl
00:53:45
next door blonde in her 30s who was new to Edmonton and wanted to meet people Jill sent her a message and she
00:53:53
responded immediately introducing herself as Sheena she invited him on a date and the pair scheduled to meet on
00:54:01
Friday October 3 for dinner and a movie sheíll agreed to pick schoener up although she wouldn't provide an address
00:54:08
or phone number citing safety reasons instead she gave directions to her home that he could access through the
00:54:16
property's detached garage Jill didn't tell anyone about their arrangement making his way to Shana's Mill Woods
00:54:26
property as soon as he finished work on the appointed day he parked in front of the garage and headed inside reaching a
00:54:34
rear door that led out into the yard as he touched its handle someone grabbed him from behind and repeatedly struck
00:54:41
his head with a blunt object assuming he was being marked Jill turned to face his
00:54:48
attacker who was sporting a black hockey mask with gold markings the assailant pressed the button type weapon against
00:54:57
the Jill causing electrical currents to surge through his body the Taser had a little impact and Jill
00:55:04
managed to swipe it away at which point the masked man pulled a gun from his pocket he ordered Jill to get on the
00:55:12
ground and fastened two duct tape over his eyes when he obeyed when Jill heard a jingling sound similar to that of a
00:55:25
belt buckle he decided to fight back he staggered to his fate ripped the duct tape from his eyes and grabbed his
00:55:33
assailants gun only to discover it was made of plastic Jill scuffled with his attacker who
00:55:40
punched him in the head Jill managed to slip out of his jacket freeing him from his attackers grasp he
00:55:48
rolled under the garage door and tried to run but he's the leg muscles were weight from the Taser and he fell onto
00:55:55
the gravel driveway the attacker reached under the door grabbed his legs and started dragging
00:56:02
Jill back in when he let go for a split second to duck beneath the door Zeile stood and staggered down the alley
00:56:12
towards a nearby walking path where he encountered a couple walking their dog although his cries for help caused the
00:56:20
couple to flee Zeile was able to get to his car and escape his adrenaline wore off on the drive home so he pulled over
00:56:28
and passed there when he came to 15 minutes later he continued home where he treated his wounds and rested upon
00:56:39
waking a few hours later he logged into his plenty of fish account to download the communications between himself and
00:56:47
Sheena only to discover her profile and messages had been deleted the only evidence he had of their interactions
00:56:55
were the directions she provided to the garage which he had copied and pasted it
00:57:00
into a separate document she'll called his ex-wife and told her about his ordeal she urged him to report
00:57:10
it to authorities and he agreed but by the next morning he felt embarrassed and ashamed over the following days Neal's
00:57:19
pain subsided and he convinced himself the incident was likely just a botched mugging and nothing more serious friends
00:57:28
and co-workers who heard about the incident and saw his injuries implored a shield to speak to police but he just
00:57:34
wanted to move on the following month on Sunday November 2 she'll read an article
00:57:42
about the murder of Johnny Altinger in the Edmonton Journal newspaper in a police appealed for the accused first
00:57:50
victim to come forward and - recognizing the similarities to his own ordeal Jill
00:57:56
went to the Edmonton Police Station his story matched the attack on Frank as described in SK confessions almost the
00:58:05
word for word zeal Tetro later wrote in his memoir the one who got away I realized that I
00:58:15
should be the one that was killed worse I started to think that if only I would have gone to the police
00:58:22
John Alton young might be alive if I had just gone like I said I would nobody would have been killed guilt
00:58:30
overwhelmed me two days later on November 5 Edmonton Police received a series of chat logs from a woman named -
00:58:41
Rene from Cleveland Ohio she had been interacting with a Facebook account that featured an image of fictional killer
00:58:49
Dexter Morgan as its profile picture as a fan of the show Rene hoped the profile belonged to actor
00:58:57
Michael C Hall who portrayed the character in the television series she came to learn it was actually run by an
00:59:04
indie filmmaker called mark into their conversations grew sinister over time when Rene shared her fantasy about
00:59:14
cutting up her ex's new wife and drawing circles in her blood mark gave her detailed instructions on how to carry
00:59:21
out the act and to get away with it he told her to build a kill room lined with plastic just like Dexter then lure her
00:59:29
target in and disabled her with a stun baton he advised Rene to wrap her victims remains in duct tape placed them
00:59:38
in extra-strength garbage bags and incinerate the body he also suggested pulverizing the jaw bone and removing
00:59:46
teeth and finger tips to avoid identification in a message sent on October 5 two days after the botched
00:59:54
attack on Jill Tetro Marc informed Renee that a stun baton was ineffective and a
01:00:00
sturdy pipe would work better he also told her a hunter's game processing kit comes with everything you
01:00:08
would need to cut the body into nice manageable pieces on October 10 hours before Johnny Altinger disappeared mark
01:00:20
wrote sorry this is so short but I'm juggling six things right now and it's time to shift down to five four days
01:00:30
later he explained this weekend I made the rounds two to family Thanksgiving events and I've also had something else
01:00:39
keeping me busy but I'm really concerned about telling anyone because of the implications suffice it to say I crossed
01:00:47
the line on Friday and I liked it she last heard from him on October 27 via an email informing her there was a missing
