‘Kai the Hitchhiker’ convicted of killing elderly man in New Jersey
ELIZABETH, N.J. — 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 Union County convicted 30-year-old Caleb “Kai” McGillvary on Wednesday in the May 2013 death of 73-year-old lawyer Joseph Galfy.
Authorities say the two met in New York and the defendant stayed at Galfy’s home.
McGillvary was arrested in Philadelphia days later.