Stalking facts at a Glance:
1. A common technique of stalkers is to kidnap, injure, or kill the victim’s pet, knowing that this will often devastate the victim emotionally.
2. Victims of stalking often say it would be better to be murdered than have to go through the horrendous mental anguish of being stalked.
3. Slashing the victim’s tires or vandalism/destruction of the victim’s home and property is standard behavior for stalkers.
4. Friends and family who support the victim are themselves in danger. The stalker views these people as obstacles to what he wants and will turn his wrath on them as well. Cases exist where relatives or a new boyfriend of the victim have had their home burned to the ground.
5. For someone being stalked, everyday things such as answering the phone or going out for a ride alone can no longer be done without constant fear.
6. Stalkers have been known to hire private detectives to help track down the victim when they’ve moved to another state.
7. Victims often are subjected to being followed, continual drive-bys of their homes and workplaces, and being inundated with unwanted phone calls, answering machine messages, letters, emails, notes left on doors and car windshields, and so forth. It is, for all intents and purposes, an act of terrorism.
1. A common technique of stalkers is to kidnap, injure, or kill the victim’s pet, knowing that this will often devastate the victim emotionally.2. Victims of stalking often say it would be better to be murdered than have to go through the horrendous mental anguish of being stalked.
3. Slashing the victim’s tires or vandalism/destruction of the victim’s home and property is standard behavior for stalkers.
4. Friends and family who support the victim are themselves in danger. The stalker views these people as obstacles to what he wants and will turn his wrath on them as well. Cases exist where relatives or a new boyfriend of the victim have had their home burned to the ground.
5. For someone being stalked, everyday things such as answering the phone or going out for a ride alone can no longer be done without constant fear.
6. Stalkers have been known to hire private detectives to help track down the victim when they’ve moved to another state.
7. Victims often are subjected to being followed, continual drive-bys of their homes and workplaces, and being inundated with unwanted phone calls, answering machine messages, letters, emails, notes left on doors and car windshields, and so forth. It is, for all intents and purposes, an act of terrorism.
