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Stalking behaviors, Morgan’s Stalker and his actions.

August 4 – 5, 2011 – 3rd and 4th days of Morgan’s Stalking

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2:00 pm Morgan goes to get her teeth cleaned in Basalt.  She comes home and helps give our big dog a bath.  Leaves to go take photos.  Tonight is 1st Friday in Carbondale.  Majid is doing a live painting, and Marble Fest starts tonight as well.

At 11:04 pm I sent a text Morgan and said, “M – it’s 11 pm are you on your way home?  Ry and Leesa are taking Dad’s truck tomorrow morning, and the Rover is the only car we will have.  Morgan answered, “I’m just leaving actually”  I texted her back, “OK see you soon, love you.”

Morgan heard tapping on her bedroom windows within 15 minutes of her getting home that evening, and turning off her lights – she  is now getting very worried, she feels like there is someone outside her window in the dark just watching for her, angry that she is turning off her lights, trying to get her attention or scare her, she shivers and still tries to convince herself that branches or something else is potentially rubbing up against her bedroom windows.  She finally tells me (her mom) about this on Friday night – we don’t recall any bushes or trees being close enough to Morgan’s bathroom or bedroom windows to cause the noise.  I tell Morgan first thing in the morning, when it’s light out, we will go check to see if there is anything that could be causing the tapping.  Little did we know on this night what tomorrow we would discover.

Click here to read about the 5th day of Morgan’s stalking https://morgansstalking.com/?p=445

WHAT MOTIVATES A STALKER?

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Stalkers can be driven by several different reasons, and most have stalked more than one person in their lifetime. Stalkers are obsessed with their victims, and this obsession is expressed in many ways. Some common reasons for this obsession include power, control, and sometimes revenge.

Most stalkers don’t take responsibility for their actions – they blame others for making them do what they do (check out DARVO for a better understanding http://dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/defineDARVO.html). Stalkers who have had intimate relationships with their victims have been shown to be much more aggressive and violent (both male and female perpetrators). Relationship violence perpetrators often stalk their victims during the course of the relationship and especially after the victim leaves the relationships.

Each year, 6.6 million people are stalked in the United States.  Women are nearly three times more likely to be stalked than men.  It is important to remember both men and women can be victims of stalking.  Nearly 3 in 4 victims know their offender in some capacity.▪ From Network of Victim Assistance http://www.novabucks.org/otherinformation/stalking/ 

WE NEED TO CHANGE THESE STATISTICS – WE NEED TO ALL PULL TOGETHER TO SAY THIS HAS GOT TO STOP, AND WE NEED TO MAKE ALL THE CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE IN ORDER TO PROTECT THESE VICTIMS – AS WELL AS OUR OWN LOVED ONES THAT COULD BECOME VICTIMS…NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE!

Morgan and her puppy Wylah May in August 2011

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Morgan posted this picture of her new little puppy Wylah May yesterday, August 2, 2011 – she was so excited to have her very own dog…we didn’t know on this day that their time together would not be very long.

My heart breaks now, every time I look through Morgan’s computer at all the things she saved, every single day, till the day she died.  She was always so busy, always researching, learning, taking pictures, and enjoying life – even while her stalker(s) tried taking that from her.

Stranger Stalkers – from the Office of Women’s Programs and Studies ▪ Colorado State University

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Stranger Stalkers fixate on a particular victim, unannounced to that person. The stalker begins to make contact with the victim in a variety of ways that may initially seem harmless, but their continued presence generates fear and terror for the victim. “Peeping Toms” should not be taken lightly, and can pose a very real threat to their victims.

A survey of university undergraduates revealed that 20% had been stalked or harassed by a former dating partner. (Haugaar & Seri 2004) Stranger stalkers are fantasy oriented and obsessive, with definite personality and/or mental disorders. Cyber-stalkers and pedophiles are also types of stranger stalkers who may use the internet to gather information on their victims.

Stalking literally means to pursue prey or quarry. Legally, it is defined by state statutes, and is generally considered a course of conduct that places a person in fear for their safety.

In Colorado, stalking is defined as harassing someone (i.e., following, contacting, or watching another person) in a way that causes them to feel fearful (state statute C.R.S. 18-9-111). A first time offense is considered a Class 5 Felony, and a Class 4 Felony when there is a restraining order or injunction already in place.

According to the National Center for Victims of Crime, 1,006,970 women and 370,000 men are stalked annually in the United States. On college campuses, 3 in 10 college women report being injured emotionally or psychologically from being stalked, and 80% of campus stalking victims know their stalker.

Additional Resources

For excellent information on stalking, including stalking behavior logs, safety plan guidelines, and a complete handbook for victims, contact the National Center for Victims of Crime Stalking Resource Center online at www.ncvc.org, call 1-800-FYI-CALL (M-F 8:30 AM – 8:30 PM EST), or e-mail gethelp@ncvc.org