“We deeply regret the loss of life and express our deep condolences to the injured and the family of the deceased,” the family statement reads. The Li family released a statement through a lawyer saying they’re “shocked, disturbed and puzzled” at the allegations against Lucy and the death of Pratt. Liao is the head of Respon International Group, a financial management firm, and has been photographed with politicians, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Li is a triplet - one of her sisters appeared in the Miss Toronto World pageant last year - and the daughter of high-powered, politically-active Markham businesswoman Hong Wei (Winnie) Liao. Karafa, who drove luxury Range Rover vehicles, was close friends with his personal trainer David Chiang, until he killed him in a drunk driving incident on April 3, 2012. Karafa and Li are both children of privilege who appear to be extremely image-conscious. The Novy Cas headline reads: “Arrest for murder! Where is Oliver hiding with his accomplice?”Ī luxury white Range Rover SUV that police said was connected to the killing was later recovered an undisclosed location in the GTA. We will continue to relentlessly pursue you.” “We are working with international authorities and we are positive that our investigation will lead to your whereabouts. “Oliver and Lucy if you are seeing this we encourage you to turn yourselves in,” Callender said in the video. Jim Callender of the Hamilton police major crime unit, urging the couple to turn themselves in before they are hunted down. Smiling photos of the couple were prominently displayed on Slovakian news websites over the weekend after Hamilton police announced they had fled the country.Īn article on the Novy Cas website was also accompanied with photo of Pratt and a video of Staff Sgt. The couple’s flight has been major news in Slovakia, where Karafa was born.
That said, it wouldn’t be tough for the wealthy couple to transfer money as they flee the law, he said, noting that “crypto-currency facilitates anonymous movement of assets without trace.” “The combination of being on the run for a crime and the need for likes and shares creates, from my perspective, a dangerous cocktail,” Nájera said. Nájera was himself forced to keep a low profile himself when fleeing Mexico because of death threats from cocaine cartels after writing articles about them as a reporter in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. “As any other addiction, getting rid of it takes time and a massive effort,” Nájera said in an interview.
It can be extremely tough for young attention-seekers to hide out online, said cyberspace expert Luis Horacio Nájera, a member of Massey College and a former fellow at the Citizen Lab/ Canada Centre for Global Security Studies.
28 behind a secluded small industrial unit on Arvin Avenue.īefore the charges, Li had a flamboyant presence on her social media accounts, which featured semi-clad modelling shots. Karafa and Li, a couple, are both charged with first-degree murder for the shooting around 7:15 p.m.
That’s the challenge facing GTA residents Oliver Karafa, 28, and Yun Lu (Lucy) Li, 25, after they allegedly fled Canada for an undisclosed location in Europe following a shooting in Stoney Creek that left GTA resident Tyler Pratt, 39, dead and an unidentified 26-year-old woman seriously wounded. How do you hide out from the law when you’re attention-seeking, impulsive and drawn to social media?