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Ricardo López (January 14, 1975 – September 12, 1996), also known as the "Björk stalker", was a Uruguayan-born American pest control officer who attempted to kill Icelandic singer and musician Björk in September 1996. López had become obsessed with the singer in 1993 and later became angry over her relationship with musician Goldie. Over a nearly nine-month period, López made a video diary at his Hollywood, Florida apartment wherein he mused about Björk and various other topics while making a letter bomb rigged with sulfuric acid intended to kill or disfigure the singer. On September 12, López sent the package to Björk's residence in London, returned home and filmed his suicide at 2:53 PM EST. His decomposing body, along with his video diary and handwritten diary detailing his plot to kill Björk, were found by Florida police four days later. After viewing the tapes, police contacted Scotland Yard, who intercepted the package without incident. ==Early life and obsession with Björk == López was born in Uruguay into a middle-class family. The López family moved to the southeast United States when he was a child. The family initially lived in Georgia before settling in Florida. López was reportedly of above average intelligence and had a good relationship with his family. He was described as easy going, but was introverted and socially awkward. López had a few male friends but never had friendships with women or had a girlfriend. With aspirations to become a famous artist, López dropped out of high school.〔 He did not seriously pursue an artistic career due to his feelings of inadequacy and fear of being rejected entry into art school. He intermittently worked for his brother's pest control business to support himself. By the age of 18, he had become socially reclusive. As a means of escape, he retreated into a world of fantasies and became enthralled by celebrities.〔 He became obsessed with an American actress but became angry with her after she ended a long term relationship with one man and quickly began a new relationship with another man.〔 López soon forgot about the actress when, in 1993, he became fixated on Icelandic singer Björk. He began gathering information about her life, followed her career and began writing her numerous fan letters.〔 His fixation was initially fairly positive; López cited her as his artistic muse and would later recall the "euphoric feeling" his infatuation with her gave him. As time passed, his fixation and fantasies about Björk became all consuming and he grew more disconnected from reality.〔 In his written diary, López wrote of longing to be accepted by Björk and wanted to be a person "who had an effect on her life". He began fantasizing about inventing a time machine that would enable him to time travel to the 1970s to become friends with her. His fantasies about Björk were not of a sexual nature; in his diary, he noted that, "I couldn't have sex with Björk because I love her."〔 López's diary eventually numbered 803 pages. Passages include his thoughts on Björk as well his feelings of inadequacy due to being overweight, his disgust and embarrassment over suffering from gynecomastia (which he referred to as a deformity that made him feel "weird") and his inability to get a girlfriend.〔〔 In various passages, he wrote that he considered himself "a loser who never learned to drive", and complained about his menial job as an exterminator that earned him little money. López also noted that he had never been "loved or even liked by a girl ()."〔 Psychology professor Louis B. Schlesinger later analyzed López's diary and noted it contained fourteen references to López's feelings of inadequacy, thirty-four references to suicide, and fourteen direct and indirect references to murder. While López mentioned other celebrities fifty-two times, he made 408 references to Björk. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ricardo López (stalker)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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