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I'LL SHOW YOU.
AAH! ***!
[ GLASS SHATTERS ]
I'LL SHOW YOU, YOU LITTLE ***!
I'LL SHOW YOU!
[BLEEP] YOU, YOU [BLEEP]
WHEN I ENTERED THE RELATIONSHIP WITH MIKE,
I NEVER, EVER, EVER IMAGINED HOW HE WAS GOING TO TAKE IT.
[BLEEP] YOU!
Judie: HE HAD TOLD THE POLICE THAT I HAD STABBED HIM.
YOU!
I WAS IN FOR THE FIGHT OF MY LIFE.
HEY! HELP ME!
AND THAT'S THE NIGHT IT BEGAN.
Narrator: WHEN DESIRE OVERTAKES REASON,
THE HUMAN MIND CAN UNLEASH DEADLY OBSESSION.
THESE ARE TRUE STORIES TOLD BY THE VICTIMS.
-- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
WHEN I MADE THE DECISION TO MOVE FROM CALIFORNIA TO ARIZONA,
IT WAS STARTING A NEW LIFE.
I WAS 45 YEARS OLD.
AND I THOUGHT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY I CAN'T TURN DOWN.
I FELT IT WAS A FRESH START,
NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF, BUT ALSO MY TWO BOYS.
THEIR DAD REMAINED IN CALIFORNIA.
HE HAD REMARRIED.
I JUST WANTED TO START REBUILDING MY LIFE ON MY OWN.
PART OF MY RELOCATION PACKAGE WAS A CORPORATE APARTMENT.
HEY!
I WAS LAYING OUT AT THE POOL ON A SATURDAY
AND THE LADY THAT I HAD MET AT THE POOL SAID,
"I'D LIKE YOU TO MEET A FRIEND OF MINE."
HI. YOU'RE JUDIE, RIGHT?
I'M MIKE.
MIND IF I JOIN YOU?
NO.
[ SIGHS ]
IT'S, UH, OUR FRIEND JEANIE TOLD ME WHO YOU WERE.
OH, YEAH. YEAH, OF COURSE.
SO, YOU SETTLING IN OKAY?
YEAH, YEAH.
WHERE ARE YOU FROM ORIGINALLY?
Judie: AND IT JUST SEEMED THE MORE THAT WE TALKED,
THE MORE THAT WE HAD IN COMMON.
AT THAT TIME, HE WAS A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER.
[ CHUCKLES ]
AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE OWNED
A LAND AND CATTLE COMPANY PROPERTY IN MEXICO.
WELL, I SURE HOPE TO SEE YOU AROUND.
YEAH. ME TOO.
OKAY.
I FOUND HIM VERY ATTRACTIVE.
HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS OUT OF GQ MAGAZINE.
ONE DAY, I HAD COME HOME FROM RUNNING ERRANDS
AND THERE WAS A CUTE LITTLE CARD ON MY FRONT DOOR.
AND IT SAID, "I'VE ENJOYED MEETING YOU.
CAN YOU PAGE ME?
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO TAKE YOU OUT TO DINNER TONIGHT."
THAT WAS HOW OUR FIRST DATE CAME ABOUT.
MIKE, THAT WAS DELICIOUS. THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW, ONE TIME,
I JOINED A COOKING CLASS JUST TO MEET WOMEN.
[ LAUGHS ]
AND THEN I BUMP INTO YOU BY THE POOL.
IT'S TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
[ CHUCKLES ]
IT WAS WONDERFUL.
BEAUTIFUL SURROUNDINGS, EXCELLENT FOOD.
HE WAS VERY, VERY CHARMING.
WILL YOU MARRY ME?
MIKE, I JUST MET YOU. COME ON.
SERIOUSLY.
MARRY ME.
MIKE, STOP IT, WILL YOU?
AND I SAID, "YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU."
"WELL, DON'T YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT?"
AND I SAID, "NO, I DON'T."
AND HE GOT...
NOT ANGRY, BUT A LITTLE RUFFLED WITH ME
THAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS QUESTIONING ABOUT
NOT AN IMMEDIATE LOVE CONNECTION.
MIKE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
WELL, I GUESS THIS IS MY WAY OF SAYING
I HAD A GREAT NIGHT AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU OUT AGAIN.
[ CHUCKLES ]
WHY, THANK YOU.
IT'S MY PLEASURE.
WE STARTED DATING FROM THEN ON.
IT JUST SEEMED LIKE A PERFECT MATCH.
THIS GUY IS FOR REAL.
HE'S NOT HIDING ANYTHING FROM ME,
AND I TRUSTED HIM WHOLLY.
