6 Celebrities Who Have been Killed By Superfans & Stalkers

Learn on to recollect the celebrities who have been killed…

In 1995, Selena Quintanilla was on the peak of her profession when she was shot and killed by her fan membership president and enterprise affiliate Yolanda Saldívar. Whereas their relationship had begun comparatively usually, as Yolanda took on extra obligations on Selena’s crew, she turned obsessive and possessive. On prime of that, with entry to writing and cashing checks in addition to use of Selena’s bank card, it was found she was embezzling tens of hundreds of {dollars} from the fan membership and Selena’s two boutiques.

After being accused of stealing cash, tensions started to rise between Yolanda and the remainder of Selena’s crew. Whereas Selena nonetheless made efforts to be pleasant with Yolanda, she was turning into extra erratic and had even bought a gun. Yolanda made a number of makes an attempt to get Selena alone and on March 31, 1995, she was profitable. After assembly at a motel, the 2 started to argue about funds and the lacking cash. Round 11:48 a.m., Yolanda fatally shot Selena. She was simply 23-years-old.

Yolanda is at the moment serving 30 years to life behind bars and was lately denied parole.

Christina Grimmie was simply 22-years-old when her life was reduce brief by an obsessive fan. By then, she had already garnered a loyal fan base via her YouTube channel and her look on The Voice — and a person named Kevin James Loibl had adopted her each transfer. On the evening of June 10, 2016, he attended her live performance in Florida after which lined as much as meet her after the present. When it was his flip, he pulled out a gun and fatally shot her. Christina’s brother was capable of deal with him to the bottom earlier than the gunman pulled out one other weapon and killed himself.

Whereas Kevin didn’t go away behind any indication as to why he killed Christina, his shut pal stated that he was fixated on the singer and “spent most of his waking hours watching Christina on YouTube in addition to continually monitoring her social media accounts.”

Again within the Eighties, Rebecca Schaeffer was a younger star on the rise — and a fan named Robert John Bardo had been following her each transfer. A loner with few associates and a historical past of aggression and psychological sickness, he first noticed Rebecca in a business for her present, My Sister Sam and his fixation started. He started writing quite a few fan letters and when Rebecca lastly replied, he determined he wanted to satisfy her in particular person. After touring to Los Angeles, he tried to go to her on the Warner Bros. Studio lot the place she was working however was turned away on multiple event, rising more and more annoyed.

Then, in 1989, Rebecca appeared in a extra mature position in Scenes from the Class Battle in Beverly Hills which included a love scene. An infuriated Robert determined he wanted to confront her and satisfied his brother to purchase him a gun. On the morning of July 18, 1989, he arrived in Los Angeles and headed to Rebecca’s condo. He spoke to her on two totally different events and the second time, he pulled out a gun and fatally shot her.

He was later discovered responsible of first-degree homicide with the particular circumstance of mendacity in wait and was sentenced to life in jail with out the opportunity of parole.

“Relating to Rebecca Schaeffer, she was irreplaceable. I take into consideration her on a regular basis as a result of she must be right here. I notice what I’ve carried out and I really feel a variety of super guilt,” Bardo instructed 20/20 in 2019.

On the night of December 8, 1980, musician John Lennon was shot and killed by an obsessed fan exterior of his condo constructing in New York Metropolis. Mark David Chapman had bought a gun months earlier than coming face-to-face with John and deliberate out his homicide, later explaining that he had believed John to be a hypocritical, “phony” particular person. He encountered John twice on the day of his homicide, even having the musician signal a replica of his launched album, Double Fantasy.

When John and his spouse Yoko Ono returned to the condo later that night, the gunman made his transfer, fatally capturing the musician and confessing to the crime within the moments that adopted. He was later charged with second-degree homicide and was sentenced to twenty years to life imprisonment. He’s nonetheless behind bars to this present day and says his actions have been purely out of jealousy.

“My considering was he has all of this cash, lives on this lovely condo and he’s into music representing a extra cautious life-style, a extra giving life-style. It made me indignant and jealous in comparison with the best way I used to be dwelling on the time. There was jealousy in there,” he stated throughout a parole listening to, in accordance with ABC Information. “I assassinated him…as a result of he was very, very, very well-known and that’s the one motive and I used to be very, very, very, very a lot looking for self-glory, very egocentric.”

In December 2004, musician Dimebag Darrell was the sufferer of a mass capturing at a nightclub in Ohio of which he was the first goal. Throughout a efficiency with one in every of his bands known as Damageplan, a person named Nathan Gale rushed the stage and fatally shot the guitarist. Within the moments that adopted, the gunman additionally shot and killed Damageplan’s head of safety, Jeffrey “Mayhem” Thompson, membership worker Erin Halk and a fan named Nathan Bray — all of whom tried to cease the assault. The gunman was killed by a police officer minutes later.

Whereas Nathan didn’t go away behind any reasoning for his assault, his mom alleged that he had been discharged from the USA Marine Corps attributable to paranoid schizophrenia a few yr earlier than the incident.

Over time, his associates say that Nathan, a lifelong fan of Darrell’s band Pantera, had develop into more and more erratic and even believed that the band was stealing from him and trying to take his identification. Months earlier than the capturing, he had additionally rushed the stage at one other Damageplan live performance, inflicting harm to the venue — however the band in the end didn’t press prices. Later that yr, Nathan went via along with his plan, killing Darrell and three others.

Colombian soccer participant Andrés Escobar was murdered by indignant followers shortly after the FIFA World Cup in 1994. Throughout a match in opposition to the USA, Andrés inadvertently scored a objective into Colombia’s personal internet, successfully resulting in the nation’s elimination from the match. The accident brought on outrage amongst some followers.

Upon Andrés’ return to Colombia days later, he spent the evening out at a bar with a bunch of associates. At 3 a.m., Andrés walked to his automotive alone and was approached by three males. Two of the lads pulled out handguns and fatally shot the soccer star earlier than driving away. The gunmen reportedly yelled “Objective!” after each shot.

Humberto Castro Muñoz, a drug cartel bodyguard in Colombia, was later arrested for the homicide. He allegedly labored for a drug trafficker who misplaced closely betting on the end result of the sport. His different conspirators weren’t caught or charged.