Magnotta created many profiles on various Internet social media and discussion forums over several years to plant a variety of claims about himself.[4][22] One such rumour emerged in 2007, claiming Magnotta was in a relationship with Karla Homolka, a high-profile Canadian convicted murderer, though he denied this in a subsequent interview with the Toronto Sun.[23][24][25] During the murder investigation, Montreal police announced that the pair had dated but soon retracted the statement and acknowledged that they had no evidence to corroborate the claim.[23] As with the Homolka relationship, Magnotta repeatedly denied the claims that he had planted as hoaxes and part of a campaign of cyber stalking against him.[4] Police stated that Magnotta set up at least 70 Facebook pages and 20 websites under different names.[1]