Who Is Luka Magnotta's Husband? 'Don't F*Ck with Cats' Killer Met and Married His Partner Anthony Jolin in Prison
Who Is Luka Magnotta's Husband? Luka Magnotta — Born Eric Clinton Kirk Newman — Was Convicted of First-Degree Murder in 2014 for the Violent Killing of Chinese...
Who is Luka Magnotta's husband?
Luka Magnotta — born Eric Clinton Kirk Newman — was convicted of first-degree murder in 2014 for the violent killing of Chinese student Jun Lin in 2012. However, Magnotta's crime against Lin was not his first known criminal activity as he had prior convictions related to impersonation and fraud.
Prior to the videotaped murder of Lin committed in 2012, Magnotta was already the subject of international controversy as a result of videos uploaded to YouTube. In these videos, an adult male was seen suffocating kittens, which led to investigations by Internet users, animal rights organizations and local authorities alike. Magnotta was discovered to be the male shown in the videos.
Magnotta was also the subject of investigations related to a series of homicides committed in Toronto between 2010 and 2017. But this investigation was ultimately called off due to a lack of evidence.
As one of the focal points of the Netflix-released Don't F**k With Cats: Hunting An Internet Killer documentary, interest in Magnotta is at an all-time high. In turn, many people are also intrigued about Magnotta's husband Anthony Jolin.
Here are some things you ought to know about Mr. Jolin, who himself is also a convicted killer scheduled to be serving many years in prison.
1. Who is Luka Magnotta's husband? He and Jolin got married while in prison.
On June 26, 2017, the two were married at the Port-Cartier prison in Canada. The documented witness to the wedding was Magnotta's mom Anna Yourkin; Yourkin had published a book My Son, The Killer about Magnotta in late 2018. To further make the union official, a notice about the marriage is posted had been posted at the Sept-Îles Courthouse.
For the sake of a honeymoon, the couple wished to use their prison's private family visitation area. However, this request was denied, as was the couple's request for cohabitation.
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2. How Magnotta and Jolin met is actually the product of Canadian tax dollars at work.
The average person is likely not aware of all of the services available to inmates in the United States, let alone intimates serving sentences in Canada. In Canada, for example, inmate dating websites actually exist.
Magnotta and Jolin connected in 2015 through both being enrolled on a dating website known as Canadian Inmates Connect. Within his dating ad, Magnotta had expressed interest in a male between the ages of 28 and 38, who was in good shape and also educated, emotionally-stable and seeking a long-term relationship. Apparently, Jolin met all of this criteria.
Marcus Vance is a cybersecurity auditor and technology writer dedicated to educating the public about online safety, data privacy regulations, enterprise security, and emerging cyber threats.
