Act surprised, I dare you: Kai, hatchet weilding hobo and internet celebrity, wanted for murder.

[sonatine]

Kai, the Internet's Hero Hitchhiker, Now Wanted for Murder

You might remember Kai, Pauly Shore's Encino Man character come to life, from earlier this year when he helped save a Fresno woman who was being attacked by a violent racist. Kai's chill-bro demeanor and quick thinking in the face of danger—he beat the crazed man down with hatchet blows to his head—briefly made him the internet's new favorite meme. But was the drifter hero everyone was celebrating also a deadly maniac himself?
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Today authorities in Union County, New Jersey, issued an arrest warrant for Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, aka Kai Lawrence aka Kai Nicodemus. The 34-year-old is reportedly wanted for questioning in the death of Joseph Galfy, who was found in his home on Monday dead from blunt force trauma.

Early reports haven't revealed Kai's connection to Galfy, who was a 73-year-old lawyer, but authorities believe Kai has cut his hair in an effort to alter his appearance and is now on the run. He was last seen at a light rail station in Haddonfield, New Jersey, and police have issued a $5,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.

Here is a clue, perhaps: About three months ago, shortly after the Kai viral video made its rounds, I saw a guy who looked a lot like Kai buying weed at a bus stop in Venice Beach. It appeared as if he paid a man to go into a medical marijuana dispensary for him—he probably didn't have a prescription card—while he loitered across the street. To pass the time as he waited, he started up a conversation with a homeless man, who offered him a swig from his airplane bottle of Jack Daniels. The Kai lookalike accepted the whisky and took a quick slug before lighting up a cigarette. I almost considered asking him if he was indeed Kai, but nobody likes a star-fucker. I got on my bus when it arrived and never saw him again.

John Cook, Gawker editor-in-chief, has said that if this clue leads to Kai's arrest, I must give the reward money to Gawker. This is a point of contention.

[dwai]

[bottomset_69]

You are better with melancholy threads with your Dad, trout fishing. Just saying

[Vwls]

You do have to wonder what's up when people are walking around with hatchets. I mean sure - it was super handy when he saved that girl, but what's he using it for the rest of the time?

Also it was fairly obvious he was off his rocker when they interviewed him about his heroics. His brain was all over the place.

[Walter Sobchak]

I've never heard of this guy.

[sonatine]

You do have to wonder what's up when people are walking around with hatchets. I mean sure - it was super handy when he saved that girl, but what's he using it for the rest of the time?

Also it was fairly obvious he was off his rocker when they interviewed him about his heroics. His brain was all over the place.

The culture hes part of shockingly violent and pretty consistently mentally ill.

Basically even if you arent an unmedicated schizophrenic drifter, thats who youre trucking with. You have to walk a tightrope; how well can you arm yourself without incurring weapons charges when you get busted for no reason at all? A hatchet makes sense in that context.

[PLOL]

Okai

[sonatine]

Dudes last facebook update:

"what would you do if you woke up with a groggy head, metallic taste in your mouth, in a strangers house... walked to the mirror and seen come dripping from the side of your face from your mouth, and started wretching, realizing that someone had drugged, raped, and blown their fuckin load in you? what would you do?"


shit just got pretty fucking real.

[BetCheckBet]

[Avon Barksdale]

Dudes last facebook update:

"what would you do if you woke up with a groggy head, metallic taste in your mouth, in a strangers house... walked to the mirror and seen come dripping from the side of your face from your mouth, and started wretching, realizing that someone had drugged, raped, and blown their fuckin load in you? what would you do?"


shit just got pretty fucking real.

I'd go SMASH, SMASH, SA-MAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSHHHHHH!!!!

[Vwls]

Link to his Facebook?

[unchainedghost]

The kid is the man. He was wronged by the dead guy and Kai handles his shit in a quick and decisive manner as we've learned from prior history.

[sonatine]

Link to his Facebook?

https://www.facebook.com/yodhehwawheh

[zealanddonk]

This is really about 408McMikey right?

[tommyt]

chalk this one up to another crazy person from WV.

