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NEW YORK — A New York City police officer was charged on Thursday with conspiring to kidnap, torture, cook and eat women whose names he kept in a list on his computer.

Gilberto Valle III, 28, of Forest Hills, Queens, was arrested on Wednesday by the FBI, a spokesman for the agency said.

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In a criminal complaint unsealed on Thursday in Manhattan federal court, Valle was charged with conspiring to cross state lines to kidnap and with illegally accessing a federal database.

The complaint said investigators had uncovered a file on Valle’s computer containing the names and pictures of at least 100 women, as well as the addresses and physical descriptions of some of them.

I was thinking of tying her body onto some kind of apparatus… cook her over a low heat, keep her alive as long as possible

The complaint said that Valle had undertaken surveillance of some of the women at their work and at their home.

“Gilberto Valle’s alleged plans to kidnap women so that they could be raped, tortured, killed, cooked and cannibalized shock the conscience,” Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement. “This case is all the more disturbing when you consider Valle’s position as a New York City police officer and his sworn duty to serve and protect. Our investigation is ongoing.”