'Kai, the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker’ became a viral star. Now he’s on trial for murder.

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A viral senation ends in a New Jersey courtroom and murder trial.

A 2013 clip of a young hitchhiker became a viral internet sensation. By Kyle Swenson Kyle Swenson Reporter for Morning Mix Email Bio Follow April 9 at 5:27 AM It took a little under six minutes of screen time to launch Kai into the upper stratosphere of Internet fame.

“He runs up and he grabs one of them, man. Like a guy that big can snap a woman’s neck like a pencil stick! So I [expletive] ran up behind him with a hatchet,” the hitchhiker told the interviewer. “Smash! Smash! Smash!” he added pantomiming the attack. “It was [expletive] gnarly man. It was like the biggest wave I’ve ever ridden.”The original video of “Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker” has since racked up more than 7 million views on YouTube. Countless remixes of his interview were made.

In a since-deleted Facebook post, McGillvary later would claim that he had woke up in Galfy’s house the next morning after being drugged and sexually assaulted the night before, the Courier News reported. Galfy was partially naked in the bed, and McGillvary would later claim in the post he fought off the older man in self-defense.

On May 17, 2013, a barista at a Starbucks in Philadelphia recognized McGillvary and had seen news reports that police were looking for him. He called 911, and police found and arrested McGillvary at a nearby bus station, the New York Post reported.While in jail on his murder charge, McGillvary initially tried to keep his viral fame going, releasing recordings from custody and attempting to leverage his fan base for his legal fees, NJ.com reported.

 

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Hatch-hiker

Live by the hatchet, die by the hatchet.

Typical modern day liberal Democrat who stands with CNN, MSNBC, Maddow-Matthews-Scarborough- and the View hags, and no doubt voted for Obama, and hates the realDonaldTrump? Am I close?

Feel like we maybe could’ve seen this one coming.

I'm sorry.... What?

wow.

Hmmm

Sí cobran por la lectura d un artículo,no deberían estar en twitter.

Couldn't see that happening. WOW

Who could have foretold this ending?

I never saw this coming

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