EFFORTPOST The Dexter Killer

Mark Twitchell

>Ealier Life:

Mark Twitchell was born on July 4, 1979 in Edmonton, Alberta. From an early age, he dreamed of getting into the film business and making real blockbusters. He completed a program in radio and television arts at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in 2000.

Then, 7 years later, Twitchell thought he was finally one step closer to success when he directed a Star Wars fan film. The film was still in production at the time of the crime and was never released. In addition, Twitchell married an American woman that same year. When the police suspected him of the murder, she left him. They later divorced.

>Murder:

In October 2008, Jonny Altinger wrote to Mark Twitchell on the dating site POF, also called Plenty of Fish. On this site, Twitchell posed as a woman in order to lure Altinger to his place and kill him. Twitchell had rented a garage and converted it into his "personal film studio".

>Original Text from Twitchell to Altinger:

So ok, Friday.

If you're coming from the North on groat, get on Calgary trail and when you get to the South side and jump on whitemud. Then go south on 50 St. Take a right on on 40 ave and after a block or two take the very first right into the alley. It's marked by a yellow crosswalk sign so pay attention.

Then go left and pull in to the only driveway on your left that isn't paved 101. Seriously, who ever heard of a driveway that looks like the Amazon? whatever, it won't swallow your car, I promise. There's some garbage up against the fence like an old couch and such but it might be gone by Friday, who knows.

Like I said, the garage door will be open for you a touch. Don't worry about neighbors thinking you're a burglar. Everyone knows there's nothing ing valuable in except my car of course.

See you then

Sheena

Yeah first visible back door coming out of the garage, knock away. There's certainly no other driveways along our alley like this one and the half open car door is a dead give away.

See you 7 on Friday

Before meeting Twitchell on October 10, Jonny Altinger told his friends the address where the alleged date would take place. Mark Twitchell didn't hesitate for a second when Jonny Altinger arrived at the garage. Twitchell beat and stabbed Altinger until he lay lifeless on the ground. When Twitchell failed to burn the body, he dismembered it and put the body parts in garbage bags. He then threw these into a storm drain. Fortunately, Altinger friends where worried about him when they received this mail from him.

>Original Text:

Sent: Monday,

Subject: Re: Re:

Hey there,

I've met an extraordinary woman named Jen who has offfered to take me on a nice long tropical vacation. 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 email periodically.

See you around the holidays,

Johnny

Twitchell broke into Altinger's apartment to send various emails to his friends and he wrote a letter of resignation to his workplace. But Jonny Altinger's friends also broke into the apartment and saw that everything was the same. The passport was still there, dirty dishes were in the kitchen and no clothes had been packed for a longer holiday.

The police were informed as soon as they were there and they then began their investigation. When investigators questioned Mark Twitchell, he said that he only knew Jonny Altinger by chance because he had sold him his car to accompany a rich woman to Costa Rica.

Of course, the police did not believe his statement and confiscated everything that was in the garage, such as a laptop, car and weapons. Altinger's blood was also found in the trunk. On October 31, 2008, Mark Twitchell was arrested and charged with murder.

>Crime Scene:

>Attempted Murder:

Gilles Tetreault also fell for Twitchell using the same scam. Mark Twitchell lured Tetreault to a date with a woman named Sheena in the garage through POF and attacked Tetreault wearing a mask and using a stun gun. Gilles Tetreault fought for his life and eventually managed to escape.

Unfortunately for Altinger, Tetreault did not go to the police to report this incident. He would have been embarrassed and did not want to be known by this event. Ultimately, the attempted murder charge was dropped because, although the incidents were similar, they were separate events.

>Trial:

Mark Twitchell testified during the trial that he killed Jonny Altinger in self-defense, despite there being a pretty strong piece of evidence written by himself. The document "SK Confessions", a script by Twitchell that tells the story of the life of a serial killer, was found on his laptop.

It told everything in detail about the events that Tetreault and Altinger committed. Twitchell also said that it was all just pure fantasy and written for a new film. His personal interest in the series Dexter was mentioned again and again during the trial and how much Twitchell would like to be like Dexter. That's why the press called him the "Dexter Killer".

On April 12, 2011, Mark Twitchell was sentenced to life imprisonment. Twitchell bought a personal TV in prison in 2013 and watches every Dexter episode he has missed since his arrest.

Michael C. Hall, the actor who plays Dexter, said in an interview:

"I hope that people's appreciation was more than a kind of fetishization of the killing scenes.

I wouldn't stop making Dexter just because someone was fascinated by it in that way. I try to tell myself that her fixation caused it one way or another, but it seems that Dexter had something to do with it. It's horrifying."

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