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In mid 2014, John and Andrea Woods were busy packing up their possessions into moving

boxes.

After living at 6.57 Boulevard for the past 23 years, the time had come for the couple

to move on.

Located in the affluence suburb of Westfield, New Jersey, their striking six bedroom,

four bathroom, Dutch colonial style home was the perfect house to raise a family.

Potential buyers would be further encouraged by the area's tight-knit community and low

crime rate.

The woods hoped that the new owners would settle in quickly to the home they had loved.

In the days before they moved out, John and Andrea Woods received a letter.

After reading it herself, Andrea showed it to John.

He disregarded it, crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it in the trash.

The letter had been signed by someone claiming to be the watcher.

Derek Broadus stepped through the front door of 6.57 Boulevard.

His wife, Maria, had grown up in the suburb and that the two could think of nowhere better

to raise their three young children.

Although they had taken out a hefty mortgage on the nearly $1.4 million house, the Broadus'

couldn't be more excited.

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