The case involving Kevin James Loilbl and his victim is closed.
On June 10th, Loibl approached 22-year-old Christina Grimmie while she was signing autographs after her Orlando concert.
Armed with two handguns, ammunition and a hunting knife, Loibl shot Grimmie before being tackled to the ground by her older brother, Marcus.
Loibl then turned the gun on himself.
According to police reports obtained by CNN, family members said that Loibl had “no history of mental illness,” but did live “like a hermit.”
Because he had “an aversion to light,” the St. Petersburg, FL resident would cover his bedroom windows with tin foil and heavy curtain.
Nor did the 27-year-old have a criminal record. However, police were called to Loibl’s father’s home twice in 2013 and 2014 because of a domestic dispute between him and his father’s girlfriend.
No charges were ever pressed.
One gentleman, Cory Dennington, described himself to police as possibly Loibl’s “only friend in the world.” The two had known each other for 15 years.
Dennington’s statements were crucial to the case, since he gave police background on Loibl’s behavior and his actions leading up to the murder.
Dennington noticed that his friend had “become fixated” on The Voice contestant over the last year or so.
Loibl told Dennighton that “he watched everything having to do with her,” spending “most of his waking hours watching Christina on YouTube as well as constantly monitoring her social media accounts.”
What’s strange is that Loibl himself did not have an account on any platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc).
Though an athiest, Loibl had allegedly told Dennington that Grimmie’s faith changed the way he saw religion and “helped him to see the world in a different way.”
Loibl had reportedly told Dennington that if there was indeed a God, “he has seen it in her.”
When Loibl wasn’t working at a local Best Buy, the was on the computer in his room, family members told police.
At work, Loibl would be in the back, so that he wasn’t interacting with customers. Loibl’s supervisor, Luke Dahl, described him as “socially awkward” and “detached.”
Prior to the murder, Loibl underwent an extreme makeouver. He lost fifty pounds, had Lasik Surgery, got hair implants and whitened his teeth – all for Grimmie, Dennington recalled.
Dennington grew concerned about his friend’s obsession with Grimmie, and tried to talk rationally to him.
Loibl was furious, and refused to believe that his plan to meet and fall in love with Grimmie would never work.
In fact, he referred to the singer as his “soul mate.”
In the days before the murder, Loibl returned a few magazines to Dennington at work.
“I love you brother,” he told Dennigton, adding that he “was tired and ready to ascend.”
