Under those categories, dating acquaintances, roommates and ex-boyfriends would be considered strangers. Officer Hesalroad said the number of stalking cases affecting UT students is probably much higher than most officials believe. She said the 13 percent figure in the Justice Department report is too low, because college campuses are host to so many young women. It's like a cat moving into an aviary. The problem, Hesalroad said, is that potential offenders are not always easy to identify.
Most people think of a big shifty-eyed guy.
But the man's strange behavior escalated with time. Ann's neighbor said he saw the man standing near a box of electrical switches near Ann's rear window. On numerous occasions, he would urinate on her doormat at night. Then cigarette butts started disappearing from her ashtray near the front door. Every time I came out, there would be one or two missing, or all of them would be gone.