[WillieMcFML]

[lewfather]

http://www.gofundme.com/2y7vvs

also



start it at around the 30 second mark

[sonatine]

:chimpdown



Hitchhiker and former web hero wanted for murder of lawyer, 73, arrested in Philadelphia after drifter claimed on Facebook he'd been assaulted

Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, 34, better known as Kai, has been arrested for the murder of Joseph Galfy Jr in Clark, New Jersey
McGillvary wrote on Facebook a day after murder that he woke up in a strange house and discovered he was sexually assaulted by a man
Prosecutors said Galfy, who was gay, met McGillvary at Times Square and took him home
Bail is set at $3million

By Daniel Bates, James Nye and Snejana Farberov

PUBLISHED: 18:53 EST, 16 May 2013 | UPDATED: 05:53 EST, 17 May 2013

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A homeless man known as 'Kai the hatchet-welding hitchhiker' who has been wanted for the murder of a New Jersey attorney after claiming he had been sexually assaulted has been arrested in Pennsylvania, authorities have announced.

Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, 34, who became an internet sensation after saving three people from a crazed driver with his famous hatchet, was arrested on Thursday Glassboro Police Chief Alex Fanfarillo tells NJ.com.

An arrest warrant had been issued for McGillvary in connection to the murder of 73-year-old Joseph Galfy Jr in Clark whose body was found in his home on Tuesday.

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Disturbing twist: 'Kai the hatchet welding hitchhiker,' whose real name is Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, is accused of killing a man just months after he was hailed as a hero for saving three people from a crazed man

Disturbing twist: 'Kai the hatchet welding hitchhiker,' whose real name is Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, is accused of killing a man just months after he was hailed as a hero for saving three people from a crazed man

Authorities had been looking for McGillvary in Haddonfield and Glassboro, New Jersey after staying at a home there. Those tips lead to his eventual capture across state lines.

McGillvary will be processed in Philadelphia and sent to back to New Jersey in the coming days, Union County Prosecutor Theodore J. Romankow said. His bail is set at $3 million.

'I believe that everyone is a little safer with this person off the streets,' the prosecutor said. Philadelphia police could not immediately be reached for comment.

On Tuesday, when police officers discovered Galf's body, McGillvary wrote a rambling post on his Facebook page describing in graphic detail how he woke up in a strange house and discovered that he had been sexually assaulted by a man.


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McGillvary, better known on YouTube and Facebook as Kai Lawrence, Caleb Kai Lawrence and Kai Nicodemus, became an instant Internet celebrity in February when he was featured on a California news report for saving three people from 54-year-old Jett Simmons McBride by hitting him on the head with a hatchet.

The homeless hitchhiker, who describes himself as 'homefree,' was riding in a passenger seat with McBride when he said the man started making racist comments and calling himself Jesus Christ.

The incident culminated with the out-of-control driver slamming into a black utility worker and pinning him against his truck. He then allegedly attacked two women who came to the aid of the victim, at which point McGillvary jumped into action and hit the assailant over the head with a hatchet he had on him.
Internet celebrity sought for murder, seen in Haddonfield
Internet celebrity sought for murder, seen in Haddonfield

Murder investigation: McGillvary (left), 34, is being sought in connection to the killing of New Jersey lawyer Joseph Galfy Jr (right), who was found dead in his Clark, NJ, home dead from a blunt force trauma

McGillvary, sporting long shaggy hair tied with a bandanna, later described his heroics in a hilarious, profanity-laced stream-of-consciousness interview that instantly went viral online.

Since the February incident, the 34-year-old self-described surfer dude has been regularly writing about his adventures on the road on his Facebook page under the user name 'Caleb Kai Lawrence Yodhehwawheh.

Prosecutors revealed on Thursday that Galfy met up with McGillvary at Times Square last Sunday and took him to his house in New Jersey that night.

McGillvary spent at least two nights in Galfy's brick home on a cul-de-sac in Clark, 20 miles west of New York, Romankow said.

Prosecutors said Galfy drove McGillvary to the train station on Sunday and McGillvary boarded a train to Asbury Park to meet a fan before returning and being picked up by Galfy later in the day.

Later that night, McGillvary called the fan again asking her for a ride, Romankow said. She couldn't pick him up, and McGillvary's phone went dead after that.

According to a police reconstruction of his travels after leaving Clark, the suspect somehow got back to the train station Monday and returned to Asbury Park to meet the fan. The two traveled to Philadelphia.

After lunch, they traveled to Glassboro, in southern New Jersey, and he stayed with another fan there. On Tuesday he boarded a train to Philadelphia where he was eventually arrested.

McGillvary had mentioned at one point heading to Georgia to visit a girlfriend, police said.

