An Idaho man who told his partner he was an archangel, or maybe even Jesus Christ, pleaded guilty to cyberstalking a female university professor in Massachusetts he viewed as his “twin angel soulmate.”

“I miss you-truly, deeply- with all of my heart and soul,” Edward John Kay wrote the victim, who he was only very briefly a student of in an online class, on April 1, 2025. “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.”

Kay, 54, pleaded guilty to one count of cyberstalking before Boston-based U.S. District Court Judge Julia E. Kobick. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a fine of $250,000. Kobick scheduled a sentencing hearing for April 17.

Kay enrolled in an online psychology class with the unidentified professor at an unidentified university in January 2025. Even before the class began he started emailing her and requesting a meeting to go over course content and structure. According to court documents, in the pair’s first Zoom meeting, Kay “appeared manic, displayed an agitated need to speak, stated he wanted to teach the Victim ‘so many new things,’ and expressed a desire to have a deeper connection with the Victim.”

The victim told FBI investigators that she believed even then that his interests in her were romantic, a suspicion confirmed in increasingly uncomfortable and then threatening missives — that include the name and age of the victim’s minor child, which she never shared with Kay — as detailed in an FBI affidavit supporting the charges. In all, Kay sent more than 80 emails between Jan. 20, 2025 to June 23, 2025, authorities say.

Kay’s partner reached out to the Victim on Facebook and disclosed that Kay was not treating his bipolar disorder and had had a mental break recently in which he “believed he was God or at least Jesus…” and that he thought of himself as “an archangel on a divine mission and that KAY considered the Victim to be his ‘twin angel soul mate.’” She said Kay had many guns “that he did not allow her to access, so she was unable to ‘reduce any “risk” of him using them on himself or others,’” according to the FBI affidavit. These messages made the victim afraid for her own safety and that of her family.

“Dr. [Victim’s last name] has been copied on all communications. She knows what is coming,” Kay wrote to university administrators after first trying to have his victim’s certifications removed by a state psychology oversight board. 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.”

Incident Summary

BPD responded to 240 incidents in the 24-hour period ending at 10 a.m. Friday, according to the department’s incident log. Those included one robbery, two aggravated assaults, two thefts from vehicles, and 24 instances of miscellaneous larceny.

Arrests

All of the below-named defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

— Gregory Bagen, 786 Southern Artery, Quincy. Shoplifting more than $100.

— Daryus Martin, 33 Alpha Road, Dorchester. External warrant arrest.

— Patrinilla McDowall, 89 Floyd St., Dorchester. Unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

— Maksim Vasilyov, 26 Park Vale Ave., Aggravated assault.

— Dav-Alan Antoine, 61 Arden St., Springfield. Possession of a firearm without a firearm identification card.

— Cui Mei, 482 Tremont St., Boston. Shoplifting more than $100.

— Patricles Da Silva, 254 Washington St., Weymouth. Employing an unlicensed motor vehicle operator, subsequent offense.

— Pedro De Souza Faria 43 McCormick Terrace, Stoughton. Unlicensed or license suspended operation of a motor vehicle.

— Wesley Pitchford, no address listed. Assault and battery to intimidate.

— Jerry Tolbert, 15 Callender St., Dorchester. Assault with a dangerous weapon.

— Scott Engle, 157 Harvard St., Whitman. Possession with intent to distribute Class B drugs.

— Jalysa Belmer, 36 Bird St., Dorchester. Operation of an uninsured motor vehicle.