Less than one week after Christina Grimmie was shot and killed, new details about her killer, Kevin Loibl, have emerged. The 27-year-old Geek Squad employee—who shot the singer and then himself after her concert in Orlando—was reportedly obsessed with Grimmie. He even attempted to physically alter his appearance by adopting a vegan diet to lose weight, getting hair transplants and undergoing Lasik eye surgery.
Loibl’s coworkers told TMZ he wanted to make himself irresistible to Grimmie so that she would want to be with him. He supposedly bragged that he had met her at one of her previous shows and they had played online games together. However, a friend of the late singer denied this claim. Loibl was reportedly so obsessed with Grimmie that he insisted he was going to marry her one day. His co-workers admitted to teasing him, saying he would never be with Grimmie because she was dating her producer, a fact that allegedly infuriated him.
There is no way to know whether or not these claims are true; sadly, Loibl’s motive for murdering the singer may never be discovered. Despite this, we hope that Christina’s family can ultimately find peace amid this tragedy.