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Posted: 5:01 PM, Apr 24, 2019
Updated: 2019-04-25 00: 01: 49Z
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ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) – A man who gained Internet fame as "Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker" has been convicted of first-degree murder in the beating death of a New Jersey man almost six years ago.
Jurors in Union County convicted 30-year-old Caleb "Kai" McGillvary on Wednesday in the May 2013 death of 73-year-old lawyer Joseph Galfy. Authorities said in New York and the defendant stayed at Galfy's home. McGillvary was arrested in Philadelphia days later.
McGillvary alleged that he acted in self-defense following an attempted sexual assault, but prosecutors said his statements were inconsistent and also cited the victim's extensive injuries.
The Canadian gained some online fame after intervening in a 2012 assault on a California utility worker in which he described a further attack.
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