Throughout his time as a fugitive, McNair tracked his own story on the internet. After his recapture, McNair commented that the ongoing coverage of him was "for the most part true". Louisiana Marshal Glenn Belgard attempted to capture McNair online with the help of a criminal profiler. McNair suspected that the Louisiana police had attempted to contact him by posing as a woman online, who said that "she would like to hide in her basement." McNair was surprised by how much the media coverage focused on him, especially the eleven-page article that appeared in "The New Yorker", written by Mark Singer, on October 9, 2006.