Bloke who ‘released large python into victim’s home to eat their daughter’ jailed

A man in Georgia, US, pleaded guilty after he conspired to release a python into a woman’s home and plotted to bomb her property too in a sick attack that’s led to him jailed for 20 years

A man in the US tried to release a python into a victim’s home to eat their daughter in a bizarre plot that included bombing a woman’s home. Stephen Glosser has been put behind bars for 20 years after pleading guilty to stalking and use of an explosive to commit another felony offense in Georgia.

The 37-year-old was also ordered by the judge to pay $500,000 to the two victims in the case. His 34-year=old co-defendant, Caleb Kinsey, were charged in March 2024 after they were accused of building an explosive to blow up the victim’s home on January 13, 2023.

At the time, Glosser had met the victim through a dating app and located the victim’s home using internet searches based on an image the victim had previously shared with him, officials said.

Prosecutors allege Glosser, in his guilty plea, described his efforts to communicate with his co-conspirator to “create a plan to kill, intimidate, harass, or injure” the owner of the home, CBS reported.

“This included conspiring to acquire and shoot arrows into the victim’s front door, acquire and release a large python into the victim’s home to eat the victim’s daughter, acquire and mail dog feces to the victim’s home, acquire and mail dead rats to the victim’s home, to scalp the victim, and to blow up the victim’s home,” according to the guilty plea.

After the bombing, Glosser hired a cleaning service to clean the carpets in his home to hide traces of the bomb-making materials, according to prosecutors.

In February 2023, the Georgia Office of Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire said Glosser and Kinsey had been arrested. Kinsey was arrested in Louisiana, and is awaiting prosecution in the Southern District of Georgia, prosecutors said Thursday.

“This case serves as a stark reminder that those who use terror and threats to intimidate others will face the full force of the law,” Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said in a statement on Thursday.

“We are fortunate that no lives were lost, and I commend the tireless efforts of the ATF and our local partners for their dedication in bringing this dangerous individual to justice.”

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