But I’m not upset because law enforcement has a certain set of parameters that they can abide by. If somebody would’ve knocked on Luka’s door and just had a conversation with him and done a wellness check, then all of this could’ve been prevented. Were you frustrated by the actions of Canadian law enforcement?ĭeanna: A lot of people ask me, “Are you upset with law enforcement?” No, I’m frustrated by the system. Law enforcement back then they were like ‘What? this is internet hoo ha.’ I do hope that law enforcement takes these things more seriously. They’re not trained and yet what they’re doing is forensic work.ĭeanna: This was 2010. I think that’s the big appeal of the TV series, people going, ‘Wow, perhaps I could do that!’ The fact that they’re such regular, humble people. Mark: In some ways, it’s not surprising at how impressive their work is – it’s just phenomenal, really. But a lot of people joke around, “You should be in the C.I.A.! You should be in the F.B.I.!” When I was younger I actually wanted to be in the C.I.A… I don’t have any formal education in law enforcement. He rarely talks about the murder of Jun Lin, it’s almost like he can’t talk about it.Īny plans to pursue a full-time career as a detective, Deanna?ĭeanna: I’m really good at my job (in Las Vegas). What you do see in this film, and in all of those communications, is that there was never an ounce of remorse. Mark: It’s extraordinary and sad, really. Mark: From what I understand is that he’s still perpetuating the story of Manny Lopez.ĭeanna: Why does he think that’s going to do anything? Have you received any communications from Luka since he has been in prison?ĭeanna: I don’t know – I don’t even want to say his name. I was like “Ok, I need to stop analyzing every sentence so much.” We did film it, which kinda set me back personally at the time. I would often try to get into his head space so the message to me was very cautious. It was an amazing true life cat-and-mouse game – almost like a real-time evolution of a psychopathic killer on the Internet – in that way it feels like a thriller like a James Patterson novel where there were real twists and turns.ĭeanna: One of my roles in the groups was his psychology and his linguistics. Mark: This was a case of the hunters becoming the hunted. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” Meaning that, “Hey, be careful that you don’t get so involved that you become me.” The quote was, “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. So one day he sends me a Nietzsche quote that really rattled me and was very prolific. Do you want to explain?ĭeanna: A lot of the time when he communicated with us, he would tag us online. Mark: There was a message (Deanna) got from Luka. Was there anything filmed that didn’t make it into the documentary? What’s been so special for me is to see young women who’ve been inspired to go out and do their own investigative work, that’s been very cool…But then there’s the one reaction that’s like, “you’re responsible for the murder.” How the f–k am I responsible? (Pauses) It’s very uncomfortable. I’ve been paying attention to the responses but really, at a higher level…There are 10,000 reactions and 9,999 of them are wonderful. What has the Internet reaction been like for you personally, Deanna?ĭeanna: It’s been really weird, man. Not only was it an unbelievable story, it had something incredibly important to say about internet culture and the difficulty of prosecuting these crimes. What you saw (in “Cats”) is a real-time evolution of what happened on the Internet. The story that proceeded the murder of this extraordinary crime – these internet sleuths that operated, the story with what they had done – it was all so amazing. As I began to look at it more and more, I was absolutely flabbergasted. Mark: I vaguely remember the story making international news years ago. Variety recently caught up with director Mark Lewis as well as one of the series’ primary gumshoes, Deanna Thompson, who, using the alias Baudi Moovan, moonlights as an online investigator when she’s not crunching data for a Las Vegas casino.
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