THIS IS SO VERY TRUE!
IT IS NOT THE VICTIM’S FAULT, IT IS THE FAULT OF THE STALKER. STALKING IS A CRIMINAL ACT.
IT IS NOT FLIRTING, IT IS NOT DING DONG DITCH, IT IS NOT CUTE, IT IS DESTRUCTIVE AND SOMETIMES DEADLY FOR THE VICTIM…REMEMBER WHAT STALKING TRULY IS.
Stalking has serious impacts on victims!
Most people need their jobs to survive and are reluctant to tell co-workers, and/or their employer about their stalker – they want to pretend he/she will eventually stop. They have no idea why it started in the first place. We must all realize stalking is serious and can have fatal consequences
This young man obsessed over a girl from his high school for many years before he finally struck and ended her life…and there were many red flags, but they were ignored. We all need to take stalking seriously. Civil lawsuits are an option for victims and co-victims.
http://articles.latimes.com/1999/dec/05/news/mn-40632
One Family’s Civil Suit
On October 15, 1999, New Hampshire resident Liam Youens, shot and killed Amy Lynn Boyer, a young woman he had been stalking for several years. Her family sued a company for giving out her employment location information to her stalker and won.
https://victimsofcrime.org/docs/src/stalking-victims-can-seek-justice-in-civil-court.pdf?sfvrsn=2
“Animal abuse is also often used by stalkers as a means of terrifying and distressing the victim with dead pets being left for them to find on their doorsteps. Animal abuse is a high risk indicator and predictive of a high risk of serious harm or homicide being inflicted on the victim.”http://www.rachelhorman.co.uk/2018/03/animal-abuse-and-coercive-control/
“Killing of a victim’s pet is a frightening act which indicates dangerousness and high risk.” https://acws.ca/sites/default/files/documents/STALKINGHandout.pdf
“Although only 2 percent of stalkers commit homicide, half of them threaten their victims with violence or say they are going to damage property or injure pets, according to studies.” https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/25/science/researchers-unravel-the-motives-of-stalkers.html
“Acts of cruelty against animals are now counted alongside felony crimes like arson, burglary, assault, and homicide in the FBI’s expansive criminal database.” https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/-tracking-animal-cruelty