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The Bachelor Had a Gut Feeling That Something Wasn’t Right, Then It Ended Tragically
The twisted case of John Altinger
Comment by EPizzle: “If you or someone you know is ever attacked by someone, please never be embarrassed to report it! You could save a life!!!”
The first victim of the catfish managed to escape. But he felt too embarrassed to report.
Then John Altinger went missing.
John had sent his friend the address of his match from a dating site. Then John said, “If I go missing tonight, this is where I’m going.”
John Was Thirty-Eight
John Brian Altinger was a thirty-eight-year-old man from Canada.
John was a people person who had lots of friends. But he wasn’t so lucky when it came to romance. So John turned to the internet to find his match.
He joined a dating website called Plenty of Fish. Then he landed on a profile of a beautiful young blonde.
Her name was Jen from Edmonton.
John and Jen texted back and forth for a while. Then they agreed to meet for dinner and a movie at Jen’s house on 10 October 2008.
However, Jen told John that she was paranoid and didn’t want to give him her real…
