deadmonton 2008 - johnny brian altinger
the script
Johnny Brian Altinger, 38, was reported missing October 10th, 2008. On October 31st Mark Andrew Twitchell, 29, was charged with first-degree murder.
On November 3rd, 2008, Global Edmonton's Carolyn Jarvis quoted excerpts from a "leaked" copy of the "House of Cards" script, the movie police alleged Twitchell had filmed immediately prior to Johnny Altinger's death.
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While Jarvis did not reveal the source of the script, in her 5:00 p.m. live in-studio report with Lynda Steele she let slip that it had come from "friends working on the movie."
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The script referred to a man who was cheating on his wife and who had ultimately and deservedly met his fate – a theme common in the "Dexter" TV series Twitchell had been thought to follow.
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In the script, Jarvis said, Twitchell wrote of a male killer who worked for police and had lured a man to his death on the pretence of a date with a woman.
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The killer "winds up and decapitates Roger" - the fictional victim - "in one smooth motion. The head slumps to the floor." He then proceeds to use a power saw to cut him up into pieces, Jarvis quoted.
The killer uses a stun gun while wearing a hockey mask – described as almost identical to the one police alleged Twitchell wore when he assaulted his first victim, the man who escaped.
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The story ends by revealing that the entire story was created by a writer who closes his laptop, telling the audience he had created a female profile on an online dating service.
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The killer's wife then asks him, "How's the story coming along?"
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The writer replies, "Really well, sweetie. It's true when they say the best way to succeed is to write what you know."
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The scenario recalled the July 30th, 2008 post on Twitchell's Facebook page which, if proven, seemed to foreshadow real-life events.
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