Nooooo! Is Kai the Viral Internet Sensation Hitchhiker Really Wanted for Murder?


Kai the Hitchhiker–one of our very favorite internet sensation heroes of the year 2013–is reportedly wanted for murder in the state of New Jersey.

Today, officials in Union County said Kai, whose real name Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, is wanted in the bludgeoning death of a North Jersey attorney. He is considered armed and dangerous. According to police, he was last seen at a PATCO stop in Haddonfield.

It wasn’t so long ago that we were shaking our heads, and chuckling along to this video:

And chuckling a little more uncomfortably to this one:

[Philly.com]