NICE CATCH.
I WOULD SAY WITHIN THREE MONTHS I WAS VERY IN LOVE WITH HIM.
HE'S GOOD, THOUGH. HE'S GOT A GOOD ARM.
THAT'S IT.
AND I SAID, "HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS RELATIONSHIP?"
HE SAYS, "I'M TOTALLY IN LOVE WITH YOU
AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO GO TO THE NEXT STEP."
AND I SAID, "DO YOU WANT TO TRY LIVING TOGETHER?"
AND HE SAID, "ABSOLUTELY."
[ LAUGHS ]
WE GOT YOU THERE.
FINALLY IN MY LIFE, THERE WAS SOMEBODY THAT WAS
COMPASSIONATE, LOVING, CARING, CARED ABOUT MY KIDS, ESPECIALLY.
YOUR BROTHER'S GOT A REALLY GOOD THROW ON IT, HUH?
IT WAS WONDERFUL.
WHERE YOU BEEN?
MIKE, I TOLD YOU.
AT A WORK DINNER.
ARE YOU COMING TO BED?
AS TIME WENT ON, HE BECAME PUSHIER.
HE STARTED ACCUSING ME OF CHEATING ON HIM,
NOT BEING WHERE I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE,
THAT SORT OF THING.
I'M SORRY, BABY.
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
I JUST CAN'T BEAR THE THOUGHT OF YOU BEING WITH ANYONE ELSE.
[ SIGHS ]
HE WOULD APOLOGIZE.
IT WAS THE HUGS, THE KISSES, "IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN."
HE WAS SO CONVINCING.
MIKE, I'M GOING TO THE MALL.
YOU WANT TO COME?
[ BURPS ]
SUIT YOURSELF.
IN THE BACK OF MY MIND, YOU KNOW,
SOMETHING'S GONNA HAPPEN,
THAT'S REALLY GONNA END THIS RELATIONSHIP.
MIKE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING SITTING THERE?
I GOT SOMETHING I THINK YOU'RE GONNA --
DON'T LIE TO ME, YOU ***.
YOU BEEN TURNING $20 TRICKS IN THE PARKING LOT.
TO THINK, YOU KISS ME WITH THAT MOUTH.
MIKE, I AM GOING OUT FOR ONE HOUR.
WHEN I GET BACK, I WANT YOU AND YOUR THINGS GONE.
BABY, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!
WHOO-HOO!
I DID NOT WANT TO GET INTO A BIG CONFRONTATION WITH HIM.
I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO CALL POLICE
TO GET HIM OUT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
***!
I'LL SHOW YOU, YOU LITTLE [BLEEP] ***!
GET OUT!
Judie: IN ABOUT AN HOUR, I RETURNED BACK HOME
AND THERE WERE SEVERAL POLICE CARS.
THEY HANDCUFFED ME, SAT ME DOWN.
WHAT WAS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH MR. TYRELL
AND WHAT LED YOU TO STAB HIM?
I DIDN'T STAB HIM.
I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE MOST HORRIFYING EXPERIENCES
I HAD HAD IN MY LIFE AT THAT TIME.
I JUST CAN'T PUT INTO WORDS THE HURT, THE ANGER, THE SHAME
THAT SOMEBODY COULD TRY TO SET ME UP
THAT I HAD STABBED HIM.
I MET HIM ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
I'D JUST MOVED TO ARIZONA.
I THOUGHT HE WAS A GUY... A NICE GUY.
I FELT LIKE I WAS ON A PEDESTAL.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW PERFECT EVERYTHING WAS.
IT FELT TOTALLY NATURAL TO MOVE IN TOGETHER, SO WE DID.
COME WITH US, MA'AM.
WHEN I WALKED THROUGH THAT DOOR, I LITERALLY --
MY KNEES BUCKLED LIKE I WANTED TO JUST FALL DOWN.
[ GLASS SHATTERS ]
I'LL SHOW YOU, YOU LITTLE [BLEEP] ***!
Judie: I JUST THOUGHT, "BOY, HE'S LOST IT.
AND THIS GUY COULD BECOME VIOLENT IN A SPLIT SECOND."
I'LL [BLEEP] SHOW YOU!
[ CRYING ]
Judie: IT WAS JUST SO OFF THE WALL.
I MEAN, I JUST COULDN'T COMPREHEND
WHAT HAD GONE ON IN THAT ROOM.
[ CRYING CONTINUES ]
AND THEY CAME BACK IN AND THEY SAID,
"WE FEEL THAT HE HAS FILED
"A FICTITIOUS POLICE REPORT ON YOU.
"WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU AN IMMEDIATE 24-HOUR INJUNCTION
TO KEEP HIM AWAY TONIGHT."
ALL OF A SUDDEN, WENT FROM A VERY TRUSTING PERSON
TO SOMEBODY THAT DIDN'T WANT TO TRUST ANYBODY.
[ ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ]
I FOUND OUT THAT HE HAD BEEN LYING TO ME ABOUT HIS WORKING.
HE WOULD WORK MAYBE A MONTH OR TWO AND HE WOULD BE FIRED.
DURING THE DAY WHEN HE SAID HE WAS WORKING,
HE WAS OUT DRIVING AROUND IN THE DESERT DRINKING.
AND HE WOULD DRINK TWO OR THREE SIX PACKS A DAY.
Tyrell: YEAH!
[ DOG BARKING ]
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]
HIS FATHER LIVED IN A TRAILER PARK,
SO I JUST ASSUMED HE HAD GONE THERE.
AND THAT'S WHEN I STARTED GETTING CONSTANT PHONE CALLS.
JUDIE: Hello?
DON'T HURT ME LIKE THIS.
I LOVE YOU, JUDIE.
[ PANTS ]
Why you trying to hurt me?
CAN'T WE JUST MEET UP AND SORT THIS OUT FACE TO FACE?
LOOK, MIKE. I'M NOT GONNA MEET WITH YOU.
JUST LEAVE ME ALONE. IT'S OVER.
BABY, WE CAN WORK THIS OUT.
I know we --
[ Dial tone ]
[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
LOOK, MIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU THINK
YOU'RE DOING HERE, BUT I'M SICK OF IT.
I KNOW WHERE YOU'VE BEEN.
YOU'RE SOILED AND DIRTY.
That's why you're so tired
'cause of all the men you've been [Bleep]
BUT YOU THINK OF ME, DON'T YOU?
YOU THINK OF ME WHEN THEY'RE [BLEEP]
***.
[ Dial tone ]
PEOPLE WERE TELLING ME, "FORGET ABOUT IT.
IT'S OVER. IT'S DONE WITH. MOVE ON."
WHO YOU [BLEEP] NOW, YOU ***?
NO! PLEASE HELP ME!
I TOLD HIM THAT I WANTED TO TERMINATE THE RELATIONSHIP.
I'LL SHOW YOU, YOU LITTLE [BLEEP] ***!
I'LL [BLEEP] SHOW YOU!
HE STARTED FOLLOWING ME.
I KNOW WHERE YOU'VE BEEN.
YOU'RE SOILED AND DIRTY.
I FELT HELPLESS.
[BLEEP] YOU!
Judie: I WAS GETTING SCARED.
WHO YOU [BLEEP] NOW, YOU ***?
Judie: PLEASE HELP ME!
I WAS SCARED TO DEATH.
UNH!
***!
I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN LIKE A MAD DOG
TILL THE DAY YOU DIE.
POLICE? I NEED SOME HELP.
I REMEMBER THAT VERY VIVIDLY.
AND THAT STILL HAUNTS ME.
HOWDY, ROBERT. HAVEN'T SEE YOU IN A WHILE.
MIKE HAD A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE.
IT WAS LIKE HE HAD DONE SOMETHING WONDERFUL.
POLICE HAD SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
WITH THE WITNESSES, MY STATEMENTS,
THAT HE WAS CHARGED WITHIN AN HOUR.
BUT HE BONDED OUT THAT NIGHT.
IT'S LIKE, "MA'AM, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN. GOOD LUCK."
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
HELLO?
TYRELL: You can't hide from me, Judie.
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
You hang up on me again, and you're dead, ***.
Nobody embarrasses a cowboy.
[ Dial tone ]
YOU COULD TELL THAT EVEN EARLY MORNINGS,
HE WAS DRINKING A LOT.
IT ESCALATED AND ESCALATED AND ESCALATED BEYOND BELIEF.
Tyrell: YOU KNOW I ALWAYS PLAY FAIR.
BUT YOU ARE NOT PLAYING FAIR NOW.
UP TO 120 MESSAGES A DAY.
Tyrell: I KNOW YOU SAID I WAS GOOD FOR ONLY THREE MINUTES,
BUT THAT THREE MINUTES IS ABOUT
AS CLOSE TO HEAVEN AS YOU'RE EVER GONNA GET.
MORNINGS, AFTERNOONS, EVENINGS, MIDDLE OF THE NIGHTS.
I KNOW YOU *** AROUND AND STUFF.
