Edward John Kay, Cyberstalking, Massachusetts 2025

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Edward John Kay, 53, Charged with Cyberstalking in Massachusetts

A Rigby Idaho man has been arrested and charged with cyberstalking a Massachusetts professor over the course of five months. Edward John Kay, 53, allegedly sent the victim over 80 harassing communications via LinkedIn and email, including at least one anonymous email account.

According to the charging documents, Kay met the victim in January 2025 when he enrolled in the victim’s online course on psychosis. After one Zoom meeting with the victim and one virtual class session, Kay became fixated on the victim and dropped the course. He then proceeded to harass and intimidate the victim over email and LinkedIn for the following five months.

The communications sent by Kay included a LinkedIn message on April 1, 2025, in which he stated: ‘I miss you-truly, deeply- with all of my heart and soul. That day I saw you on Zoom…You were the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. Not just appearance. Everything. Your presence. Your mind. Your light. To gain you…and then to lose you like that? It devastated me.’

Another email sent by Kay on May 9, 2025, to several of the university’s offices with the victim copied, stated: ‘Dr. [victim’s last name] has been copied on all communications. She knows what is coming.’ He added that this was only the ‘VERY BEGINNING’ because ‘Every day, starting today, will mark a **new action of serious consequence**, taken by me in accordance with divine alignment and institutional justice.’

Kay also sent an anonymous email on May 12, 2025, from the email address [victim’s name]consience@protonmail.com, in which he professed his love for the victim, encouraged the victim to leave the university and stated, ‘You are still free. But you are not unreachable.’

The charge of cyberstalking provides for a sentence of up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000. Kay is currently being held in the District of Idaho and will make an initial appearance in federal court in Boston at a later date.

United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division made the announcement today. Valuable assistance was provided by FBI Salt Lake City and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Allegra Flamm of the Major Crimes Unit is prosecuting the case.