Canadian Gets 2 Life Terms in Failed Monterey County Murder Plot, Prosecutors Say
Vanderhoef also received a five-year term after prosecutors said he planned the attack for a month and bought knives, handcuffs and duct tape.
- On Thursday, Judge Mark E. Hood of the Superior Court of Monterey County sentenced North Vancouver resident Devin Wolfgang Vanderhoef to two consecutive life sentences for the attempted murder of two people.
- Vanderhoef developed an obsession with a woman he met through online gaming, flying from Canada to Monterey in November 2024 to execute a premeditated attack using knives, handcuffs, and duct tape.
- Posing as an Amazon delivery driver on Nov. 25, 2024, the assailant forced entry into a home on Bollenbacher Drive in the Bolsa Knolls area and stabbed the female victim's boyfriend during the struggle.
- All three individuals survived the incident; the boyfriend successfully disarmed and stabbed the attacker, and police arrested Vanderhoef at the San Jose Airport as he attempted to flee to Canada.
- Investigators identified Darius Avery Whyte as an accomplice who knew of the plan; the court deemed the crimes "willful, deliberate and premeditated attempted murder of two people.
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