YOU'RE A SOILED WOMAN.
Judie: WHEN I WOULD COME HOME AT NIGHT, THERE WOULD BE SO MANY MESSAGES.
Tyrell: I'LL FIGHT YOU TILL THE END.
THERE'S NO ESCAPE, ***.
Judie: HE WANTED CONTROL.
HE WANTED TO CONTROL EVERY WAKING MOMENT OF MY LIFE.
[ Dialing ]
Tyrell: IT'S MAD DOG.
IT'S MAD DOG.
Judie: WHEN I WOULD LISTEN TO THEM,
I WOULD BE SO ANGRY AND SCARED THAT I WOULD ERASE THEM.
I DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR HIS VOICE. SO IT WAS A CONTINUAL ERASE.
YOU KNOW, DELETE, DELETE, DELETE, DELETE.
[ Dialing ]
[ Ringing ]
WOMAN: Chandler police department.
I'VE GOT OVER 30 MESSAGES TODAY.
HE WON'T STOP CALLING! HE'S THREATENING ME.
IT WAS MENTAL TERRORISM IS WHAT I CALLED IT.
Ma'am, that doesn't violate any state law.
THERE MUST BE SOMETHING YOU CAN DO.
I'M SCARED!
If there's a crime to report, then call us back.
AND THE POLICE WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING.
THEY HAD TOLD ME, "NOBODY'S GONNA THREATEN YOU
"ON THE PHONE AND FOLLOW THROUGH WITH IT.
IF HE SHOWS UP AT YOUR FRONT DOOR, CALL US."
I FELT TRAPPED.
I FELT LIKE MY LIFE WASN'T MY OWN,
THAT EVERY ACTION I MADE DEPENDED ON HIS ACTIONS.
[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
I NEVER REALLY WANTED
TO LET THE KIDS KNOW HOW BAD IT WAS GETTING.
I DIDN'T WANT THEM WORRYING.
Tyrell: LOOK, I'M GONNA TELL YOU ONE TIME AND ONE TIME ONLY.
DON'T EVER ACCUSE ME OF SOMETHING I DIDN'T DO.
NOW COME OVER HERE AND MEET ME AND SORT THIS OUT
OR I'LL COME BACK AND FIGHT YOU TILL I DIE.
[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
Judie: I WOULD CONTINUALLY GET MORE AND MORE CALLS,
MORE PRESSURE TO MEET WITH HIM.
AT THIS POINT, MY WHOLE LIFE HAD CHANGED.
I WITHDREW FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS
BECAUSE HE HAD TOLD ME THAT ANYBODY
THAT GETS IN HIS WAY IS GONNA GO DOWN.
Tyrell: YOU ARE A SICK PERSON, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
AND NOW I'M MAD BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE
WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME AND I NEED TO BE MAD.
I NEED TO DO STUFF TO YOU, YOU KNOW?
I DON'T HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT.
I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT WHATSOEVER.
NOW MEET ME SO WE CAN END THIS.
[ Dial tone ]
Judie: I HAD HEARD SO MANY TIMES, YOU KNOW,
"MEET WITH ME THAT ONE LAST TIME AND I'LL LEAVE YOU ALONE."
AND HE WAS SO CONVINCING.
I THINK DOWN DEEP INSIDE, I KNEW IT WAS WRONG.
BUT IT'S THE ONLY WAY I KNEW HOW TO SURVIVE AT THE TIME.
I AGREED TO DRIVE OUT TO THE DESERT.
THAT'S WHERE WE HAD GONE WHEN WE FIRST MET.
AND WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD END THE RELATIONSHIP THERE.
ON THIS PARTICULAR ROAD, NOBODY REALLY GOES DOWN IT.
YOU MAY PASS A CAR ONCE A MONTH.
WE WERE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
BABY, I KNOW I'VE DONE YOU WRONG.
AND THAT HURTS ME.
I GOT PROBLEMS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME.
I'M GETTING HELP.
THEY'RE GONNA HELP ME SORT IT OUT, BUT I'M SORRY.
THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT.
I KNOW I'VE DONE YOU WRONG WITH ALL THE THINGS I'VE SAID,
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT IS OVER.
IT ENDS NOW.
AND I THOUGHT, "OH, IT'S GONNA BE OVER.
"THANK GOD, IT'S GOING TO BE OVER.
THIS IS IT."
HE HAD ME 100% PLUS CONVINCED THAT IT'S OVER.
THIS IS WHERE WE USED TO COME WHEN WE WERE HAPPY.
