In years past, a handful of snippets from the footage have come to light in the form of a documentary on the subject titled The Video Diary of Ricardo Lopez, with two separate versions released, in 20 respectively, each version running just shy of 1½ hours, the latter including the uncensored suicide footage, which had been leaked online years earlier (albeit in low quality). However, some claim to have purchased copies from other sources, such as mysterious underground websites, with some copies even showing up on eBay and the like every once in a while. THEY ARE FOR THE F.B.I." along with Lopez's tapes, diary, and decomposing body.įor quite some time following the incident, DVD copies of the complete recordings were allegedly made discreetly available for purchase from the Hollywood Police Department's Records Unit, although it is said that they eventually ceased providing them for unknown reasons. The package was ultimately intercepted and detonated without incident by the London Metropolitan Police, having been tipped off by American authorities, who had been called to Lopez's apartment on September 16th, after a maintenance worker noticed a lingering foul odor and blood dripping from the ceiling upon entering the apartment, police discovered a message written on the wall in black paint, reading "THE 8MM TAPES ARE A DOCUMENTATION OF A CRIME. It can be seen frequently throughout his recordings. In addition, he also kept a physical diary, which, by the time of his death, had surpassed 800 pages. Lopez recorded roughly 20 hours of video diary footage from January 14th, 1996 (his 21st birthday) up until and including his suicide, documenting his reasoning behind the attack (namely because, on account of his extremely racist views, he detested the fact that Björk had, at the time, dated two men of color, fellow musicians Tricky and Goldie), the process of creating the device and giving insight into his life and mind in general. On September 12th, 1996, after mailing the deadly device, Lopez shot himself in the head while listening to Björk's cover of the 1941 love song "I Remember You".
He rose to notoriety in late 1996 after creating an acid dispensing device disguised as a promotional package and mailing it to the London residence of Icelandic singer Björk, with whom Lopez had an unhealthy obsession. Ricardo Lopez, now infamously known as the "Björk stalker", was a pest control officer who lived in Hollywood, Florida. Lopez as he appears on the first day of his recordings.įound by: bun39, Gavin aka glbracer, Death Addict and Nonoseacrest
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