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A SCOTS mum has revealed she is besotted with a warped American murderer serving at least 45 years for strangling his pregnant girlfriend and hiding her body.
Chelsea Birkett, 30, exchanges bizarre TikTok messages and emails daily with Jacob Ferrero — branded The Boogeyman by prosecutors — and bears a chilling resemblance to his victim.
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Obsessed Chelsea, who often sends Ferrero gifts and racy snaps, posts regular updates on their disturbing relationship on her social media and has declared: “Love really does have no limits.”
But she was bombarded with abuse by some online followers his horrific crime came to light.
Chelsea, who even has the fiend’s name tattooed on her body in three places, said: “There were a lot of unnecessary and hateful comments.
“There is no need for it. It’s just rude and disrespectful.
“All I’ve done is fall in love and decide I want to show how happy that makes me.”
And she told worried friends: “Honestly, Jacob is not violent. I promise I’m safe.”
Factory worker Ferrero was jailed after he admitted slaughtering girlfriend Samantha Greenlee, 22.
The waitress, from Columbus, Ohio, was three months’ pregnant with their child at the time.
Ferrero, now 31, said the pair argued before he battered her with a baseball bat and strangled her in 2014.
He wrapped her in a shower curtain before burying her body in a shallow grave near a church.
Two days later, the monster set fire to their apartment to try to cover up what he had done.
Samantha’s desperate family searched for her for two weeks before Ferrero finally confessed and led cops to her body.
He is held at Lebanon Correctional Facility in Ohio.
It is understood Chelsea got in touch with him after seeing his photo online.
Last year she told a magazine she was in love with another American inmate called Levi, who was caged for car theft.
But while he was due for parole at the end of last year, Ferrero will not be able to apply for release for another 37 years.
Big willy title sent as gag
ONE of the gifts loved-up Chelsea Birkett sent to fiend Jacob Ferrero was a book called How To Cope With Your Massive Penis.
It is actually just a blank notepad inside, made to look like a real book.
But Chelsea said: I can’t believe I somehow got that into prison.”
When followers asked how she swung it, she replied: “It depends on the facility.
“But this one allows you to send them as long as they come with an invoice and not a gift receipt.”
She and Ferrero are able to stay in touch through video messages as well as sending each other snaps.
And she hinted that she is sometimes able to get round the system and send him racy pictures.
Chelsea also revealed Ferrero learned how to play her favourite song and sent a video of himself playing it on his guitar.
She said: “People are quick to judge when they don’t have the full story.
“He’s my best friend and boyfriend all in one.”
Ferrero — who has the words “every path has a different outcome” inked on his chest — describes their relationship as a “beautifully dark and twisted fairytale”.
He and Chelsea talk regularly, running up massive phone bills which she has to pay.
Ferrero is also allowed to send videos of himself messing about with other cons and playing songs for her on his guitar.
Chelsea told followers: “The reason I never addressed his crimes sooner was because I wanted you to get to know Jacob for who he is and not what he’s done.
“I’m not saying I support what he’s done and I’m not saying I condone it. I am however choosing to accept that he’s being punished.”
On tragic Samantha’s murder, she posted: “I have information not just from Jacob and what he’s told me.
“That being said, yes he did commit his crime.
“Yes there is way more than what you have read in the paper. No he did not set her on fire. It was the apartment. Yes he has abuse[d] her corpse. But that’s because he moved her body from the crime scene.”
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Last night the best friend of Ferrero’s victim said she had been left sickened by his new relationship.
Joy LaBarge, 30, said: “I’m shocked and disgusted. He’s a cold- blooded murderer — he should not be allowed to do this.
“He doesn’t deserve an ounce of happiness. He should never be allowed to be happy ever again.”
Chelsea, meanwhile, has asked Ferrero — who she describes as “hot” — if he would join her were he ever to be released.
In a nauseating reply, he said: “I love you Chelsea forever and always.
“You’re more beautiful than any woman I’ve laid eyes upon and I will forever cherish the day I lay them on you Chelsea.”
And the mum astonishingly admits she does not think he should have to serve his full jail term.
She told followers: “I try not to think about it too much. They just need to free our loved ones.”
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