He would commit suicide after mailing the bomb, hoping that he and Björk would be united in heaven.
The device was designed to explode and kill or disfigure Björk as she opened the book. When he realized it would not be feasible to build such a device, López began constructing a letter bomb using sulfuric acid in a hollowed-out book, which he planned to have sent to Björk's home in London, England. López initially intended to construct a bomb filled with hypodermic needles containing HIV-tainted blood, which satisfied his desire to have a lasting effect on Björk's life. In one entry, he said: "I'm just going to have to kill her. López's anger over Björk's relationship with Goldie intensified and he decided to kill her. The tapes contain footage of López preparing his "revenge" and discussing his "crush ended up as an obsession".
I am Ricardo." He recorded eleven video tapes containing approximately two hours of footage each. Comfort is what I seek in speaking to you.
According to López, the diary's purpose was to document "my life, my art and my plan. López stopped writing his diary and began filming a video diary in his apartment. López was angered by this perceived betrayal and the fact that she was involved with a black man, writing in his diary: "I wasted eight months and she has a fucking lover." He began fantasizing about how he could "punish" Björk. Around this time he read in Entertainment Weekly that Björk was in a romantic relationship with the English musician Goldie. In 1996, López was living alone in an apartment in Hollywood, Florida. He made 408 references to Björk and 52 references to other celebrities. The diary contained 168 references to López's feelings of failure, 34 references to suicide, and 14 references to murder. He wrote that he considered himself "a loser who never even learned to drive" and complained about his menial job as an exterminator that earned little money. López's diary grew to 803 pages, with passages about his thoughts on Björk and his feelings of inadequacy due to being overweight, his disgust and embarrassment about his gynecomastia, and his inability to get a girlfriend. His fantasies about Björk were not sexual in his diary, he wrote, "I couldn't have sex with Björk because I love her." He fantasized about inventing a time machine to travel to the 1970s and befriending her as a child. In his diary, López wrote of longing to be accepted by Björk and to be a person who had "an effect on her life". As time passed, his fixation became all-consuming and he grew more disconnected from reality. Initially, López cited her as his muse and said that his infatuation gave him a "euphoric feeling". He began gathering information about her life, followed her career, and wrote her numerous fan letters. In 1993, López became fixated on the Icelandic singer Björk. By the age of 17, López had become reclusive and, as a means of escape, retreated into a world of fantasies and became enthralled by celebrities. He intermittently worked for his brother's pest control business to support himself. However, he did not seriously pursue an artistic career due to his feelings of inferiority and fear of being rejected entry into art school. With aspirations to become a famous artist, López dropped out of high school. He had a few male friends, but never made female friends or had a girlfriend because he had feelings of inadequacy and had social awkwardness around females. He had a good relationship with his family, and was described as easygoing but introverted. Ricardo López was born in Uruguay on January 14, 1975, into a middle-class family who moved to the United States and settled in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Hollywood police found his body and the videos four days after his death they contacted the London Metropolitan Police about the package, who intercepted its delivery, and Björk was unharmed. On September 12, 1996, López mailed a letter bomb rigged with sulfuric acid to Björk's residence in London, then returned home, recorded a final video diary explaining his motivations, and ended it filming his suicide by gunshot. Over the course of nearly nine months in 1996, he made video diaries about her and other topics at his apartment in Hollywood, Florida. He had poor self-esteem, was socially reclusive, and he eventually developed an obsession with Björk in 1993, hoping to be engaged with her he was particularly angry over her brief relationship with the English musician Goldie. López moved to Lawrenceville, Georgia with his family, and began working as a pest exterminator. Ricardo López (Janu– September 12, 1996), also known as the " Björk stalker", was a Uruguayan-American man who attempted to murder the Icelandic singer Björk.
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Attempted murder of Björk and series of video diaries finishing with recorded suicide
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