MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KABC) — A woman from California’s central coast is recovering from a violent attack motivated by an apparent online obsession.
Investigators said she was stabbed and strangled by a man she had met on a video game platform. The incident happened on Nov. 25 at about 10 p.m., according to investigators.
Devin Vanderhoff, 25, is accused of traveling from his home in British Columbia, Canada to Monterey County and stalking the woman for days. With the help of a friend, identified as Darius Whyte and charged as an accomplice, Vanderhoef allegedly knocked on the woman’s door, carrying a package and posing as a delivery driver.
Authorities said the woman’s boyfriend answered the door and Vanderhoff began stabbing him. The woman then grabbed a weapon and started defending her boyfriend. That’s when deputies said she was strangled and stabbed by the suspect while fighting back.
At one point, Vanderhoef dropped the package he …