Amazon delivery driver<\/a> to gain access to the home, and carried out the violent attack.<\/p>\nBefore flying to California, he allegedly spent more than a month preparing, purchasing knives, handcuffs and duct tape, and surveilling both the woman\u2019s home and workplace.<\/p>\n
He also did not come alone. <\/p>\n
Vanderhoef traveled with Darius Avery White, who was later arrested while sitting on a flight back to Canada.<\/p>\n
White pleaded guilty to assault charges, testified against Vanderhoef, and was sentenced in April.<\/p>\n
On the night of the attack, Vanderhoef allegedly posed as an Amazon delivery driver and approached the home.<\/p>\n
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When the woman\u2019s boyfriend answered the door, the situation turned violent almost immediately.<\/p>\n
Vanderhoef forced his way inside and stabbed the boyfriend, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n
The violence spilled outside as both victims attempted to escape, and the boyfriend managed to disarm Vanderhoef and stab him during the struggle.<\/p>\n
Vanderhoef forced his way inside and stabbed the boyfriend, prosecutors said. KSBW<\/p>\n
When the woman\u2019s boyfriend answered the door, the situation turned violent almost immediately. Facebook\/Monterey County District Attorney’s Office<\/p>\n
But the attack did not stop there.<\/p>\n
Vanderhoef then tackled the female victim and choked her until she could not breathe. <\/p>\n
Miraculously, both victims survived the assault.<\/p>\n
Investigators said Vanderhoef later admitted his intent was to \u201cactually kill someone.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to the two consecutive life sentences for attempted murder, he received five additional consecutive years for inflicting bodily injury and using a weapon during the crime.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hope this case serves as a powerful reminder that online interactions can carry real-world consequences,\u201d Monterey County Sheriff Tina Nieto said. \u201cWe encourage parents and community members to remain engaged, informed, and proactive in protecting themselves and their children.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s game over for this guy. A Canadian gamer who allegedly became obsessed with a woman he met…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,12672,4182,133477,152923,3586],"class_list":["post-377807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-canada","tag-metro","tag-online-gaming","tag-the-crazy-ones","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}