5 Most Terrifying Stalkers Ever

Elite Facts Presents 5 most terrifying stalkers ever 5. Tatiana Tarasoff & Prosenjit Poddar Back in 1968, laws didn't exist to protect people from stalking and sadly Tatiana suffered the worst fate imaginable because of it. She met Prosenjit Poddar at a NYE party and they shared a kiss, this prompted him to believe they were madly in love and would live happy ever after. This wasn't the case for Tatiana and Prosenjit took it hard. In that summer, Tatiana went to visit Brazil and Prosenjit's spiral became greater. He went to visit a psychologist several times and at one appointment he admitted he was planning on killing her. The doctor was stuck as law prohibited her from sharing that info even it would save somebody. Dr. Moore believed Prosenjit was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and informed the campus police, but after police interviewed Prosenjit, they determined that he was not dangerous and decided to let him go. When Tatiana returned from Brazil, she was not informed about Prosenjit’s threats against her. On October 27, Prosenjit went to Tatiana’s house and shot her with a pellet gun before stabbing her 14 times. Prosenjit immediately turned himself in and was convicted of second-degree ***, but his conviction was overturned because the jury at his trial was not properly instructed. He was deported to India as a result. 4. In 2002, Collette Dwyer was living through a terrible nightmare. Dwyer became acquainted with Derrick Todd Lee, a customer who frequently hung around her place of employment. Lee soon developed an obsession with Dwyer Lee forced his way into her apartment and began arguing with her, telling her he was set to take care of her forever and love her eternally, she argued back and ended up calling the cops. Lee was charged with stalking and received probation, but soon went to prison for another unrelated crime. Two years later, Lee was released and started stalking Dwyer again. Not long after that, Dwyer heard about the *** of a Baton Rouge woman named Charlotte Murray Pace and became convinced Lee was responsible. She notified the police, who investigated Lee, but didn’t bother to take his DNA Dwyer contacted police again after the *** of a woman named Pam Kinamore, ultimately there were 7 women killed that met the same motive and method as Pace was. In May 2003, Lee was questioned for the *** of another woman and finally had his DNA taken. The DNA linked him to the murders of the seven women and he was nicknamed “The Baton Rouge Serial Killer.” Lee was sentenced to death for his crimes and currently sits on death row at Louisiana State Penitentiary 3. Priyadarshini Mattoo was attending Delhi University when she drew the attention of another student named Santosh Singh. Throughout 1995, Santosh spent the year constantly stalking and harassing Priyadarshini until she formally complained to the police. They provided her with a personal security officer, but this failed to dissuade Santosh. On January 23, 1996, Priyadarshini was murdered at her home in New Delhi. She had been *** and her face had been repeatedly beaten with a motorcycle helmet before she was strangled to death with a wire. A witness had seen Santosh entering the house shortly before her death, so he was arrested and charged with ***. Because of the way the case was mishandled, the judge in charge was forced to give a not guilty verdict despite remarking he believed he was the murderer. This verdict was eventually appealed to the Delhi High Court, and in 2006, the decision was reversed and Santosh was sentenced to death. In 2010, the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. 2. Rebecca Schaeffer was best known for her role on the sitcom My Sister Sam and her film career was starting to take off, as she was slated to audition for a role in The Godfather Part III. She had also drawn the attention of Robert John Bardo, an obsessed 19-year-old fan from Tucson, Arizona who had built a personal shrine to Schaeffer in his room. He sent numerous letters to Schaeffer and even made two attempts to visit her on the set of My Sister Sam. However, Bardo became horribly disappointed when he watched Schaeffer perform a sex scene in one of her films and decided she needed to be “punished.” He obtained Schaeffer’s home address through a private investigator and set forth to Los Angeles. Bardo buzzed Schaeffer's apartment and when she opened the door, Bardo pulled out a gun and shot her to death. Bardo returned to Tucson, but was quickly arrested after tipping off his sister about the ***. He wound up being charged with first-degree *** and received a life sentence. This tragedy would ultimately lead to the enactment of stronger anti-stalking laws in California. 1. Richard Farley was a veteran employee at a defense contractor in California when Laura Black was hired to work there, he instantly became obsessed with her. He constantly asked Black out and left her gifts, but she always turned him down.Over the next four years, Farley’s obsession with Black became very unsettling. He wrote her over 200 letters and showed up at her residence so frequently that she was forced to move several times. Black finally went to ESL’s human resources department to complain about Farley, who was ordered to attend counseling sessions and leave Black alone. However, Farley’s behavior became even more threatening and ESL finally let him go in May 1986.In spite of this, Farley’s harassment of Black did not come to an end and she would file a temporary restraining order against him Farley would continue to harass her and turned up at her house and would peer in through her windows at strange times of the day and night. The day before the harassment hearing Farley drove his motor home to the ESL parking lot. He had several different guns with him, along with over 1,000 rounds of ammunition. After shooting his first victim in the parking lot, Farley proceeded into the ESL building with all of his weapons and opened fire. Farley shot several employees before arriving at Black’s office and shooting her twice. Farley engaged the police in a five-hour standoff before he decided to surrender. While Black survived, a total of seven employees lost their lives and three more were wounded. He sits on death row awaiting his execution Don't forget to like us and subscribe For more Elite Facts