Woman Shares Her Relief To Finding Out Her Obsessive Stalker Has Died

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Jul 26, 2019 2:00 PM EDT

This is a terrifying story that could've ended very differently. And it's sad that it took her stalker's death for it to stop, and the only way she was able to experience relief and gain control of her life once more. 

Twitter user, @johnniejae, shared her terrifying experience as a teenager, having an a stalker. The encounter started innocently enough, at the library and just escalated from there.

Did you know that an estimated 15.2% of women (18.3 million women) have experienced a form of stalking during their lifetime that made them feel in fear for their lives? 

Additionally, an estimated 5.7% of men (or nearly 6.5 million men) have experienced stalking victimization during their lifetimes. And among female stalking victims, an estimated 60.8% were stalked by a former partner.

Pretty scary, wouldn't you say? 

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  • 01
    Text - Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury @johnniejae When I was 19, I had a stalker. I would go to the library almost every day to study and use the computers. I just left the library and I heard someone calling my name, I turned around and this white guy was running up to me, never saw this guy before 29.9K 6:22 PM - Jul 15, 2019 22.4K people are talking about this
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    Text - Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury @johnniejae Replying to @johnniejae Apparently, I had left my library card on the computer. I said thank you and turned to continue walking home when I noticed he was walking behind me, he started asking me questions, where I lived, why was I at the library so much, how old was . I answered vaguely to be polite. 1,853 6:26 PM - Jul 15, 2019 90 people are talking about this
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    Text - Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury @johnniejae Replying to @johnniejae He told me about him, he was 28, worked at the library, he was single, he watched me while I was at the library, occasionally followed me home, said I was the best part of his day & then he asked me out. I declined and said I forgot I had to stop at the bank across the street. 1,774 6:30 PM - Jul 15, 2019 79 people are talking about this
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    Text - Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury @johnniejae Replying to @johnniejae I ran across the street to the bank and hid in the bathroom for about 30min, occasionally looking out the door to make sure he didn't follow me and then I called my mom and asked her to pick me up cuz I was creeped and freaked out by this guy. 1,812 6:32 PM - Jul 15, 2019 71 people are talking about this
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    Text - Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury @johnniejae Replying to @johnniejae I had been going to the library almost every day for months and never saw this guy there, never noticed anyone following me while walking home. My mom picked me up and as we pulled out, I saw him sitting on a bench in the plaza and he waved as we drive off. 1,959 6:36 PM - Jul 15, 2019 82 people are talking about this
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    Text - Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury @johnniejae Replying to @johnniejae Making that first contact with me must have really emboldened him. I quit going to the library and after the third day of me not going, I started getting calls to the house from the library & I would see him hanging around the block where we lived. After about 2 weeks, it stopped 1,842 6:41 PM - Jul 15, 2019 74 people are talking about this
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    Text - Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury @johnniejae Replying to @johnniejae I started working at McDonald's and kind of forgot about this dude. A month goes by and all is good til I notice him in line. I take his order and he says it's good to see me and I try to hurry through the whole transaction, he gets his food, eat it & then just stays watching me 1,747 6:46 PM - Jul 15, 2019 65 people are talking about this
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    Text - Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury @johnniejae Replying to @johnniejae My shift ends and my dad always picked me up, so I left out the back entrance. Next day, he is back and does the same thing. He does this for about 4 days and I don't know what to do and I also don't know if I'm just being paranoid and dramatic. 1,797 6:53 PM - Jul 15, 2019 63 people are talking about this
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    Text - Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury @johnniejae Replying to @johnniejae I tried to ignore it. On the 5th day things escalated. He came in, ordered food, but he left & I thought okay I was being paranoid. Then I went to take some trash out with one of my co-workers & he was out by the dumpsters. He got all happy & said I knew you'd come out eventually 1,693 7:00 PM - Jul 15, 2019 71 people are talking about this
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    Text - Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury @johnniejae Replying to @johnniejae My co-worker got freaked out for me and was like Hey man, you can't be here, you need to leave. This dude squared up like he was going to fight my co- worker and then he just took off running. My co- worker asked if I knew him and I explained but I really downplayed it 1,804 7:04 PM - Jul 15, 2019 68 people are talking about this
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    Text - Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury @johnniejae Replying to @johnniejae Again, I didn't want to seem paranoid, dramatic or weak even. I didn't work the next two days cuz they were my days off and when I went back, I had gotten the closing shift, so I was happy thinking I wouldn't have to see that dude cuz I had been working the morning shift 1,711 7:07 PM - Jul 15, 2019 63 people are talking about this
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    Text - Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury @johnniejae Replying to @johnniejae Nope, I show up for my shift and when I walk in there is he. I run to the back, clock in and dread going up front. I get there and he's just standing behind the lines now just watching. My supervisor sees him just standing there & asks if he's been helped & he doesn't even answer 1,596 7:11 PM - Jul 15, 2019 59 people are talking about this
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    Text - Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury @johnniejae Replying to @johnniejae He just stands there. After about 10 minutes of him just standing there watching me, my supervisor asks if that's my boyfriend and then reminds me it is unprofessional for me to have visitors...she says this where he can hear and he starts smiling and just leaves. 1,587 7:14 PM - Jul 15, 2019 64 people are talking about this
