When Samantha Stites, a bright college freshman, met Christopher Thomas in 2011, charm turned to obsession.
By the time she noticed, it was too late.
Inside his fixation
Stites, now 33, first met Christopher Thomas when they were both students. She described him as “awkward” at the time, but what followed was far more sinister: Thomas developed an obsession that would shape the next 13 years of her life.
Despite repeatedly rejecting his advances, Thomas pursued her with relentless messages and unwanted attention. In 2014, Stites obtained a six-year personal protection order (PPO) to keep him away.
But once the order expired, his harassment began again.
