Stalker in the Web

Based on a True Story (Marcus and Dave are not the real names) Copyright© 2021 Theresa (Tess) McCawe Marcus became a cybercriminal deliberately and in 1998, he became a killer by accident. Tess became the focal point for his madness and was snared in his web when she confronted him about stalking her. She could not understand how he kept turning up at the same places as her. She did not know that he had managed accounts setting up cloud based solutions and gained access to numerous networks. He frequently visited her isolated farmlet and watched her. She was sure that telling him she had been to the police would stop him, but the more fear he felt, the more he took risks and lashed out. Marcus held a senior role in a bank. He set up a fake employee called Dave and Tess did not know it, but he bought a house bordering the farmlet where she and her husband lived. Police never met with Tess because they decided she must be mental to be accusing someone so senior in a bank of stalking her. When Tess bought a new house for herself and her children, she did not know she was living so close to Marcus's house. He took control of her life, terrorizing her and frequently entered her home. He left messages on her phone from inside her house and from her desk at work. One day, Tess surprised him by coming home in a car she had taken for test drive. He had deactivated her alarm when he entered her house but when she left the house and reset it, he could not move without activating her alarm in multiple rooms to get out. Police did not care that Tess could prove she was elsewhere and someone was in her home. They said she was activating her own alarm. Police made Marcus their client and promised him in an email they would stop her getting a restraining order. After Tess complained, police put a red flag on her, labelling her mental. Marcus's world imploded in 2016. His son was arrested for drug importation. He lost his job in the bank, and he had to sell his properties. He spiraled into a world of drug dealing and crime, progressively travelling around New Zealand and living under false identities. He created an online image under his real identity and photoshopped out the distinguishing lump on his forehead. As Dave, he became an IT consultant and a director of a security company. He had unlimited access to information and buildings. His son went to prison in 2017, and he has raged against society and exacted his revenge ever since. Marcus needs to silence Tess because she knowns his real identity. Tess has CCTV of Marcus with weapons on him, in one case he can be seem making contact with Tess wearing a glove and holding a syringe. Police backdated and ignored her report. The Gaslit Series includes Stalker in the Web and Serial Killer Downunder.