RCMP still trying to get hold of U of M hate mail suspect

Police are still looking for the author of a series ofvicious emailstargeting a University of Moncton female student.

Three weeks ago, a first email was sent to thousands of students and staff, as an attack on the student.

Since then 10 emails have been sent, many containing photos and videos of a sexual nature.

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RCMP said Monday that although a suspect was identified early on in the investigation, they have yet to make contact with him, or figure out where he is.

"It is a long process," said Sgt. Andr Pepinof the Codiac RCMP. "With anything when you implicate computers, email messages, there's a lot of different things we have to determine."

Pepin said a team of several investigators is on the caseand newinformation has been coming in every day.

He says progress has been made and remains optimistic police will be able to catch the suspect soon.

"We believe really strongly that we'll be able to make contact with him," he said.

No new attack, says university

The university confirmed Monday there's been no other attack since the tenth emailsent two weeks ago.

It's not known whether that's because the individual behind them has given up, or because the university has been successful in blocking him.

After it initially resisted demands from students to freeze the email system, the university finally decided to apply a filter that would block some emails from outside organizations.

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It's hard to tell if that stopped the individual, as theuniversity is giving out very little information, citing the ongoing investigation.

"The entire university community has been offended by the non-consensual publication of images of a sexual nature," said university spokesperson Nathalie Hach by email.

"The University of Monctoncontinues to work with the RCMPto put an end to this situation as soon as possible."