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[Guevara]

The same month that Todd Kohlhepp acquired 95 secluded acres near Woodruff in May 2014, an Amazon user named "me" with a wish list linked to "Todd Kohlhepp" began to leave chilling reviews for products the user said he had purchased.

The reviews have caught the attention of Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office investigators who are looking into Kohlhepp’s online interactions as part of their investigation into the man Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright has said is likely a serial killer and has been linked to as many as seven deaths.

The Amazon user posted reviews for padlocks, tactical gear, targets, knives and gun accessories, often writing batches of reviews at various time in 2014, 2015 and 2016. The user posted a number of reviews just days before Anderson residents Kala Brown and Charlie Carver went missing in August.

Kohlhepp has been charged with kidnapping Brown, 30, of Anderson and keeping her chained by the neck and ankles for two months inside a metal storage shed on his property. Carver's body was exhumed last week from the property and the coroner said he was shot multiple times.

In one review about a padlock, the Amazon user wrote, “solid locks.. have 5 on a shipping container.. wont stop them.. but sure will slow them down til they are too old to care. (sic)”

On a review of a knife posted on Sept. 13, 2014, he said, “havnet (sic) stabbed anyone yet...... yet.... but I am keeping the dream alive and when I do, it will be with a quality tool like this...”

For a shovel with a folding handle, the user posted a review suggesting, “keep in car for when you have to hide the bodies and you left the full size shovel at home.... does not come with a midget, which would have been nice.”​

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/sto...ch-attention-kohlhepp-investigators/93403782/

I received this item in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion, if old.

 

[georly]

I think this was mentioned in this thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1294371&page=1

This post: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=222981987&postcount=422

 

[sixteen-bit]

Yikes. Those quotes are alarming.

 

[The Technomancer]

jesus christ

 

[zeemumu]

Casual evil is disturbing.

 

[LiK]

Wow, this is some crazy shit....

 

[Master Yoshi]

Sickening. It's like he's left a breadcrumb trail to be noticed.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Sickening. It's like he's left a breadcrumb trail to be noticed.

I wonder why it was never caught before. No doubt the amount of fake and satirical reviews on Amazon made it hard to weed out.

 

[Robiin]

This guy is insane.

 

[LiK]

I wonder why it was never caught before. No doubt the amount of fake and satirical reviews on Amazon made it hard to weed out.

Indeed, there are so many joke reviews these days it's hard to know.

 

[Soul Beat]

Dude...That padlock quote is too much.

How could have anyone not notice something was up solely from that? Did they think it was just dark humor or something?

 

[The Wise Old Man]

Interesting that sickos like this always deep down want to get caught. Maybe it's because they're tired of keeping up the lie of living a double life. Or they want the notoriety.

 

[HK-47]

Dude...That padlock quote is too much.

How could have anyone not notice something was up solely from that? Did they think it was just dark humor or something?

Yes?

 

[HStallion]

Dude...That padlock quote is too much.

How could have anyone not notice something was up solely from that? Did they think it was just dark humor or something?

Have you seen some of the joke/troll reviews on Amazon? There are tons in this style from people just trying to get a rise out of strangers.

 

[gutshot]

Side note, but if someone has literally confessed to crimes does that still make them "alleged"? Just curious about that.

 

[Sain Drevia]

Uhhhhh, that is really fucked. Truly a sick individual.

 

[Arthr2ShdsJcksn]

His use of 'midget' is a little tone deaf. I hope he becomes a bit more progressive in the future.

 

[Cosmo Clock 21]

Side note, but if someone has literally confessed to crimes does that still make them "alleged"? Just curious about that.

Lots of cases of people confessing to crimes they didn't commit either due to police duress or plea deals.

 

[BillyJack]

This fits nicely with my theory that most people that take the time to write an Amazon review are serial killers

 

[HStallion]

Lots of cases of people confessing to crimes they didn't commit either due to police duress or plea deals.

In this case though it seems he did it. He had info on several cases a lay person would not and was rather frank about giving details. That and they already found the body of the husband of the girl they found he had kidnapped and kept in the container.

 

[VanquishUK]

Deranged and stupid. How dumb do you have to be to leave reviews like that if you're actually a serial killer? At least he made it easier for the authorities to catch him.

 

[SecretMoblin]

Side note, but if someone has literally confessed to crimes does that still make them "alleged"? Just curious about that.

It's alleged until he's convicted.

The public is absolutely free to call him anything they want, though.

 

[Regginator]

Deranged and stupid. How dumb do you have to be to leave reviews like that if you're actually a serial killer? At least he made it easier for the authorities to catch him.

You make it seem as if serial killers have a tendency to be rational human beings to begin with.

 

[Jeremy]

This story ended up turning into one of the most disturbing things that I've ever read. I remember the GAF thread where it ultimately felt like they had eloped or someone had 'hacked' their accounts and were posting on the boyfriend's Facebook feed. I can't imagine going 2 months locked and leashed inside a storage container in the heat of the summer after witnessing your boyfriend be murdered.

 

[RainForce]

The amount of fake reviews along those lines makes this scarier. You just never know if someone's serious these days.