The identity of the Paula Abdul obsessive found dead in a car outside Abdul's home last night has been revealed to be Paula Goodspeed, who Idol-watchers might recall as being the contestant who showed off a portfolio of "life-sized Paula drawings" and miscellaneous Paulapernalia. (Video after the jump.) She was then led before a judging tribunal that included her hero—certainly not an easy feat—before launching into a brain-scrambling rendition of "Proud Mary" that elicited predictable humiliation from Simon Cowell over "all the metal in her mouth." Following that was a disturbing interview (editors underscored it with a horror movie soundtrack) in which Goodspeed pledges that, "It's not over. I'm not just going to step singing just because you don't like my voice."

Goodspeed's MySpace page, meanwhile, was a shrine to all things Idol and Abdul—whom she captions in one photo as her "secret crush, shhhhh." She also blogged about the humiliation of appearing on the show, saying she had trouble coping with the "awful things" said about her, "just because I made the mistake of trying out for a singing competition before I was even ready vocally, emotionally and physically." TMZ reports Goodspeed had been spotted frequently outside Abdul's over the past few weeks, sitting in her car in the early mornings. Neighbors assumed she was a paparazzo.