[ ENGINE SHUTS OFF ]
[ SCREAMS ]
Judie: I AGREED TO DRIVE OUT TO THE DESERT WITH MIKE.
AND WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD END THE RELATIONSHIP THERE.
[ JUDIE SCREAMS ]
AND THE NEXT THING I KNEW, I WAS PUSHED OUT.
IT'S LIKE, THIS WAS A PLOY TO GET ME OUT HERE.
AND I JUST KIND OF STOOD THERE FROZEN
AND I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN.
IT WAS SO HORRIFYING, NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO.
NEXT TIME I COME BY, I'M GONNA CHOP YOU INTO LITTLE PIECES
AND BURY YOU OUT HERE WHERE NOBODY WILL EVER FIND YOU.
AND I THOUGHT, "OH, MY GOD. HE'S GONNA KILL ME."
I LOOKED UP AND HE WAS MAKING A TURN BACK TOWARDS ME.
I KNEW IT WAS THE END AND I JUST HOPE
WHEN IT KILLED ME THAT IT WOULD BE FAST.
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
[ CRYING ]
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS IT.
AND I SAID, "PLEASE, DEAR GOD,
JUST LET MY KIDS KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE THEM."
[ PANTING ]
[ ENGINE REVVING ]
I HEARD A MOTORCYCLE.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THE SOUND WAS COMING FROM.
I LOOKED UP, THERE WAS A KID ON A DIRT BIKE.
PLEASE! HELP ME!
GO! GO! GO!
I CAN'T SAY I'M 100% RELIGIOUS.
I BELIEVE IN GOD.
BUT THAT DAY, I THINK HE SENT A GUARDIAN ANGEL DOWN TO ME.
I WALKED INTO THE POLICE SUBSTATION.
I TOLD THEM WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED.
THEY LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, "WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING."
AND I GO, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING?
"I WAS THROWN OUT OF HIS TRUCK. I WAS LEFT OUT THERE.
"I'M GONNA BE CHOPPED IN PIECES, BURIED,
AND YOU'LL NEVER FIND ME."
YOU'LL NEVER EVEN KNOW I'M MISSING."
AND THEY SAID, "MA'AM, YOU VOLUNTARILY GOT IN HIS TRUCK
AND IT'S YOUR WORD AGAINST HIS."
I REMEMBER JUST TEARING MY SUIT APART.
I DIDN'T WANT TO EVER SEE IT AGAIN.
I WANTED NOTHING THAT COULD EVER REMIND ME
OF THAT SITUATION AGAIN AND NOT BEING BELIEVED.
[ LAUGHS ]
GOD!
I WAS ASHAMED. I WAS HUMILIATED WITH MYSELF.
I FELT LIKE IT'S MY FAULT THIS HAS HAPPENED.
IT'S MY FAULT.
[ PANTING ]
IT WAS EATING ME AWAY.
I JUST FELT SO TOTALLY ALONE.
[ SOBBING ]
ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS CAME RUNNING OVER ONE NIGHT.
AND SHE SAID, "JUDIE, I JUST SAW THIS SPECIAL.
IT'S LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT THREAT MANAGEMENT UNIT."
I PLACED A CALL AND EXPLAINED I WAS IN ARIZONA.
AND THEY SAID, "WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING IS STALKING."
THEY SAID, "OKAY, GET A PIECE OF PAPER AND A PENCIL
AND GET READY TO WRITE."
AND THEY SAID, "DON'T WAIT FOR AUTHORITIES TO BUILD YOUR CASE.
DO IT ON YOUR OWN."
Tyrell: THERE'S NO ESCAPE, ***.
Judie: SO, I STARTED DOING THAT.
ANY SCRAP OF EVIDENCE THAT WAS LEFT.
I FELT SO EMPOWERED.
IT'S LIKE, THIS IS WHAT I HAVE TO DO.
I DON'T WANT TO DISRESPECT ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL,
BUT I THOUGHT, "I'VE BEEN SHUNNED FOR TWO YEARS.
I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING NOW."
THEY WOULD LISTEN TO THE MESSAGE.
I WOULD GIVE THEM A BACK-UP TAPE OF IT.
I WOULD EVEN TRANSCRIBE THE TAPE FOR THEM
SO THEY HAD THE EVIDENCE.
I FELT SO CONFIDENT.
I CANNOT EXPLAIN THE POWER THAT OVERCAME ME.
I FELT LIKE I WAS GETTING SOMEWHERE.
AND IT JUST CONTINUED TO BUILD STRONGER.
ONE OF THE OFFICERS SAID, "I THINK YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT
GETTING A CONCEAL AND CARRY WEAPONS PERMIT."
