A Canadian man who gained internet fame as "Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker" has been convicted of first-degree murder in the beating death of a New Jersey man almost six years ago. Jurors in New Jersey's Union County convicted 30-year-old Caleb "Kai" McGillvary on Wednesday in the May 2013 death of 73-year-old lawyer Joseph Galfy. McGillvary gained some online fame after intervening in a 2012 assault on a California utility worker in which he described using a hatchet to fend off a further attack. Local reporter Jessob Reisbeck conducted a TV interview with McGillvary for Fox-affiliated KMPH News in Fresno, Calif., asking him what happened. In an interview after the arrest for Galfy's death, McGillvary's father, Gil McGillvary, said his son was born and raised in Edmonton.

Source: CBC News April 24, 2019 23:48 UTC