FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS

Paula Goodspeed, the apparently obsessed fan of "American Idol" judge Paula Abdul, who killed herself this week, was reportedly a Maine resident, having lived in Oakland until five years ago.

Goodspeed, who twice auditioned for the Fox reality-TV show, was found dead Tuesday evening after reportedly committing suicide in a car found near Abdul's home in Los Angeles.

By Friday night, the Ventura County Sheriff's Department had not returned a call from a Morning Sentinel reporter seeking details on the case.

Los Angeles police were apparently familiar with Goodspeed, who might have been stalking Abdul. A law- enforcement source told the Los Angeles Times that Goodspeed was known to the LAPD's threat-management unit, which investigates stalking cases.

According to The Associated Press, the license plate on her car read "ABL LV" and a photo of Abdul was hanging from the rear-view mirror.

Goodspeed, 30, and most recently of Thousand Oaks, Calif., had appeared on the fifth season of the hit Fox show in 2006. She sang "Proud Mary" but didn't impress the judges. Judge and show creator Simon Cowell made fun of Goodspeed's dental braces.

"She was not a stalker," Oakland resident Charles McIntyre, Goodspeed's only brother, told E! News on Thursday.

E! reported that McIntyre, who lives with his family in Oakland, said his sister moved to California five years ago. "She went down there to have a career, and when she went down in front of those 'American Idol' judges, it was over," said McIntyre.

"She was just like anyone else, trying to make it big as an actor or singer."

The Reuters news agency reported that prescription pills, along with CDs and pictures of Abdul, were found in Goodspeed's car.

Ross Bonfiglio, a public-information officer for the Ventura County Sheriff's Department, told ABC News that a close relative of Goodspeed called the sheriff's office Tuesday to report that Goodspeed was missing.

"Goodspeed had not been seen since 11 p.m. Monday," Bonfiglio told ABC News, "and her family member thought that she might try to overdose."

Bonfiglio did not respond to a message left on his answering machine Friday by a Sentinel reporter seeking additional information about Goodspeed.