Kai the hitchhiker arrested in Philadelphia on murder charges

[cali]

Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, a hitchhiker and drifter who became a cyber-culture celebrity, was arrested at the Philadelphia Greyhound bus terminal late Thursday in the slaying of a North Jersey lawyer, authorities said.

The arrest followed the discovery Monday of the body of Joseph Galfy Jr., 73, in his home in Clark. Galfy, dressed only in underwear and socks, was found in his bed, apparently beaten to death, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said. An autopsy found he died of blunt force trauma.

The Prosecutor's Office said the men apparently met last weekend in Manhattan and went to Galfy's house.

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McGillvary met Galfy in Times Square on Saturday. The men are believed to have had a sexual encounter over the weekend, according to the Prosecutor's Office.

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http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20130517__Hatchet_Wielding_Hitchhiker__arrested_in_Phila__for_N_J__muurder.html

[graham4anything]

1. Who would pick up a hitchhiker in 2013 (or anytime the last 25 years?) Unheard of.

This isn't the 1950s.
Everyone knows not to pick up a hitchhiker.
Is it even legal anymore for someone to stand on the highway thumbing a ride?

[cali]

2. I pick up hitchhikers regularly, dearie.

Last week I picked up a kid hitching 40 miles to his job. Glad to have helped him out even if I was only going half way to his destination. Furthermore, I regularly hitchhiked myself in the seventies. I was a young woman and I never had any problems.

[JustAnotherGen]

5. Never picked one up

Never hitched either.

But I'm of the "Stranger Danger" era of Emmaneule Lewis public service announcements telling us then litte kids to:

Say no.
Then go.
And tell.

[MrSlayer]

3. I wouldn't be surprised if he turns out to be a serial killer.

For all that "Love everyone bro!" shit he seems awfully fond of smashing people's heads.

We'll see.

[trumad]

4. certainly a made for tv movie

[Turborama]

6. The cops are investigating other murders that have happened along the routes he's taken

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