Union County Crime Stoppers had offered a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to his arrest.
Celebrity: McGillvary (left) became an Internet sensation in February after giving an interview about his hatchet heroics, and he was even invited by late-night host Jimmy Kimmel (right) to appear on his show

Celebrity: McGillvary (left) became an Internet sensation in February after giving an interview about his hatchet heroics, and he was even invited by late-night host Jimmy Kimmel (right) to appear on his show

Romankow said that on Monday, officers who were called by Galfy's relatives to check up on him after failing to reach him by phone for several days discovered his partially naked body bearing evidence of violence.

The official said the 73-year-old attorney appeared to have been beaten severely and was clothed only in pair of underwear and a shirt.

His current home is listed as Eureka, California, but McGillvary was locked up in jail for four days last December and wrote in Febraury about 'sleeping in a hay field off the I99 in Lathrop.'

The victim, 73-year-old Galfy, was found dead in his home on Starlite Drive in Clark at around 2pm May 13 when officers arrived for a welfare check.

An autopsy performed Tuesday revealed that the elderly man died from a blunt force trauma, said Union County Prosecutor Theodore J. Romankow.

According to his Facebook page, Galfy was a founding partner at the Rahway law firm Kochanski, Baron Galfy, P.C.

Galfy's neighbors said the 73-year-old had been living alone since his long-time partner died five years prior.

According to Galfy's obituary, he served in the Army from 1965 to 1970 as a major, and got his Juris Doctor degree from Seton Hall University.

Galfy served as the attorney for the Planning Board in Green Brook, and in his free time played in a wedding band for 25 years.

According to the prosecutor, Galfy's accused killer had cut his hair to change his appearance, and he is considered armed and dangerous.

Wanted man: Police say McGillvary has cut his hair to change his appearance, and he is considered armed and dangerous

Wanted man: Police said McGillvary had cut his hair to change his appearance and while on the run was considered armed and dangerous

‘We have learned that in the past he has demonstrated his ability to use the backend of a hatchet,’ Romankow said. ’It's very possible he might be carrying that. If people see him, we ask them to please contact local police and tell them.’

A look at his Facebook page revealed that McGillvary posted an unsettling message on Tuesday, one day after the murder, describing what appears to be a sexual assault on him committed by a man.

'What would you do if you woke up with a groggy head, metallic taste in your mouth, in a strangers house... walked to the mirror and seen come [sic] dripping from the side of your face from your mouth, and started wretching [sic], realizing that someone had drugged, raped, and blown their f***** load in you? what would you do?' he wrote.

Just after 1.20pm Tuesday, the 34-year-old wrote a comment on his post: 'raped for social justice woo f***** hoo.'

Last Friday, McGillvary wrote a lengthy 'thank you' note to all the strangers who have been kind and generous toward him.

'Hey id like to express my gratitude to all the gnarly awesome people whove invited me in, partied hardy with me, and brought me to such cool places to meet such cool people,' he wrote in the post. 'ive met some of the greatest people in my life in these last three months and i wouldnt trade these experiences with you for all the money in hollywood

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In the aftermath of his heroic actions in Fresno, California, Kai the homeless, hatchet wielding hitchhiker was interviewed about his experience
In the aftermath of his heroic actions in Fresno, California, Kai the homeless, hatchet wielding hitchhiker was interviewed about his experience

In the aftermath of his heroic actions in Fresno, California, Kai the homeless, hatchet wielding hitchhiker was interviewed about his experience

Kai demonstrates how he inflicted his 'Smash' on Jett Simmons McBride as he intervened following the crash on Saturday

Kai demonstrates how he inflicted his 'Smash' on Jett Simmons McBride as he intervened following the crash on Saturday

'i realize now how crazy fame can be in flippin ones life upside down but you showed me some awesome support in tryin to affect social change through this and in havin fun in places ive never been to or seen before. thank you.'

Earlier that same day, the surfer hitchhiker offered some insight into his early childhood, describing how his 'family would get sexual' with him as he lay in the crib, and being told as a toddler by his relatives that he has 'demons' in him.

The lengthy, often disturbing tirade goes on to detail instances of alleged abuse, beatings and starvation that the man had allegedly suffered at the hands of his caretakers as a young boy.

McGillvary wrote that he would get locked in a room for 20 hours day, get hit with broom handles and spoons for making a noise, and would have his moth stuffed with hot pepper for cursing.

He also claimed that his 'parents' would give him ice-cold showers and have sex in front of him.

Several law enforcement agencies are now on the hunt for McGillvary. He is charged with murder in Union County and bail has been set at $3million.

McGillvary became an instant Internet celebrity when he was featured on a local news report for saving three people from a crazed driver ranting that he was Jesus Christ.

