Mike Arntfield, a former London police officer who is now an associate professor of criminology at Western University, said this case is unusual because people involved in such killings often leave a “digital legacy” and “The traces of online hatred clearly point to a certain character, certain motive or ideology.”

“This guy is a ghost,” the criminologist said of the defendant in the truck attack.

“Traditional Internet search engines basically have nothing [about him], Except for this story. ”

Arrested near the scene of the attack

According to the police, Veltman was arrested in the parking lot of a shopping mall about 10 minutes later. Family was deliberately crushed In the northwest of the city.

Little is known about Wiltmann’s childhood. He studied at Strathroy Regional College and then Fanshawe College in London.

When he was arrested, he had been working part-time at Grey Ridge Egg Farms in Strathroy. The Sthrathroy-Caradoc police stated that Veltman’s name appeared in 14 incidents in their records between 2016 and 2020. There are also two violations of the Liquor License Law in 2019 and 2020.

The London police stationed outside the low-rise apartment building where Wittman lived all week.

A neighbor of the defendant told CBC that Veltman often played video games late at night.

To protect her privacy, CBC agreed to an anonymous neighbor who said that she recently heard a bang from Veltman’s apartment at 3 in the morning, so she knocked on his door, quieted him, and reminded him that it was a bang. Family building.

“He can’t maintain direct eye contact with you,” the neighbor said.

“That was the first time I said,’Well, there is an unstable person living next to me. Next time, let’s not go to the door. Let’s call [the police], If anything,’because, you know, I don’t want to interact with people like that. “

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Police said Wittman was wearing something similar to a body armor when he arrested him later on Sunday.

The neighbor who spoke to CBC said that she had never heard him say anything anti-Muslim, but still “he has something unusual.”

She said that there are always people in his apartment and there is constant noise.

“It’s just banging and banging on the wall in general, so much that my photos are moving. If it’s not like that, loud music, video games-it’s just intense.”

Neighbor was shocked and arrested

She said she was shocked when she learned of the accusations Veltman is facing now.

“A person like this is by my side. It’s disturbing to know that a person like this is in a house.”

Several Wittmans live in Strathroy.

In a Veltman home in the small town, when a CBC news reporter rang the doorbell, the curtains closed immediately.

At another Veltman address next to a long country road in Strathroy, a “No Entry” sign was placed near the driveway leading to the property. A neighbor watched reporters stop by her front window throughout the day on Tuesday. Thousands of people, including politicians, were on the same day. Participated in the vigil outside the London mosque.

Locals who spoke to CBC said they were surprised to hear that the suspect who attacked the London family was from Strathroy.

Arnfield said that mass murder is defined as the death of four or more people in a single incident. He added that a suspect who was arrested wearing a body armor may indicate that the person fits into the “pseudo commando” subtype.

“Regardless of motivation, this subtype is fascinated by gadgets, police and military equipment, and they consider themselves a collector with a certain ultimate purpose,” Arnfield said. He added that pseudo-commandos tend to be young.

He said that in the first mass murder in London history, one of the core questions in the case was why the family might be targeted because of their beliefs, as the police believed. The defendant is not currently in contact with any extremist organization, and the police are considering whether to make terrorist charges.

Arntfield added: “If the suspect is indeed inclined to certain ideologies, are they consistent with existing groups, or do they just let them teach him some of the worldview that he created his customized version of?”