EVERETT — The man said he was looking for love, something lasting.
His date from Craigslist had a different plan. She told police she wanted to use sex to relax the man so she could kill him and eat his heart. She said she hoped the attack would be the first of many, because she wanted to be a serial killer.
Prosecutors have charged Amy Brown, 24, of Edmonds, with first-degree attempted murder. She remained in custody Thursday on $1 million bail.
Brown is accused of stabbing the victim at a motel along Highway 99 in Lynnwood.
“The defendant clearly thought out and planned this incident before it happened,” deputy prosecutor Jarett Goodkin wrote in charging papers.
The victim, a 29-year-old man, had placed a classified post online seeking companionship. Brown responded, and they agreed to meet up at a bar Jan. 29. Eventually, the night took them to the Rodeo Inn.
Brown “used the promise of sexual intercourse to get (the man) alone in the motel room,” detectives wrote in a search warrant affidavit obtained by The Daily Herald. The paperwork shows investigators wanted to review her cellphone records.
At some point that night, Brown grabbed a folding knife and stabbed the man in the chest, according to the charges. He managed to break free and run from the room. His injuries kept him hospitalized for several nights.
Lynnwood officers found Brown running across the parking lot, Goodkin wrote. She reportedly asked the investigators, “Am I caught?”
Officers say they found a bloody 3.5-inch knife in her pocket, along with a note card that said, “If you are wondering what I do with the heart … I eat it. I will strike again.”
She reportedly planned to leave the note with the body and said, “I decided I wanted to become a serial killer and claim my first victim. It didn’t work.”
Brown allegedly said she had decided to act on homicidal thoughts she had experienced since she was 12. She claimed she brought along a plastic bag to carry away the heart, because she wanted to know how the heart would taste.
Prosecutors allege that Brown took steps in advance to cover her tracks, including creating a fake email, buying a burner phone that she forgot to use, and wearing gloves to avoid leaving fingerprints.
She has no criminal convictions. Her trial is scheduled for April.
Rikki King: 425-339-3449; rking@heraldnet.com. Twitter: @rikkiking.
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