Woman shouts ‘I am a serial killer!’ before stabbing her Craigslist date in the chest

A 24-year-old Washington state woman allegedly told police she planned to kill a man she met online, eat his heart and leave a note on his body so police would know she intended to kill again, according to court documents in the bizarre case.

Amy Brown is accused of plunging a pocket knife into the chest of the 29-year-old man late Sunday in a room at the Rodeo Inn in Lynnwood, telling him she was a serial killer, according to the statement of probable cause outlining the police case against her.

The man, who met Brown after he created a Craigslist post seeking companionship, was able to escape and seek help at a nearby drugstore, the statement says.

A Snohomish County District Court judge on Tuesday found probable cause to hold Brown on investigation of attempted first-degree murder and set her bail at US$1 million, according to the Snohomish County prosecuting attorney’s office.

According to the probable-cause statement, the man told a police officer he had created a Craigslist profile a“not to solicit sex, but for friendship and possibly dating purposes.”

Brown responded to the post and agreed to meet, and their date ended up at the Rodeo Inn in a room paid for by the man.

The man and Brown were lying on the bed talking and Brown asked several times if he was a serial killer, and he told her he wasn’t, the statement says. He told police Brown then climbed on top of him, stated, “Well, I am a serial killer!” and stabbed him with a pocket knife, it says.