Overview

• Several outlets, citing the Daily Mail, report the ex-partner repeatedly referenced in Robin Westman’s journals as 22-year-old Abigail Bodick.
• Recovered writings describe an ex called “Aby” or “Abbey” as a “catalyst” and the “root of my suffering,” with entries also expressing fixation on killing children.
• Journal excerpts published by the outlets include lines about pointing a pistol at the ex and the claim, “I bought it to kill kids.”
• Westman wrote about a fascination with “furries,” and coverage highlights social media images depicting Bodick in costume at an anime event.
• Investigators continue a federal domestic-terrorism and hate-crime review after the Aug. 27 attack that killed two children and injured 18 at a back-to-school Mass.