Michael Oakes

You know, she paid me, she wrote me a check, but it was just for my expenses. And it was a minimal amount of money. I don't even remember now what it was, but less than $1,000. So, I mean, it was minimal.

You know, she paid me, she wrote me a check, but it was just for my expenses. And it was a minimal amount of money. I don't even remember now what it was, but less than $1,000. So, I mean, it was minimal.

Mark Stover sought me out one day out of the blue and told me that I would do what he wanted. And from that point for almost six months, I lived in constant fear.

Mark Stover sought me out one day out of the blue and told me that I would do what he wanted. And from that point for almost six months, I lived in constant fear.

Very much so. Threatening? Constantly with me.

Very much so. Threatening? Constantly with me.

I think it was a weekday morning. I had just dropped my kids off at school.

I think it was a weekday morning. I had just dropped my kids off at school.

And went to the store. When I came out, he was standing by my car. And because I had done research for Linda Optics some months previously... I'd seen a picture of him. I immediately recognized him.

And went to the store. When I came out, he was standing by my car. And because I had done research for Linda Optics some months previously... I'd seen a picture of him. I immediately recognized him.

He's very icy, actually. He said that he had been listening to our calls and he knew all about me. And he knew that I was in a relationship with Linda. He said his wife. He didn't say his ex-wife. He said his wife. And he said that there was something of his that she wouldn't give back and that I was going to get it for him.

He's very icy, actually. He said that he had been listening to our calls and he knew all about me. And he knew that I was in a relationship with Linda. He said his wife. He didn't say his ex-wife. He said his wife. And he said that there was something of his that she wouldn't give back and that I was going to get it for him.

He said that Miss Opdyke would not give back their wedding photo albums. And he said I was going to get them back for him. And then he went on to... He went on to describe what my daughters were wearing that morning. What they'd worn to school. And there's no way he could have seen. What did you realize at that moment? He had been following us a whole time.

He said that Miss Opdyke would not give back their wedding photo albums. And he said I was going to get them back for him. And then he went on to... He went on to describe what my daughters were wearing that morning. What they'd worn to school. And there's no way he could have seen. What did you realize at that moment? He had been following us a whole time.

And he said that he told me the details of what they were wearing, their backpack colors, everything.

And he said that he told me the details of what they were wearing, their backpack colors, everything.

I'm not a confrontational person at all. That's not my mode. I felt very much off balance in that meeting. And I think it's one of those things where once I'm driving away thinking I should have said this or I should have done that, there was something about him that was chilling to me. And I felt, I kept trying to talk myself out of it. It can't be real. It can't be real. He has to be fooling.

I'm not a confrontational person at all. That's not my mode. I felt very much off balance in that meeting. And I think it's one of those things where once I'm driving away thinking I should have said this or I should have done that, there was something about him that was chilling to me. And I felt, I kept trying to talk myself out of it. It can't be real. It can't be real. He has to be fooling.

Well, I'm not a psychologist. I'm not a psychiatrist. It enraged him, I believe, in retrospect, that she chose not to continue the marriage with Mark Stover, to continue to do what he wanted, and yet she retained something that he felt was part of him.

Well, I'm not a psychologist. I'm not a psychiatrist. It enraged him, I believe, in retrospect, that she chose not to continue the marriage with Mark Stover, to continue to do what he wanted, and yet she retained something that he felt was part of him.