01:00:58
persons investigation possibly a homicide centered on the garage he used however he was confident police wouldn't
01:01:06
find anything and told her not to ask about the details adding of course all my recent delves into the darker fiction
01:01:16
don't look good in all of this after police confirmed that the victim frank in sk confessions was geo tetro
01:01:30
they were more certain than ever that Jim was Johnny Altinger with the document revealing his fate on Friday
01:01:37
October 10 2008 the author disclosed that when Johnny returned to the garage later that night to meet his date he
01:01:46
cheerfully announced I guess I'm just the glutton for punishment to which the author replied you have no idea the
01:01:57
story continued describing how the killer violently struck Johnny to the back of the head with a pipe quote I
01:02:05
could feel my predator self take over that one single notion was the end-all be-all I had committed now and - there
01:02:15
was no going back after enduring hours of beatings Johnny offered money in exchange for freedom and the promise not
01:02:25
to go to police instead the killer removed his hunting knife from its sheath and stabbed
01:02:31
attorney multiple times before placing his body on the custom-made metal table he dismembered him using the hunters
01:02:40
game processing kit an act he considered a relatively unexcited event that he made fun by talking and seeing to
01:02:49
himself he explained how he would have purchased an incinerator to destroy Johnny's remains but the high cost
01:02:56
forced him to make do with a steel barrel and a jerrycan of gasoline to kill her place to the drum in his car
01:03:04
and took it to his parents place in North Edmonton where he said it a lot in the center of the yard
01:03:12
the story ended abruptly after the author realized that the body wouldn't completely burn however a file found on
01:03:22
a desktop computer at mark Twitchell's parents home appeared to be a continuation of the writings the new
01:03:29
text began the sewer of course how obvious no one ever goes down there following this revelation police and
01:03:42
city workers combed Mark's parents property and inspected the surrounding sewer system but found no evidence of
01:03:49
Jonny halting as remains over the next 18 months mark remained in prison as his trial
01:03:58
lived drawing pictures and writing stories to pass the time investigators had all but given up on recovering
01:04:06
Johnny Altinger body when shortly after 6:00 p.m. on Thursday June 3 2010 homicide detectives were called to meet
01:04:15
mark and his lawyer at the remand Center during the meeting mark passed the detectives a piece of paper that
01:04:23
contained a map of North End mminton and the words location of John halting as remains
01:04:31
the map had directed officers to an alleyway just one block from where police had carried out their search in
01:04:38
November 2008 there they peered through a sewer grate at what appeared to be two
01:04:44
pieces of human remains below less than half of the bones of a human body were recovered later confirmed to be those of
01:04:54
journey Altinger mark Twitchell's trial began the following year on Wednesday March 16 2011 the prosecution presented
01:05:07
their case that mark had lured strangers to his specially designed to kill room where he attacked them by replicating
01:05:13
methods used by fictional serial killer Dexter Morgan whom he was obsessed with the SK confessions document was an
01:05:23
integral part of the prosecution's case with detective mark ents the going through the document line by a line and
01:05:30
identifying 301 passages that likely occurred in real life many witnesses took the stand including Trevor and
01:05:40
Marissa the couple who had interrupted the attack on Jill Petro following their testimony they met with the shield to
01:05:48
apologize for not assisting him and he forgave them the defense's major witness was Mark Twitchell himself his responses
01:05:58
were mostly dry and concise but he became animated and excited when discussing his film projects
01:06:05
he described house of cards as an ambitious and interactive project he called multi-format psychosis layering
01:06:13
entertainment or maple he wanted to build on the kind of buzz created by other experimental films such as the
01:06:22
Blair Witch Project which was marketed as being genuine found-footage rather than a professionally produced movie
01:06:30
Marc hoped to expand his serial killer short film into a feature and after its release he would pen a novel told from
01:06:38
the perspective of the film's producer the idea was to sow seeds of doubt as to whether the film was real or not he
01:06:47
began writing the novel calling it SK confessions as a homage to horror and supernatural fiction author Stephen King
01:06:55
the third step would be to harness social media creating posts from people who would allege to have almost to being
01:07:03
a victim of the hockey-mask killer themselves using a photo of a woman he had stolen from another plenty of fish
01:07:10
profile mark searched for someone to serve this purpose and found a shield tetra nock arranged the time for him to
01:07:19
come to the garage which he designed to resemble a kill room to provide the desired effect
01:07:25
he said he planned to fill geo lean on his elaborate plan but decided to switch it up by genuinely scaring him into
01:07:34
thinking he was about to be murdered he donned the hockey mask and used the stun
01:07:39
baton claiming he knew the implement would not cause significant harm the plan was always to let Jill go so that
01:07:48
when the house of cards movie and book were released his experience with the hockey mask killer would be convincing
01:07:59
mark said he kept the mask hoodie baton and handcuffs because he figured it would be best to come clean if shield
01:08:06
did report what had happened the following week he used the name Jenn and scheduled a date with his next target
