Michael Oakes

We were going to stay there and stayed at their vacation home.

We were going to stay there and stayed at their vacation home.

And I'm in line minding my own business and look across the way and I see Mr. Stover standing by the entrance to the store staring at me.

And I'm in line minding my own business and look across the way and I see Mr. Stover standing by the entrance to the store staring at me.

Very similar to the first time that I saw him. It's just a shock of recognition in a place you don't expect to see somebody.

Very similar to the first time that I saw him. It's just a shock of recognition in a place you don't expect to see somebody.

There's at least two reasons. One of them is I do know enough about protection to know that there's no way for me to... I mean, this is why the president has so many people that protects him from potential threats. One man cannot protect three children 24-7. And for any time that I could enrage or outrage Stover, it was putting a gun to the head of my children, in my opinion.

There's at least two reasons. One of them is I do know enough about protection to know that there's no way for me to... I mean, this is why the president has so many people that protects him from potential threats. One man cannot protect three children 24-7. And for any time that I could enrage or outrage Stover, it was putting a gun to the head of my children, in my opinion.

Absolutely. And I'm certainly not the first person to feel that way.

Absolutely. And I'm certainly not the first person to feel that way.

Mark Stover was remarkably sophisticated in some ways. He had managed to penetrate Linda's computer prior to meeting me. He managed to tap a phone. Finding us in Montana was impossible, and I took tremendous steps not to be followed, and yet there he was. How did he find us?

Mark Stover was remarkably sophisticated in some ways. He had managed to penetrate Linda's computer prior to meeting me. He managed to tap a phone. Finding us in Montana was impossible, and I took tremendous steps not to be followed, and yet there he was. How did he find us?

He was getting progressively less patient with me.

He was getting progressively less patient with me.

And the thought of just at any given one of these meetings that we had, just telling him, I'm done. Take a hike and don't come looking for me. And every time, the reality of knowing that there's no way I can keep my kids, myself, and Ms. Opdyke safe if he decides he's going to go for it pulled me back from that brink.

And the thought of just at any given one of these meetings that we had, just telling him, I'm done. Take a hike and don't come looking for me. And every time, the reality of knowing that there's no way I can keep my kids, myself, and Ms. Opdyke safe if he decides he's going to go for it pulled me back from that brink.

In my mistaken belief that I could appease or satisfy Mark Stover, I did become yet another person who was doing exactly what Mark Stover wanted.

In my mistaken belief that I could appease or satisfy Mark Stover, I did become yet another person who was doing exactly what Mark Stover wanted.

I kept thinking, if I can just, this is the one thing he wants that Linda Opdyke won't give him, and if she just gives him what he wants, he'll leave us alone.

I kept thinking, if I can just, this is the one thing he wants that Linda Opdyke won't give him, and if she just gives him what he wants, he'll leave us alone.