Playboy Bunny obsessed fan killed model's husband after she told him 'let's take break'

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Playboy Bunny Stacy Arthur was the magazine's rising star with sights on being crowned Playmate of the Year. But the young blonde model's dream came to a bloody and tragic end.Just 18 months after she embarked on a quest to become the magazine's star pin-up, her beloved husband was shot dead by an obsessed fan who became "agitated" after she told him it was time to "take a break". READ MORE: 'Beautiful' missing teen vanished then 'heartbreaking' messages exposed dark double lifeStacy was in her early 20s when she was in the frame to be named Playmate of the Year 1991.

Just over a year earlier she was still working in a craft store in the city of Bellefontaine, Ohio. Her husband Jim Arthur, then 34, was by her side as her partner and manager, even helping her do her hair and nails.At the time, Playboy, headed up by the late mogul Hugh Hefner, had launched a special hotline that fans could call to vote for their Playmate of the Year or even talk to their favourite Bunnies.Desperate to win, Stacy, whose story was featured in the second episode of Discovery’s Playboy Murders, took the line very seriously.But it led to harrowing tragedy.James Lindberg, a "lonely" trucker from Woodland, California, was a frequent caller.

He loved talking to Playmates and quickly developed an obsession with Stacy, who established a rapport with him.Corina Harney, Playmate of the year 1992, has since commented on Lindberg: “He was so emotionally serious.

He didn’t have a sense of humour, and I thought that’s not right.“He made me feel kind of sad and bad. He got upset and mad.