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    Text - Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury @johnniejae Replying to @johnniejae After he's gone I pull my supervisor aside and tell her about this guy and this time I don't downplay & tell her that I am afraid of him and I don't know what to do. She apologizes for getting on to me and says they'll look out for me and handle it. 2,214 7:19 PM - Jul 15, 2019 66 people are talking about this
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    Text - Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury @johnniejae Replying to @johnniejae She also calls my parents and fills them in for me. That night after closing up, we're leaving and we discover when he left, he didn't really leave. He was sitting in the back by the dumpsters and when he saw us coming out, started walking towards us. 1,708 7:22 PM - Jul 15, 2019 66 people are talking about this
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    Text - Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury @johnniejae Replying to @johnniejae My supervisor tells him to stop and not come any closer or she'll call the cops, my dad sees him and gets out the car. This dude sees my dad and takes off. At this point I am terrified and embarrassed and feeling like maybe I did something to make him act this way. 1,959 7:25 PM - Jul 15, 2019 74 people are talking about this
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    Text - Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury @johnniejae Replying to @johnniejae The next day he was back and my supervisor called the cops. She filed a restraining order and I did too. Was that the end of it.... Nope. He started hanging out across the street, every day. Calling my house hanging around my block. 1,887 7:30 PM - Jul 15, 2019 75 people are talking about this
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    Text - Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury @johnniejae Replying to @johnniejae I called the library to file a complaint and make them aware of the restraining order, they fired him and barred him from the premises. He started showing up while I was in classes and thankfully security put a quick stop to that cuz he didn't have a student ID 2,034 7:37 PM - Jul 15, 2019 72 people are talking about this
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    Text - Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury @johnniejae Replying to @johnniejae It was like I couldn't escape this guy and I couldn't make sense of it because I couldn't figure out why me or how this was happening when the only conversation I ever had with this guy lasted no longer than maybe 5 minutes 1,880 7:42 PM - Jul 15, 2019 82 people are talking about this
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    Text - Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury @johnniejae Replying to @johnniejae This went on for about 4 months and then it just stopped. It was like he disappeared from the face of the Earth and he literally did. He was in a car accident and died, saw it in the paper and I had never felt more relieved in my life and that is horrible to say 4,596 7:53 PM - Jul 15, 2019 197 people are talking about this
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    Text - Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury @johnniejae Replying to @johnniejae But I spent months being terrified and it took me a long to stop feeling guilty, ashamed and afraid of everything. I didn't know this guy, I had one very brief conversation and somehow he felt entitled to me, he felt emboldened to terrorize me because I rejected him. 2,996 8:00 PM - Jul 15, 2019 173 people are talking about this
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    Text - Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury @johnniejae Replying to @johnniejae I am sharing my story because at 5 am this morning, I read where a 17 year old girl was brutally murdered because she rejected the advances of a man she met on Discord. google.com/amp/s/globalgr... CRIME SCERE CL C #RIPBianca: 17-Year-Old Girl Reportedly Murdered By Discord Stalker Who... https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx-gbWGBoWD/ UPDATE: July 16th 2:00 P.M. EST In an updated report the young woman and her killer hav
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    Text - Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury @johnniejae Replying to @johnniejae It breaks my heart because so many women have these stories, some of us are lucky to have survived them because so many don't. 3,674 8:19 PM - Jul 15, 2019 369 people are talking about this
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    Text - Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury @johnniejae Replying to @johnniejae I read about this young woman's death and it triggered everything I felt when I was 19, remember everything so clearly and even though now know it wasn't my fault, that I did nothing.... still wonder why. 2,565 8:23 PM - Jul 15, 2019 118 people are talking about this
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    Text - Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury @johnniejae Replying to @johnniejae This is also not the only incident. Indigenous women, Black Women, LGBTQIA2S people all experience this form of violence against women all the time & it is often ignored, overlooked until actual harm & death happens. twitter.com/johnniejae/sta... Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury @johnniejae This is all to real. I've had to have security around me at rallies....rallies where I wasn't even speaking due to threa
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    Text - London Lee @londo_lee Replying to @johnniejae Thank you so much for sharing. I'm sorry you had to endure such a horrifying experience. Keeping you and all others who have had and continue to experience this kind of harassment, in my thoughts and prayers. 1 10:30 PM - Jul 21, 2019 See London Lee 's other Tweets
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    Text - Jenna Anderson @heyitsjennalynn Replying to @johnniejae I had a stalker in my freshman year of college, and I lost my entire social life and gained a severe anxiety disorder because of it. Thank you so much for sharing your story and for making me feel a little less alone. 117 4:46 AM - Jul 18, 2019 See Jenna Anderson's other Tweets
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    Text - Noodlz @Noodlz09 Replying to @johnniejae Your story is absolutely frightening. I have a daughter and I worry so much. But thank you for sharing. I do my best to learn not just for her, but others as well. Stalker stories are way too common. 26 12:47 AM - Jul 16, 2019 See Noodlz's other Tweets
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    Text - ohmysweetsummerchild @inbtwn2wrlds Replying to @johnniejae @pachaponi I've known 4 women who had stalkers. It got to a point were for one friend we all knew her going anywhere alone was not an option. I'm glad this story ended with you being safe but its messed up it took him dying to stop. 53 10:03 AM - Jul 18, 2019 See ohmysweetsummerchild's other Tweets
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    Text - L @linetteilana Replying to @johnniejae When I was a little girl, my mom always told me to never wear shorts around men. She said to never sit with my legs opened, and to never make eye contact with them. Now as I'm older, it infuriates me how I actually HAVE to do those things for my own safety. 31 10:45 PM - Jul 18, 2019 See L's other Tweets
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