He foments a Machiavellian plan to assassinate his romantic rival, it just misses

This 32-year-old man from Chesterland, Ohio, has made a bomb to eliminate for good the man thathe considers his rival. Clayton McCoy, 32, had it all planned out to surely kill the man which prevented him from living his love with a woman he had known for years. Clayton McCoy confessed to the woman in question thathe had feelings for her in October 2020, reports Lematin.ch. To dismiss McCoy, the woman confessed thatshe already has someone in her life. The 32-year-old’s plan is to eliminate this rival.

Clayton McCoy creates a bomb from materials bought in stores and according to plans which he himself had researched. He took care to buy all the ingredients of his anti-rival bomb by paying in cash in order surely to leave no trace in case. To make his bomb even more dangerous, the 32-year-old included small triangular pieces of metal. He wanted to make sure his rival didn’t no chance of getting out. Then he chooses a tasteless wrapper to camouflage his bombshell and ensure that its recipient opens it.

The bomb explodes in front of its target, but does not kill it

On October 30, 2020, Clayton McCoy drives to his rival’s home in Maryland, reports Lematin.ch. He laid the bomb carefully wrapped in white gift paper and decorated with a red ribbon. It was his rival’s grandfather who first discovered the poisoned gift and stored it in the kitchen. The recipient of the bomb opened his “present” deadly around 5:30 p.m. The man said he heard a whistle before everything exploded. The bomb didn’t kill him, but the shrapnel did”ripped his body” and destroy his house making it uninhabitable for months.