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Troy Story: An obsessed Kiwi gamer's doomed kidnap mission
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In June 2018, a man dressed in black was shot in the neck and left bleeding on a manicured lawn in the quiet town of Goochland, Virginia. His passport revealed he had travelled almost 18,000km from Auckland, New Zealand.
Why did gamer Troy Skinner fly across the globe armed with a hunting knife, pepper spray, and duct tape? And what was he planning once he got there?
Adam Dudding and Eugene Bingham unravel a bizarre tale of online obsession and legal loopholes.
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