Canadian gamer accused in botched California murder plot in police custody [Video]

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Two Canadians are in police custody in Monterey County, California, after a triple stabbing police say was motivated by a B.C. man’s obsession with a woman he played video games with online.

Devin Vandorhoef of North Vancouver and his alleged co-conspirator, Darius Whyte, who resides in Angus, Ontario, flew to the area without the victim’s knowledge, according to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office.

Once there, police say Vandorhoef, the online gamer, began to follow the woman, “Stalking her and getting to know what her lifestyle was. That’s what ultimately led him to the house on Bollanbacher Drive,” said Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Andres Rosas.

Police claim Vandorhoef showed up at the woman’s home Sunday Nov. 25 just before 10 p.m. and he was in disguise.

“Mr. Vandorfhoef posed as a delivery driver. He was carrying a box and …