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Leah Beckmann · 06/04/13 09:27AM

Kai, the nonCHILLant hatchet-wielding hitchhiker, was arraigned yesterday in New Jersey. In response to being told that his bail would be set at $3 million, Kai told the judge, "Oh, fine. Cool."

Hero Hitchhiker Arrested for Murder Claims Childhood Abuse on Facebook

Cord Jefferson · 05/17/13 02:24PM

When Caleb "Kai" Lawrence McGillvary, the hitchhiker hero, was arrested yesterday for allegedly killing a man police believe he'd had a sexual romp with, some were stunned. How could someone who'd seemed as hippy-dippy harmless and heroic as McGillvary turn out to be a killer? Sadly, if a Facebook post on what appears to be McGillvary's account is to be believed, a tendency toward violence may have been bred into him via a torturous and traumatic childhood.

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

Cord Jefferson · 05/16/13 12:06PM

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?