Woman stalked for 17 years: ‘I don’t think it’s over’

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   >> we begin with justice for a woman who was harassed and stalked by a man for 19 years. we'll talk to her in a moment. first, adidi roy has the story. good morning.

   >> reporter: good morning, matt. the stalker was sentenced last week at the king county court. what makes the case unusual is according to the prosecutor the stalking lasted nearly two decades. he was an 8th grade misfit, awkward and troubled. # 13-year-old tracy lundeen, then student body vice president felt sorry for him. one day in the library she offered to help with his homework.

   >> casual conversation. nothing seemed out of the ordinary. when class was over for that period, left and went about my way.

   >> reporter: for mohl, the encounter was anything but casual. he followed tracy around school and kept it up the next year when they both went to high school . she asked him to stop but that led to phone calls and disturbing letters. in one he writes, my blood will stain your hands forever. tracy suffered through his harassment throughout high school , even after mowl was expell expelled. she and police went to police for a restraining order but he found ways around it.

   >> he was going to my previous employer, trying to find hi sister at her employer.

   >> reporter: in 2001 he was sentenced to eight years in prison for stalking but even that didn't stop him.

   >> at first it was writing to tracy , calling the house and then it was trying to get magazine subscriptions in her name and then it was trying to get other innamates to write.

   >> upon getting out went back to trying to track tracy down and found her through her sister jennifer on an old -- i believe it was my life or classmates.com account.

   >> reporter: prosecutors say he was determined and obsessive about tracy and her family.

   >> he wrote me a letter saying when he got out he had nowhere else to go and he wanted to come live with us and it would be better if tracy didn't have a boyfriend. that scared me.

   >> reporter: he kept after tracy even after his release. he was convicted and sentenced again, this time for 26 1/2 years.

   >> he absolutely tore the lundeen family's life apart.

   >> i would never have thought it would go on for as long as it has. just the fact that it has, it's not going to end.

   >> reporter: one of the unusual aspects of the case is that tracy barely knew sean before he became obsessed with her. ironically, if she had gone on a single date with him she would have had more legal ammunition with which to protect herself. matt?

   >> aditi, thank you. tracy is with us exclusively. good morning to you.

   >> good morning.

   >> i want to start by picking up on what aditi said. you barely knew this guy. had you gone on a date with him you would have had more legal ammuniti ammunition. why is that?

   >> they say it would have been around a domestic violence protection order. a stronger, tougher protection. i could have had if i would have gone on a date.

   >> ironic twist. 26 1/2 years, that's what he was sentenced to. how does it feel to know that?

   >> it feels really good. unfortunately i don't think it's over. he still writes letters from prison.

   >> even now during this time in prison he continues to try to contact you and your family.

   >> correct.

   >> it seems it's mostly been through letters that he's harassed you over the 19 years. did he ever do anything toward you or toward your family members that you would say was violent?

   >> the only the things he did, there was two instances, one where he let my sister know he was on his way to her employer and then there was another instance where he said he was on his way to her house.

   >> can you describe what it was like to live all those years knowing you had this man who was clearly obsessed with you and not fully understanding how far he would be willing to go?

   >> very frustrating. i never knew and i still don't know.

   >> how did you change your life? how did you change your daily routine because of this?

   >> my address is confidential. so that's hidden and private. my employer as well, any contact, any social media networks out there, everything is very private.

   >> you spent your time looking over your shoulder basically.

   >> yes.

   >> the amazing thing to me about the story. he went to prison the first time for more than eight years, got out. you said he was okay for about six months. and then knowing the consequence and the price he had already paid, he went back and did it again.

   >> he went toward my sister. he thought it was a different avenue a he could take without it being against the order i have against him.

   >> how has this affected your family? you talk about him contacting your sister. how do they react to this?

   >> horrible. she has young ones . the kids have to know about it. they have to be aware as well. just a sense of we can't really be open. everything for me is hidden.

   >> according to the prosecutors -- and this is frustrating -- you and your family for 19 years have done everything right. yet you still weren't able to stop this man from doing what he did to your family. how does that make you feel?

   >> frustrated. he just won't stop.

   >> there are probably people watching who are in a situation where they are uncomfortable with a relationship with someone. not sure how that person will react whether there is a borderline case of stalking occurring. what advice would you give to those people?

   >> don't give up. just stick to your guns . say no. keep saying no. keep going to any support you can -- family. in my case it was advocates through the city of -- through our cities. therefore, i just kept at it. i kept pushing and didn't stop.

   >> tracy lundeen, thanks for sharing your story. 36 after the

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