01:08:14
journey halting Oh mark arrived at the garage at around 6 p.m. on Friday October 10 2008 using his laptop to
01:08:25
continue messaging Jonny who showed up earlier than expected mark threw up the smoke screen that Jen
01:08:33
was stuck in traffic and wouldn't be able to make it for at least 30 minutes so Jonny left
01:08:39
he wondered whether he should reveal the truth to Johnny over email or in person
01:08:44
and ultimately invited him back still posing as Jen when Johnny returned mark informed him that there was no Jen and
01:08:54
tried to explain his psychosis a layering idea Johnny was unhappy at having been duped and the two got into
01:09:01
an argument mark claimed that as he turned Johnny kicked him in the lower back before
01:09:08
grabbing a pipe and swinging it at him mark dodged to the first couple of swings but the third came down on his
01:09:16
elbow he wrestled the pot from Johnny and hit him on the top of the head with it as the fight continued mark grabbed a
01:09:26
knife hoping Johnny would back off instead he rushed forward and Mark stabbed him quote it was just the
01:09:35
sickest feeling ever I just started to fill this wet sensation around the hand still holding the handle and I let go
01:09:43
instinctively and - then I saw it sticking out of him upon realizing Johnny was dying mark
01:09:52
said it's one of those things when I'm just stuck there and can't decide what to do I'm just frozen by inaction
01:10:00
there's a war going on between screaming out in my head call 9-1-1 but at the same time how bad does this look take a
01:10:10
look around look at what this place looks like gnarrk said he panicked and decided to
01:10:18
use his film set to quote do things that had never been designed to do from this
01:10:26
point on he agreed that the dismemberment failed cremation and disposal of Johnny's body as well as
01:10:33
using his social media and email accounts to cover up his crime had occurred as written in SK confessions
01:10:41
however he sent the feelings described when cutting up the body we're exactly the opposite of the truth he felt weaker
01:10:49
not stronger like he was carrying a heavy burden he would never be able to share as for the messages mark sent his
01:10:58
Facebook friend Rene four days after Johnny's murder in which he wrote suffice it to say I crossed the line on
01:11:06
Friday and I liked it he insisted this was in reference to his affair with ex-girlfriend Tracey
01:11:15
in summary mark's attorney maintained that Johnny's death was accidental and in self-defense adding that SK
01:11:23
confessions was a work of fiction or at best have fictionalized version of real events
01:11:30
the prosecution pointed out the mark Twitchell's entire life was built on fantasy and allies and that his
01:11:37
testimonies should be taken with a grain of salt he lied to his wife his girlfriend and friends as well as ye'll
01:11:45
Johnny and the police the prosecutor remarked that Marc's assertions that he only aimed to recruit
01:11:54
strangers to help create an online urban legend where as ridiculous as the story
01:11:59
about the $40 Mazda on Tuesday April 12 2011 the jury found Mark Twitchell guilty of the first-degree murder of
01:12:12
Johnny Altinger in her victim impact statement Johnny's mother Alfreda explained that Johnny's telephone
01:12:20
company hadn't yet reassigned his number so she constantly rang it just to hear his voice mail greeting quote he was a
01:12:30
pure joy as a child it was an amazing journey watching him grow in every way and make his way through life there are
01:12:39
no words to describe the pain and feelings of horror one goes through I can't imagine the fear desperation and
01:12:47
pain Johnny must have endured as a mother I feel I can't think about it with the
01:12:54
going over the edge there is no joy in life it has been ripped away from me I fear this nightmare hint my grief will
01:13:03
continue until my dying day people have asked me if I wish there were still the death penalty and I must answer no my
01:13:13
wish is for the perpetrator of this unforgivable and horrific act to reflect on his actions and die a slow death
01:13:20
every day of his life in his stamen Garry halting a road I know my baby brother is never coming back for justice
01:13:33
to prevail it would only be right to mark Twitchell never see the light of day again not Twitchell was sentenced to
01:13:42
life in prison with a minimum of 25 years following the trial gary told the media of the grief his family had been
01:13:52
exposed to over the previous weeks in two years stating that it was something no human being should ever feel feel
01:14:01
freed are added that although there will never be closure quote we will move on to the next step I think start the hill
01:14:11
if that's possible mark Twitchell attempted to appeal his conviction on the grounds that extensive
01:14:21
media coverage who ruined any opportunity for a fair trial but the appeal was abandoned in 2012 in May 2013
01:14:31
it was reported that mark had purchased the television for his prison cell which
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he used to catch up on every episode of Dexter that he had missed since his incarceration detective mark SD believed
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the precautions taken by Johnny Altinger prior to his date with the Jen had ultimately saved others by sharing his
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plans and whereabouts with friends and emailing them the directions to the garage he enabled police to swiftly
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identify a mark Twitchell as their prime suspect ensuring he didn't have an opportunity to claim more victims
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detective and he told Johnny's mother your son in a roundabout way was a hero he definitely saved a lot of grief for
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