She was not permitted to do anything without him. Patrick fed on her insecurities, cutting her down and making her second-guess her decisions, clothing choices, and whatever he could do to plant seeds of doubt to keep her with him. Over time as the relationship continued, PeggyвЂ™s behavior changed, according to Riddle. He and Peggy had only been dating a few months, but he didnвЂ™t want her spending time without him. In the days before Google searches, Patrick tracked Peggy down and made his way, uninvited, more than 1,500 miles from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to her parentsвЂ™ house in Poland. Warning alarms sounded for Riddle and the rest of the family when Patrick showed up for a вЂsurpriseвЂ™ visit at their parentвЂ™s home that New Years Eve. At that time she met and began dating a man named Patrick Kennedy. It was 1998 when her sister, Peggy Klinke moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico to attend medical school, leaving the small town of Poland, Ohio, to move across the country. Riddle went on to explain how she came to know so much about this crime. Due to these influences, stalking is a crime that often goes unreported. According to Riddle, often victims donвЂ™t think itвЂ™s serious enough, think police wouldnвЂ™t take it seriously, or that they donвЂ™t have enough proof. Facing social normalization on t-shirts and greeting cards with messages that equate stalking with love or even the Netflix series, вЂњYouвЂќ that romanticizes stalking. Why do they stalk? Ultimately, a stalker is seeking power and control over their victim.ДЄnd with technology, itвЂ™s easier to stalk - not just phone calls and voicemail, but text messages, gps tracking, and video surveillance. Riddle noted that the stalker broke into the womanвЂ™s vehicle to leave the cup on her dashboard to let her know he had found her. Riddle helped students вЂread between the linesвЂ™ of this seemingly innocent situation, explaining that the coffee cup was marked with a nickname used by a stalker and included his victimвЂ™s favorite drink. Riddle explained that stalkers use non-criminal behavior to induce fear, explaining that context is everything.ДЄs an example, she showed a photo featuring a cup of StarbuckвЂ™s coffee on a vehicle dashboard and asked students if that image made them afraid. According to Riddle, stalking is a pattern of behavior directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear. Garfield High School to shed light on the topic of stalking. Garrettsville вЂ“ Last week, nationally recognized victim advocate Debbie Riddle spoke to juniors and seniors at James A.

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