ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — A judge threw out the remaining counts of a civil lawsuit filed by a New Jersey couple who said they were scared away from their home after receiving anonymous creepy letters from someone named "The Watcher." 
 
 Derek and Maria Broaddus had filed a lawsuit against the former owners of the Westfield home, saying they knew about the "The Watcher" before they sold them the home in 2014. 
 
 A Superior Court judge on Wednesday dismissed three counts of fraud, saying there's no evidence the former owners intentionally hid a letter they had received from "The Watcher," NJ.com reports . The judge said the couple dismissed the letter as odd, not threatening. 
 
 The judge also dismissed a countersuit that alleged the Broadduses were smearing the former owners' reputation by working with news outlets to publish their complaint. 
 
 The Broadduses say they received four creepy letters from "The Watcher," the most recent one earlier this year. 
 
 The writer seemed to claim ownership of the house, according to court records, and indicated that his father and grandfather had been observing the home since the 1920s. 
 
 The first letter welcomed the couple to the Broadduses to the neighborhood but asked: "Why are you here? I will find out." 
 
 They say the letters become steadily more disturbing, later asking: "Have they found what is in the walls yet? In time they will." 
 
 A spokesman for the Union County Prosecutor's Office says they continue to investigate the origin of the letters. No suspects have been publicly identified. 
 
 The Broadduses refused to move into the home after receiving the messages. It is back on the market for $1,125,000. 
 
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 Information from: NJ Advance Media. ||||| ELIZABETH -- A Superior Court judge on Wednesday dismissed the remaining counts of a civil lawsuit involving the infamous "Watcher" house, ending years of litigation about the Westfield home that gained international attention for its apparent stalker. 
 
 Judge Camille M. Kenny threw out three counts of fraud in the civil lawsuit that claimed the home's previous owners knew about an alleged stalker, who referred to himself in letters sent to the home as "The Watcher." The sellers, the suit claimed, maliciously withheld the information from the new owners out of fear they would lose the house sale. 
 
 The judge said she dismissed the counts because there was no evidence the former owners, John and Andrea Woods, intentionally hid a letter they received from "The Watcher" from the new owners, Maria and Derek Broaddus. 
 
 The Broaddus couple, who have three children, bought the old Dutch Colonial house on Boulevard for $1.35 million in June 2014. Within the first two weeks, they received three letters from a writer who called himself "The Watcher," claiming he had ownership and control of the house. 
 
 Days before the closing, the Woods received their first and only letter from "The Watcher." Andrea Woods said she found the letter to be odd, not threatening, and threw it out in the process of moving out of the home, the judge said. 
 
 In her reason for dismissing the counts, Kenny said sustaining the complaint would have put a burden on future sellers to speculate about what they need to disclose to buyers. Since the Woods, who lived in the home for 23 years, received just one letter from the apparent stalker, longtime owners would have consider disclosing one-time issues with a neighbor, such as a loud party. 
 
 "We'd be putting uncertainty in real estate law," she said. 
 
 Richard Kaplow, the Woods' lawyer, said the judge made the right decision because state law requires owners to disclose physical elements associated with a property, not an off-site social condition, such as undesirable neighbors. 
 
 Kenny also dismissed all four counts in a counter claim, in which the Woods asserted the Broaddus family was trying to smear their reputation by working with local, national and international news reporters to publish their complaint. There was no proof the Broaddus couple tried to harass the Woods by filing their suit, the judge said. 
 
 The letters received by the Broaddus family insulted rich people, described their children as young blood and accused the new owners of casting a spell on the house, Kenny said. The new owners, who never moved into the house, assumed the letters were written by someone who was "mentally unbalanced," the judge said. 
 
 The apparent stalker claimed he or she had the right of ownership of the house, according to court documents. The writer said his father and grandfather had been observing the home since the 1920s. 
 
 He also said he was upset with the Broaddus couple for making $100,000 renovations to the home, claiming they were destroying the structure that was built in 1905. 
 
 The first letter received by the new homeowners welcomed them to the neighborhood and asked, "Why are you here? I will find out." 
 
 As time went on, the letters became more disturbing. A subsequent letter contained references to what might be in the house's walls. 
 
 "Have they found what is in the walls yet? In time they will. I am pleased to know your names and the names now of the young blood you have brought to me," the letter read. 
 
 "Will the young bloods play in the basement. Who has the bedrooms facing the street? I'll know as soon as you move in. It will help me to know who is in which bedroom, then I can plan better," it continued. "All the windows and door in [the house] allow me to watch you and track you as you move through the house." 
 
 A spokesman for the Union County Prosecutor's Office said the investigation remains active. Authorities have not released information about any suspects in the case. 
 
 The six-bedroom home, which recently topped a list for the creepiest urban legend in New Jersey, is back on the market for $1,125,000. 
 
 The house is located about a mile away from downtown Westfield, an affluent suburb in Union County off exit 135 on the Garden State Parkway. 
 
 It is occupied by renters, who have also received a letter from "The Watcher." The house had three owners before the Broaddus family. 
 
 Staff writer Alex Napoliello contributed to this report. 
 
 Luke Nozicka may be reached at lnozicka@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @lukenozicka. 
 
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– The "Watcher" lawsuit battle between past and current owners is over, though a criminal investigation remains active in the creepy case involving a house with an apparent stalker. The story began in 2014, when Derek and Maria Broaddus bought a $1.35 million Dutch Colonial home in Westfield, NJ, from John and Andrea Woods. Days before the closing, the Woods received a letter from someone calling himself "The Watcher." It was the first such letter they had received and Andrea Woods didn't find it threatening. But within two weeks of buying the house, the Broadduses had received three letters from "The Watcher" claiming the house was under his ownership and control. Disturbed, they never moved in, and the house is currently occupied by renters and back on the market for $1.125 million. The Broadduses ultimately sued the Woods and the Woods countersued, but a judge has now thrown out both suits, NJ.com reports. In her ruling Wednesday, Superior Court Judge Camille M. Kenny threw out the remaining three counts in the Broadduses' suit against the Woods, fraud counts involving allegations that the Woods intentionally kept the letter they had received from "The Watcher" from their buyers. The judge said that there's no evidence the Woods purposely hid the letter, and that if she sustained the complaint, it would create "uncertainty in real estate law" as to whether future sellers would be required to disclose one-time issues not related to the house itself, like a loud party neighbors once threw. The local prosecutor's office continues to investigate the origin of the four letters the Broadduses have received, the AP reports.