S1205: The Stalker part 5

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Javier Leiva

True Crime, Society & Culture, Technology

4.7 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The Stalker part 5 Claudia and David Rodriguez have five children, four of whom are adults, and most have severe medical or mental health issues. Two of their adult children are so disabled that the Rodriguezes have guardianship over them, meaning they have no rights. One child has undergone multiple surgeries, including spinal cord surgery, brain surgery, and stomach stoma surgery. The Rodriguez family has faced accusations from their daughter's neurologist, Dr. Grisman, accusing Claudia of having Munchausen by proxy, a disorder in which a caregiver intentionally causes or exaggerates the medical symptoms of someone in their care. Claudia vehemently denies these claims, stating that she is a mother who would do anything for her children and that others shouldn't judge her unless they have been in her shoes. Despite their claims of innocence, the authorities suspect that Rodriguez's oldest daughter, Logan, is the one sending the Stalking messages. However, Claudia and David say this is impossible as Logan was in a mental health facility without access to any devices when the Stalking started up again. In this podcast episode, we discuss this complex and confusing case that poses the question, who is behind these threatening messages? BINGE ALL 10-EPISODES Patreon Listen to the first 10 episodes. Plus...Get Member-only bonus episodes, t-shirts, stickers, and more. Support PRETEND on Patreon PRETEND+ on Apple Podcast Binge the entire season with ad-free episodes plus bonus interviews that didn't make it on the show Subscribe to PRETEND+ on Apple Podcast Follow Pretend on social media: Twitter TikTok YouTube PRETEND is consistently in the top True Crime Podcasts about con artists in U.S., UK, Canada, and Australia. It has been featured in the New York Times, the BBC, & New York Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Creative battle.
0:30.0	Just a warning before we begin today's episode, this is a multi-part series.
0:34.3	Start with part one, it will make a hell of a lot more sense.
0:37.2	Also, this episode contains explicit language, references to suicide, and child abuse.
0:43.1	So you've been learned.
0:47.6	Looking back, Dr. Griezmann says that she experienced prank calls in the past.
0:52.1	While working on calling the hospital, she would get random calls.
0:55.1	She didn't elaborate on the nature of the calls,
0:57.6	but said that she would pick up the phone every time.
1:00.3	She had to because she was on duty.
1:03.6	Dr. Griezmann says that she didn't make the connection
1:06.2	until the Instagram harassment started happening.
1:09.2	But could this be the same person?
1:13.9	The police informed Dr. Griezmann that the messages Claudia and David were receiving
1:18.1	appear to be coming from the Rodriguez's own house.
1:21.4	They asked her if she wanted to press charges, and Dr. Griezmann declined.
1:26.4	However, she said that if the harassment continues,
1:29.2	they would be open to prosecution.
1:31.5	As a result, the police closed the case, and coincidentally, the stockings stopped.
1:36.6	And for almost three months, there was peace, not a single message was sent.
1:42.4	But Claudia and David were certain that it was almost a matter of time before the stockings
1:47.1	started up again, and they were right.
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