Stalked & Murdered by Her Own BF?! The Devastating Murder of Lilie James
True Crime with Kendall Rae
Mile Higher Media & Audioboom Studios
4.6 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
In October 2023, 21-year-old student Lillie James was killed by her ex-boyfriend, Paul Thijssen. He couldn't bear with the fact that she had just broken up with him, and he wanted revenge. Security cameras captured James going into their school bathroom with Thijssen following behind shortly after. She was never seen alive again, and Thijssen disposed of a hammer in a nearby garbage can.
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| 0:36.6 | Well, hello, everybody. If you are seeing this episode right now, that means that I either just had a baby or I'm about to have a baby. I'm sure I'll post something to social media, Instagram, if you want to check in on me and where I'm at. But this feels very strange. Hello from the past, really, because this is the earliest I've ever pre-recorded an episode. |
| 0:57.4 | I am recording this in February of 2025. |
| 1:01.1 | And there's a good chance that it has been a year since I've recorded this by the time you're |
| 1:07.9 | seeing it. |
| 1:08.4 | It is probably 2026 at this point. And I hope things are |
| 1:12.6 | good. How's the future? This feels so weird, I've got to say. But basically, I, at this point, |
| 1:22.3 | I am not pregnant right now and I want to have another baby, but I'm unsure of when that is going to happen, of course, |
| 1:28.8 | as you cannot plan these things. But I wanted to start pre-recording some episodes for you guys |
| 1:33.9 | while I'm on maternity leave so I can leave you with as much pre-recorded content as possible. |
| 1:38.7 | And I thought, why not start when I'm not pregnant and I'm not feeling, you know, pregnant and |
| 1:43.9 | awful because that's how it was |
| 1:46.0 | last time. So I thought I'd give myself a real head start. But yeah, all the content that you're |
| 1:51.6 | going to see for me during my maternity leave has obviously been pre-recorded. And I'm going to |
| 1:56.9 | try to do as much of it as I can so I can leave you guys with as many episodes as possible, |
| 2:00.9 | although I do know you guys understand and are very supportive of when I need to take time off |
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