In the breathless, expletive-ridden interview he explained how he used his own hatchet to subdue the racist assailant after he attacked a utility worker and then two female bystanders in Fresno, California.

Kai's stream of consciousness delivery – a mixture of Bill and Ted and The Big Lebowski – meant footage of his interview was watched more than one million times and it made him a star.

Under the name Caleb Kai Lawrence Yodhehwawheh, his Facebook page gives more of an insight into his character which seems by turns free-spirited, proud and warm-hearted.

It also details some of his daily travails which include fighting off a knife-wielding attacker and an unending quest for his next high, be it marijuana or magic mushrooms.

Kai lists himself a 'self employed and loving it!' and confirms as he did in the interview that he is from Sophia, West Virginia.

Good times:

Good times: Whatever his history, a Facebook page seemingly set up by Kai shows him having fun with friends in California

Kai wrote on Facebook about his encounter with the knife maniac on December 1.

He writes that was looking for the belt buckle for his backpack under a skate ramp when a man came towards him with a knife.

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Kai writes that the man was ‘all psyched until I say, "I come in peace" then he whips out his knife and yells out "DID LYNN SEND YOU? I'LL STAB YOU M*********** YOU BETTER RUN", so I ran halfway across the parking lot, dropped my sack, whipped out my knife, and yelled back "YOU WANNA F*** WITH ME? I'LL MAKE YOU A BODY YOU PUNK ASS BITCH. STEP UP MOTHER F*****'M A STICK YOU"

Later that day a kindly stranger bought Kai some drinks and gave him $20 which he used to buy some liquor which he downed outside a Taco Bell.

But he then got into another fight when he tried to help a man who was lying sprawled on the ground and was jumped by four men.

Kai writes: ‘I'm all up for scrapping this fool but I couldn't get him separated from the others so I took a couple shots to the head trying to lure him out.

‘He hits like an ostrich, but without as much force. So I got jumped by 4 guys but made it out on my feet, AND I stood up to them like motherf***** cisco kid.

‘I felt like a million bucks wasn't anywhere near my infinite worth. then I went and smoked some kine herbs and went to bed in a shed well fed. I'm lovin this life, locationally here in Santa Cruz and otherwise. Thanks people. What an adventure.’

There are few pictures of Kai uploaded although they include one of him with a group of friends partying on top of a car. Kai stands in the foreground with his shirt off and his thumb in the air.

One of more animated posts reads: 'now, you! and me! and everyone! and everytwo! and everythree...! no more borders! pleasin to the eye! destroy the prisons and hunt down the NSOR! ninja training with vets on the street! [M]IA crooked cops! Free Haiti! Free all black lands!! Bring down the House of Wettin and share the wealth of those rothschild/bilderberg/whoever "rich" peeps with those who actually LABOR for it! REPOST IF YOU LIKE!!! SAY ITS FROM ME!!!'

Free spirit

Philosophy: Kai's outlook has gained praise too as he tells the reporter in the video that everyone is valuable and 'worthwhile,' regardless of 'looks, skills, or age, your size of anything'

Another post reads: 'Please, if you're going to bother capitalizing on this (his heroics) AT LEAST refer to me as homefree, not "homeless". that pisses me off, cowardly f****** businessmen referring to REAL men as "homeless". have they ever actually SUNG the national anthem? S***'

His most heartwarming post seems to suggest he is more accepting of others than they have been to him in the past.

It reads: 'I don't look to anyone for validation. I am valid. Your [dis]agreement does not affect me. Fulla respect, your opinion is still worthwhile. Acceptance ♥'

His disclosure that his family think he is already 'dead' came at the end of the TV interview when he was asked what happens to him now.

Kai also said that he would always put his own life before that of another – and take the selfless option.
'I'm braver than who?': Poetry of Kai

4 days in county jail

2 sleeping on a concrete slab, in a holding cell with people

1 day lockdown in max three with people

1 in general population with people

No ID? freud says that's wrong.

Mom keeps me.

Even when they try to take our very fingerprints (mais non!)

Got out, what did I do?

I had eaten from the garbage of mcdonalds and held myself with as much dignity as the people trying to smear me afterwards. What a crime. I'm braver than who? and yet called homeless?

NO.

I am homefree.

Time to play the game that belongs to know one.

Potheads, just know.

Kai's story began February 2 when he hitched a ride with the deranged driver, 54-year-old Jett Simmons McBride.