WHEN I STARTED CARRYING MY .38 SPECIAL,
I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD SHOOT A HUMAN BEING.
BUT IF IT WAS HIS LIFE OR MINE,
YOU BETTER BELIEVE I WOULD TAKE HIS LIFE.
DID YOU GET ENOUGH TO EAT?
I GOT ENOUGH TO EAT, THANK YOU.
I WAS DETERMINED I WAS GOING TO START MY LIFE
SOCIALIZING WITH FRIENDS AND START REBUILDING.
AND I MET A VERY NICE GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF JOHN.
WE STARTED DATING.
HE WAS A VERY LOVING, CARING PERSON.
HE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH MIKE
AND I DIDN'T WANT TO SHARE IT.
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE NOT MARRIED.
A BEAUTIFUL, SOPHISTICATED WOMAN LIKE YOU
SHOULD HAVE BEEN SNAPPED UP YEARS AGO.
DID I SAY SOMETHING WRONG?
NO.
JOHN, IT'S NOTHING. I'M JUST BEING SILLY.
FORGET ABOUT IT, OKAY?
OKAY.
WE CAME BACK FROM DINNER AND THERE WERE
MESSAGES BLINKING ON MY ANSWERING MACHINE.
Tyrell: DADDY WARBUCKS [BLEEP] IT TO YOU.
DOES IT HURT? DOES IT --
John: WHAT'S GOING ON?
I THINK YOU'D BETTER SIT DOWN.
EXPLAINED EVERYTHING.
BROKE DOWN AND I SAID,
"I THINK IT'S BETTER WE DON'T SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN.
I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU IN ANY DANGER."
JUDIE, I'M NOT LEAVING YOU.
I WANT TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH THIS.
AND I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I WAS HEARING AT THAT TIME.
HE WAS VERY, VERY, VERY SUPPORTIVE.
[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]
I HAD GOTTEN A CALL FROM MIKE.
AND HE SAID, "LOOK," YOU KNOW, "THIS IS ALL OUT OF HAND."
AND HE -- I CAN'T DESCRIBE THE WAY HE HAD
ABOUT CONVINCING ANYBODY TO DO THINGS.
I MEAN, IT WAS JUST LIKE A MAGICAL POWER THAT HE HAD.
AND HE SAID, "WHY DON'T WE MEET AT MY FATHER'S TRAILER?"
AND I THOUGHT, "OKAY, IT'S A SAFE PLACE."
I TRUSTED MIKE'S FATHER 100%.
AND I KNEW THAT HE WOULD NOT LET ANYTHING HAPPEN.
SO, MICHAEL, WHAT'S GOING ON?
I MESSED UP, DAD.
WHEN JUDIE THREW ME OUT, I WAS MAD.
I DID SOME THINGS I REGRET.
I TOOK TO DRINKING.
I SAID SOME STUFF -- SOME MEAN STUFF I SHOULDN'T HAVE.
AND?
AND I WANT TO APOLOGIZE IN FRONT OF YOU
SO THAT SHE KNOWS I MEAN IT.
I'M SORRY, JUDIE.
ARE WE DONE?
Judie: WHEN I LEFT THE TRAILER,
MIKE PROCEEDED TO FOLLOW ME OUT TO MY CAR.
PLEASE KEEP YOUR WORD, MIKE. PLEASE.
JUST REMEMBER, ***, I CAN STILL GET YOU.
I'M SORRY, JUDIE.
ARE WE DONE?
Judie: WHEN I LEFT THE TRAILER,
MIKE PROCEEDED TO FOLLOW ME OUT TO MY CAR.
HE HAD ME 100% PLUS CONVINCED THAT IT'S OVER.
PLEASE KEEP YOUR WORD, MIKE. PLEASE.
JUST REMEMBER, ***, I CAN STILL GET YOU.
AND I THOUGHT, "OH, GOD.
HE GONNA CUT MY CAROTID ARTERY AND I'M GONNA BLEED OUT."
WHOO!
***.
TEARS WERE FLYING AT HOW STUPID COULD I BE
FALLING FOR THIS AGAIN.
I JUST, I CRUMBLED AGAIN.
[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
[ BEEP ]
HELLO?
WOMAN: Judie...
YEAH? WHO IS THIS?
Ma'am, this is Maryvale Hospital emergency room.
I'm afraid there's been an accident.
[ SIREN WAILING ]
I have your number listed as the emergency contact
for a man who's been admitted
with second-degree burns and smoke inhalation.
His name's Mr. Mike Tyrell.
