Randy Kessler

You know, Nancy, 50, almost 50% of all stalking happens during the course of a marriage, not necessarily afterwards.

So this stalking behavior probably started from the first date, first of all.

Secondly, there's gonna be a lot of behavioral evidence.

He probably made many attempts to contact her.

So there's going to be emails, letters, snail mail.

I think we're gonna find all sorts of things.

And in terms of the risk factors for violence,

Why now?

What pushed him over the edge?

Usually a demotion in stature and rejection.

So the fact that he was potentially had a lawsuit against him made him feel humiliated.

Well, think about kill kits when serial killers assemble the kit in preparation for finding victims.

The enjoyment he would have gotten is complete and utter power over her.

looking at the fear in her eyes, blotting her off the face of the earth so he doesn't have to think about her anymore, potentially killing her husband in front of her while she's still alive.

So he shows her who's really the boss in this situation.

And I think more importantly, a reversal of power.

He imagines she has power over him because she's moved on, but he's going to try to assert power over her, reverse power over her.

dynamic.

In my field, we call it triumphing over the love object.

He's triumphing over her every time he engraves that bullet.