Due to the graphic nature of this episode, listener discretion is advised.

This episode contains discussion of domestic violence, sexual assault, rape and murder

that some listeners may find disturbing.

Extreme caution is advised for listeners under 13.

At the evening of September 23rd, 2001, 33-year-old Derek Todd Lee walked down Stanford Avenue

in stoic concentration, around him university students rushed by, ready to party the night

away.

Countless young faces passed him, but Derek didn't care about them.

These people were nothing more than a distraction.

As the night progressed, he walked up and down the same block, waiting for the crowd to

thin out.

He watched as the lights went out in a neat row of houses, one by one.

Finally, after midnight, the street was quiet again, and Derek was alone.

He could begin.

Slowly, he made his way to a house he'd been watching for the last several weeks.

He was aching to find a way inside to get close to the woman who lived there.

At 4am, he decided to make his move.

Derek moved quietly towards the back door and gripped the door knob, but as he turned

it, an alarm blared.

Derek left backward in surprise, rushing back to his hiding place.

As he sat in the dark, catching his breath, he watched the bedroom light click on inside

the house.

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