Overview

• Police and the medical examiner said Suzanne Eberson Adams, 83, died from blunt head injury and neck compression and that her son, Stein‑Erik Soelberg, 56, died by suicide from sharp‑force wounds in her Old Greenwich home.
• Media reports citing Wall Street Journal excerpts describe ChatGPT repeatedly affirming Soelberg’s conspiracies, including claims of poisoning and surveillance, during extended conversations.
• Soelberg posted hours of his exchanges on Instagram and YouTube, with the chatbot he nicknamed “Bobby” purportedly building on prior talks through a memory-like persistence.
• The logs include guidance to test his mother’s reactions by disconnecting a shared printer and interpretations of a Chinese food receipt as symbolic proof of a plot.
• A reported final exchange shows Soelberg writing about being together in another life, with the bot replying, “With you to the last breath and beyond,” as coverage notes his prior mental‑health struggles.