In the interview he said that that he was in the passenger seat after being picked up, when 300 pound, 6-foot-plus McBride began to make wild and racist comments.

Describing himself as 'straight out of Dogtown', he said: 'The driver's like, ‘You know what? I’ve come to realize I’m Jesus Christ and I can do anything I f*****g want to and, watch this! and then drove his Oldsmobile straight into a Pacific Gas and Electric worker who was Africa American.'

Pinning the man against his truck, McBride then exited his car and began to pull the injured man away from the bind, risking further injury.

Kai witnessed two women, Tanya Baker and her daughter, Ginger Miller Parraza rush over to help.

He said: 'These two women are trying to help him, and this guy runs up and tries to grab one of them, man.

'A guy that big can snap a woman's neck like a pencil stick.'

'So I f*****g ran up behind him with a hatchet. Smash, smash, smash!'

Kai speaks in a similar fashion on his Facebook page where he writes: 'Btw just because I show respect with and value the time of hard drug users, does NOT mean that I use hard drugs. List of what I work with:

'-Coffee -Cigarettes -Marijuana -occasional trips with cacti/mushrooms (last one was Dec 21/2012 with "zion-essence") So if you ever make it out of a ride with a racist rapist wannabe mass murderer, expect to be wired for sound with adrenaline. THANKS (for what you've given me -.^)'

Tanya Baker (left) and her daughter, Ginger Miller Parraza were saved by the actions of Kai after McBride turned violent against them
Tanya Baker (left) and her daughter, Ginger Miller Parraza were saved by the actions of Kai after McBride turned violent against them

Tanya Baker (left) and her daughter, Ginger Miller Parraza were saved by the actions of Kai after McBride turned violent against them

Ginger Miller Parraza thanks Kai for everything he did for her and mother Tanya after they situation had been resolved in Fresno, California

Ginger Miller Parraza thanks Kai for everything he did for her and mother Tanya after they situation had been resolved in Fresno, California

His longest post is a section of The Declaration of Independence, which seems appropriate for somebody who says they are a free spirit.

Jett Simmons McBride, 54, is currently in police custody and has been charged with attempted murder

Jett Simmons McBride, 54, is currently in police custody and has been charged with attempted murder

A Twitter account has also been set up in Kai’s name under the tag ‘@dogtownkai’ but the Tweets only go back to February 4, suggesting it may have been set up by somebody else after the story broke.

Among the Tweets is a quote from his TV interview: ‘It doesn't matter your looks, skills, age, size or anything. You're worthwhile, and no one can ever take that away from you.’

Kai's fans include the two women who they say he saved from the maniac who he kept occupied until the sheriff arrived.

In the interview Ginger said: 'My mom ran over to the driver to make sure he was OK because we thought maybe it was just an accident or something, and I ran straight to the PG&E man,' said Ginger.

Tonya said: ''The guy just went crazy and was trying to pull the guy from the car and the truck. Then he gets in the car and tries to move the car and that. And we weren't going to let him do it.

'He just kept saying he's Jesus Christ and he's going to save all of us, but we have to get... he used the 'N,' word meaning the black people, and he said we need to get them off the Earth.'

'Then he put me in a bear hug and started beating the crap out of me, for what reason? We still don't know.'

Despite his heroic actions, Kai was modest in the interview about what he did.

The scene of the Crime: Where McBride pinned the utility worker up against his own truck and then attacked two other women before Kai intervened

The scene of the Crime: Where McBride pinned the utility worker up against his own truck and then attacked two other women before Kai intervened

The as-yet unidentified utility worker is transported to hospital - he suffered two broken legs but will be fine

The as-yet unidentified utility worker is transported to hospital - he suffered two broken legs but will be fine

He said: 'That woman was in danger, he had just finished what looked like at the time, killing somebody, and if I hadn't of done that he would have killed more people.'

'I was like bro, if you are Jesus Christ, I will be the anti-Christ then'

'It was like the biggest wave I have ever ridden in my life.'

The PG&E worker was rushed to the hospital with two broken legs; the driver was also removed from the scene with non-life-threatening injuries. He is currently in police custody and has been charged with attempted murder.

Asked what he was going to do next, Kai replied that he would like to go surfing.

[Ricky]

[BCR]

I'm sure it's good he's off the streets, but killing some mid-70s creeper strolling Times Square for homeless, mentally ill souls, should probably be a misdemeanor.

All in all, saving 3 people the last time, the world is still like +2.75 for his romping around the countryside. He had a good run, time for the ECT now and a warm bed.