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According to Reuters, Luka Magnotta spent six months planning the killing of Jun Lin, which was confirmed in an alleged email from Magnotta to a journalist.<ref>"Canadian killer Luka Magnotta gets life sentence for grisly murder", Reuters. December 11, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2023, from https://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-magnotta-idUSKBN0JP27B20141211</ref> In a blog post titled "Necrophiliac Serial Killer Luka Magnotta" on March 3, Magnotta expressed his fetish for having sex with a mummified corpse of a young man.<ref name="cbc" /> Magnotta also uploaded several videos to YouTube from April to May, including one where he held a screwdriver in front of a ''[[wikipedia:Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'' poster while a 1987 New Order song played, alluding to the murder. Additionally, Magnotta created multiple fake accounts on various blog posts in an attempt to find out who the killer was, accompanied by an image.<ref name="abproject">"Luka Magnotta - The Ultimate Timeline of Events", AB Project. Retrieved April 21, 2023, from http://www.abproject.org/docs/luka_magnotta_-_the_ultimate_timeline_of_events.txt</ref> After posting an ad on Craigslist on May 24, 2012, Magnotta met with Jun Lin at the Decarie Boulevard in the late evening, under the pretense of filming a "personal film" which Lin volunteered for.<ref>"How Did Luka Magnotta Meet Jun Lin? The Killer Used Craigslist To Find Victims", Narcity. Retrieved April 21, 2023, from https://www.narcity.com/how-did-luka-magnotta-meet-jun-lin-the-killer-used-craigslist-to-find-victims</ref><ref name="mgl2">"Magnotta thought Lin Jun was an agent for government", Montreal Gazette. Retrieved April 21, 2023, from https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/magnotta-thought-lin-jun-was-an-agent-for-government</ref><ref name="homicideinc">"Episode 38 - Luka Rocco Magnotta: Canada’s Self-Made Celebrity Killer", Homicide Inc. Retrieved April 21, 2023, from https://www.homicide-inc.com/post/episode-38-luka-rocco-magnotta-canada-s-self-made-celebrity-killer</ref> Later that evening, Lin was murdered and decapitated in the room of Magnotta's apartment. Although some sources claim the video was first uploaded to another site called theYNC, it was uploaded to the website Bestgore that night.<ref name="abproject" /> A few days later, an attorney from Montana alerted police about the video, but it was initially dismissed as "fake".<ref>"Luka Magnotta: Toronto police admit they could have done more when U.S. lawyer flagged disturbing video", Toronto Star. May 31, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2023, from https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2012/05/31/luka_magnotta_toronto_police_admit_they_could_have_done_more_when_us_lawyer_flagged_disturbing_video.html</ref> However, police were later alerted to Jun Lin's disappearance and received complaints from residents of Magnotta's apartment building about a foul smell. Eventually, the police found a suitcase containing several of Lin's body parts and were alerted to the video by citizens.<ref name="homicideinc" />

[[File:Décarie Boulevard.png|thumb|200px|The Décarie Boulevard apartment where Jun Lin was last seen. The picture shown here is the apartment now abandoned following Lin's murder.]]

[[File:Jun Lin and Luka Magnotta.png|thumb|210px|The surveillance camera of the apartment, where Lin's final appearance (left) is depicted in the view.]]

In May 2012, several packages containing body parts were sent to political party headquarters in [[wikipedia:Ottawa, Canada|''Ottawa, Canada'']]. The [[wikipedia:Conservative Party of Canada|''Conservative Party of Canada'']] received a blood-stained package with a left foot on May 29, 2012,<ref name="note">"Note with severed foot warned of more killings." CTV News. May 30, 2012. https://www.ctvnews.ca/note-with-severed-foot-warned-of-more-killings-1.833410</ref> while the [[wikipedia:Liberal Party of Canada|''Liberal Party'']] received a package with a left-hand a few hours later.<ref name="note" /><ref>Reuters. "Canada Body Parts Package: Severed Foot Sent to Conservative Party HQ." Reuters, Thomson Reuters, 30 May 2012, https://www.reuters.com/article/canada-body-parts-package-idINDEE84T0JX20120530.</ref> The police later confirmed that two more packages containing a right hand and right foot were distributed to two separate schools.<ref>"Luka Magnotta." Murderpedia, https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/magnotta-luka.htm.</ref> The fourth package, sent to the Conservative Party headquarters, contained a left foot and a note indicating that all six body parts had been sent and that the perpetrator would kill again.<ref name="note" /> On July 1, the head was discovered in a small area of Angrignon Park, a few blocks away from Magnotta's apartment.<ref>Robertson, Derek. "Last Magnotta Mystery Solved: Head Has Been Found." The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 1 July 2012, https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/07/last-magnotta-mystery-solved-head-has-been-found/326289/.</ref>

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 center.<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>

Magnotta was found guilty of first-degree murder, committing an indignity to a body, criminal harassment, and the mailing and publishing of obscene material; he was sentenced to life in prison with a possibility of parole in 25 years.<ref> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-guilty-of-1st-degree-murder-in-jun-lin-s-slaying-1.2875989 </ref>