LOOK. I DON'T WANT ANYTHING MORE TO DO WITH HIM.
PLEASE TAKE MY NUMBER OFF YOUR RECORDS.
DON'T CALL ME AGAIN.
[ BEEP ]
THERE WAS INVESTIGATION DONE AND HE HAD TOLD THEM
HE HAD COME BACK AND REALIZED THE TRAILER WAS ON FIRE.
WHEN MIKE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL,
HE HAD GIVEN THEM MY NAME AND PHONE NUMBER.
I JUST WANTED TO START REBUILDING MY LIFE ON MY OWN.
AND I THINK IT WAS PLOY TO SUCKER ME BACK IN.
LUCKILY, HIS FATHER WAS NOT IN THE TRAILER.
HIS FATHER HAD LEFT TO GO SOMEWHERE.
[ ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ]
♪ I GOT TO FIND ME A PLACE TO CALL MY HOME ♪
♪ LOOKING THROUGH THE WOODS... ♪
Judie: A FEW DAYS LATER, I GOT A CALL SAYING THAT MIKE WAS IN CUSTODY.
♪ UNDERNEATH THE COVER OF THE BRIDGES AT NIGHT ♪
[ HORN HONKING ]
Judie: THERE WAS A MAN DRIVING A TRUCK WITH HIS SMALL SON IN IT.
[ HORN BLARING ]
[ ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES ]
MIKE WAS COMING ACROSS THE DOUBLE LINE
AND ALMOST HIT THEM HEAD-ON.
Officer: SIR, LET'S SEE YOUR HANDS, SIR.
[ TYRELL GROANS ]
DROP THE BOTTLE.
HE WAS ARRESTED AND THAT TOX REPORT CAME BACK
AT A .30 ALCOHOL LEVEL,
WHICH IS A LETHAL AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL.
I WENT DOWN AND MET WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
BY THEN, I HAD THREE BINDERS FULL OF THE EVIDENCE.
AND HE SAID, "I'VE NEVER HAD
A VICTIM COME IN HERE WITH THIS MUCH EVIDENCE."
WHEN EVERYTHING WAS SAID AND DONE,
I BELIEVE THERE WERE 29 CHARGES FILED ON HIM
FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE RESTRAINING ORDER.
Man: THE DEFENDANT IS A DANGER TO SOCIETY.
THE EMOTIONAL TRAUMA
SUFFERED BY THE VICTIM IN THIS CASE
WAS EMOTIONAL ***.
THESE ARE ACTS OF TERROR.
Judie: HE GOT UP AND SAID, "I STILL LOVE HER TO THIS DAY."
AND IT WAS HAUNTING, JUST TOTALLY HAUNTING.
YOU KNOW, TO ME,
HE ACCEPTED NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT HE HAD DONE.
HE WENT TO A FEDERAL STATE PRISON
AND HE GOT THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE --
TWO AND A HALF YEARS FOR STALKING.
I WAS VERY RELIEVED THAT MY LIFE IS BACK.
I CAN GO ONE WITH MY LIFE.
MY TWO BOYS, THEY LOOKED AT ME --
AND THESE ARE MY GROWN SONS NOW,
AND THEY HAD TEARS STREAMING THEIR FACE
AND THEY SAID, "MOM, WE'RE SO SORRY.
"WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US?
WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US ABOUT THE KNIVES,
ABOUT THIS, ABOUT THAT?"
AND I SAID, "BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT YOU OVERREACTING
WHERE YOU WOULD BE SPENDING YOUR LIVES IN PRISON."
WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT MIKE BEING IN PRISON,
I HOPED HE HAD A ROUGH LIFE AND THAT HE COULD NOT SLEEP,
THAT HE WOULD BE HARASSED, ATTACKED.
IT MAY SOUND REVENGEFUL, BUT I WANTED HIM TO FEEL
THE PAIN THAT HE HAD GIVEN ME AND HAVE NO CONTROL OVER IT.
[ GLASS CLINKING ]
LISTEN, EVERYONE.
YOU ARE ALL THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN MY LIFE,
AND I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT MEANS TO ME
TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE.
JOHN AND I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE.
[ ALL GASP ]
[ CHUCKLES ]
CHEERS.
CHEERS.
Together: CHEERS.
Judie: I FELT MY LIFE WAS BACK.
IT JUST SEEMED LIKE, OKAY, A FAIRY TALE.
FROM A NIGHTMARE TO MY FAIRY TALE
AND MY WHOLE LIFE'S GONNA BE WONDERFUL.
SO, I FELT VERY SAFE.
