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After killing Lin, Magnotta used his real name to book a round-trip ticket from Montreal to Paris,<ref>Ljunggren, David. "Magnotta Brought Home 'Mystery Man' a Week before Murder, Court Hears." Global News, Corus Entertainment, 10 November 2014, https://globalnews.ca/news/1600251/magnotta-brought-home-mystery-man-a-week-before-murder-court-hears/.</ref> but he then booked another round-trip ticket to Paris on May 25, before the red notice was issued.<ref>"Interpol Assists in Arrest of Canadian Psycho Murder Suspect in Berlin." Interpol, 31 May 2012, https://web.archive.org/web/20120602214731/http://www.interpol.int/News-and-media/News-media-releases/2012/N20120531.</ref> He stayed in a hotel in Bagnolet, where police later found pornographic magazines and an air-sickness bag. Despite using a false passport with the name "Kirk Trammel", Magnotta had contacts in Paris from a previous visit in 2010.<ref>"Jun Lin." PeoplePill, https://peoplepill.com/people/jun-lin.</ref> Police followed a large-framed man who had been in contact with Magnotta, and another man he stayed with for two nights didn't realize who he was until after he had left.<ref>Gillies, Rob. "Human Remains Delivered to 2 Canada Schools." AP NEWS, Associated Press, 6 June 2012, http://bigstory.ap.org/article/human-remains-delivered-2-canada-schools.</ref> Magnotta then took a Eurolines bus to Berlin, Germany, after which he was apprehended by Berlin Police on June 4, 2012, at an internet café in the Neukölln district.<ref name="cbc3">"Luka Rocco Magnotta Arrested in Germany." CBC News, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 4 June 2012, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-rocco-magnotta-arrested-in-germany-1.1147219.</ref>

Initially, Magnotta gave fake names, but he later confessed his true identity, which was confirmed through fingerprint evidence.<ref name="cbc3" /> The next day, he appeared in a Berlin court and did not oppose his extradition due to sufficient evidence against him. He was kept in custody until extradition and agreed to a simplified process. On June 18, 2012, he was handed over to Canadian authorities in Berlin and flown to [[wikipedia:Montréal–Mirabel International Airport|Mirabel International Airport]] on a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-150 Polaris due to safety concerns and potential legal difficulties.<ref>"Magnotta Arrives Home to Face Canadian Justice." CP24, Bell Media, 19 June 2012, https://www.cp24.com/magnotta-arrives-home-to-face-canadian-justice-1.843501.</ref> Magnotta was then placed in solitary confinement at the Rivière-des-Prairies detention centre.<ref>Brean, Joseph. "Luka Rocco Magnotta on Suicide Watch." National Post, Postmedia Network, 6 June 2012, https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/luka-rocco-magnotta-suicide-watch.</ref><ref>Pazzano, Sam. "Montreal Jail Reserves Isolated Holding Cell for Magnotta." Toronto Sun, Postmedia Network, 12 June 2012, https://torontosun.com/2012/06/12/montreal-jail-reserves-isolated-holding-cell-for-magnotta.</ref>

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