The Digital Confession
According to a probable cause statement filed in Greene County Circuit Court, the ChatGPT exchange began minutes after the 3 AM incident Sunday with Schaefer asking the AI program, “How fucked am I” and “qilll I go to jail.”
The conversation quickly escalated as Schaefer typed, “What if I smashed the shit outta mutlipls cars,” according to court documents. Investigators say the AI program responded with information about potential legal consequences for such behavior.
As the exchange continued, police say Schaefer began to “spiral” and direct hostility toward the ChatGPT program itself, typing threats that included, “I will kill all u fi kers.” Court records indicate the dialogue grew increasingly disturbing, with Schaefer eventually writing that his victims “all dexerve to get raped and murdered.”
Upon returning to his Springfield apartment, prosecutors say Schaefer’s messages suggested a false sense of security. “i got away w it last year. And I don’t think theres any way they could know my face,” he allegedly wrote to the AI program. He added, “it felt rrlly nice to fucktheir dhit up.”