THERE'S NO WAY HE'S GONNA GET OUT OF A FEDERAL PRISON.
MY WHOLE ROUTINE WENT BACK TO NORMAL.
I WAS GOING TO GROCERY STORES, RUNNING ERRANDS,
LOOKING FOR A BRIDAL DRESS
AND GETTING MY BRIDESMAIDS ALL IN ORDER.
AND I HAD NOTICED A CAR FOLLOWING ME.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT, "OH, YOU'RE GETTING PARANOID.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT."
I TRIED TO SWITCH LANES A COUPLE TIMES.
THEY DID THE EXACT SAME THING.
DAMN IT.
AND THERE'S NO WAY I COULD HAVE RUN IT
WITHOUT IT BEING A RED LIGHT.
I WAS SCARED TO DEATH.
AND THEN THE HAND CAME OUT.
HE HAD A BIG GRIN THAT I'LL NEVER FORGET.
IT WAS JUST A VERY HAUNTING GRIN.
THE NIGHTMARE IS BACK.
Judie: I HAD NOTICED A CAR FOLLOWING ME.
THE CAR PULLED UP BESIDE ME.
AND THEN THE HAND CAME OUT.
HE HAD A BIG GRIN THAT I'LL NEVER FORGET.
IT WAS JUST A VERY HAUNTING GRIN.
AND HE SAYS, "JUST REMEMBER,
WE CAN PICK UP WHERE MIKE LEFT OFF."
I WAS SCARED TO DEATH.
AND THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK OF WAS, HIT THIS GAS PEDAL.
AND I JUST GUNNED IT AND AWAY I WENT.
I FELT LIKE I WAS BACK IN THE SAME NIGHTMARE.
[ HUMMING ]
I KNOW THAT A CARTON OF CIGARETTES,
A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN PRISON CAN GO A LONG WAY.
IT GOES BACK TO THE SAME WORDS, "I'LL HUNT YOU DOWN
LIKE A MAD DOG TILL THE DAY YOU DIE."
AND I REALLY FELT THAT HE HAD CONNECTIONS.
[ INDISTINCT CHATTER ]
I HAD TALKED IT OVER WITH JOHN
AND I SAID, "DO YOU WANT TO POSTPONE THE WEDDING?"
AND HE SAID, "NO, LET'S GO AHEAD."
HE ALSO HAD AN UNDERCOVER OFFICER AT THE WEDDING.
MY TWO BOYS KNEW WHAT WE GOING ON
AND THEY BOTH WALKED ME DOWN THE AISLE.
FOR THOSE FEW HOURS, I FELT VERY PROTECTED, VERY SPECIAL.
I REALLY HAD IT SET IN MY MIND THAT,
"MIKE, GIVE IT YOUR BEST SHOT.
"YOU CAN'T TAKE ME DOWN ANYMORE.
"I'VE FALLEN IN LOVE. I'VE GETTING MARRIED.
AND IT'S MY LIFE, NOT YOURS ANYMORE."
ALL OF OUR FRIENDS AND EVERYBODY STARTED CLAPPING.
AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO SAID IT,
BUT SAID, "OKAY, THE BAR'S OPEN.
LET'S GO. LET'S HAVE SOME FUN."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
JOHN: Judie, it's me.
HI, HONEY.
You've got to come home right now. Something is --
JOHN?
Something horrible here.
WHAT'S WRONG?
You got to come home right now.
SLOW DOWN. YOU'RE NOT MAKING ANY SENSE.
HE COULD NOT, FOR ANY REASON,
GET OUT EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING,
AND I WAS SCARED.
[ TIRES SCREECH, CAR DOOR SLAMS ]
JOHN, WHAT'S WRONG?
[ GASPS ]
I CAME IN THE FRONT DOOR AND THERE'S A DEAD CORAL SNAKE.
AND THE HEAD HAS BEEN CHOPPED OFF
AND IT'S BEEN SHAPED IN THE PLACE OF A HEART.
I KNEW DOWN DEEP INSIDE IN MY HEART
THAT MIKE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.
[ GASPING ]
TO ME, IT SIGNIFIED HIM SAYING,
"I STILL LOVE YOU AND I KNOW WHERE YOU ARE."
AND THAT SCARED THE HOLY CRAP OUT OF ME.
Narrator: JUDIE NOW RUNS AN ANTI-STALKING ORGANIZATION
CALLED "END STALKING IN AMERICA,"
WHICH HAS HELPED OVER 1,500 OTHER VICTIMS.
MIKE WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON IN 2013.
JUDIE DOESN'T KNOW WHERE HE IS TODAY.