Web of Lies (2014–…): Season 3, Episode 10 - The Candyman - full transcript

A WOMAN GETS
A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE...

I WAS EXCITED.

I WAS LOOKING FORWARD
TO STARTING FRESH.

...AND FINDS NEW LOVE...

I FELT LIKE,
"WELL, THIS COULD BE POTENTIAL."

...ONLY TO FALL VICTIM

TO A STALKER
WITH A DEADLY SECRET...

YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS.

IT JUST DIDN'T SEEM NORMAL.

IT LITERALLY
GAVE ME CHILLS.

MY GOD!



...INTENT ON TURNING HER LIFE

INTO A TERRIFYING NIGHTMARE.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.

I WAS COMPLETELY BLINDSIDED.

I DON'T KNOW
WHO THIS MAN IS.

I DON'T THINK ANYONE REALIZES
HOW STRONG THEY ARE

TILL THEY'RE PUT
INTO A SITUATION LIKE THAT.

AND SOONER OR LATER,
SOMEBODY'S LUCK'S GONNA RUN OUT.

JUST PUT THE KNIFE DOWN.

SECOND GRADE TEACHER
CANDY WILLIAMS

HAS JUST MOVED TO GULFPORT
ON THE FLORIDA COAST.

SHE'S HAD A TOUGH COUPLE
OF YEARS

AFTER A BOUT WITH CANCER.

I WAS DIAGNOSED
WITH COLON CANCER, STAGE THREE.



PRETTY REMARKABLE THAT A WOMAN
THAT YOUNG HAD COLON CANCER.

I'D WENT THROUGH SURGERY,
HAD THE CANCER REMOVED,

DID EIGHT MONTHS
OF CHEMOTHERAPY.

SO I WAS VERY FORTUNATE
THAT I'M HERE TODAY.

CANDY MAKES THE MOVE TO FLORIDA

TO BE NEAR HER PARENTS.

HI, MOM.

RELAX. I'M FINE.

STOP WORRYING ABOUT ME.

WHEN CANDY HAD HER CANCER,
IT WAS DEVASTATING.

BUT SHE IS ONE
OF THE MOST COURAGEOUS PEOPLE.

BYE.

FLORIDA LOOKED
LIKE A GREAT PLACE TO BE --

SUNSHINE, BEACH.

IT FELT LIKE I WAS HOME
FROM THE MINUTE I GOT HERE.

I WAS JUST LOOKING FORWARD
TO STARTING FRESH.

CANDY HAS ALREADY
LANDED A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE

AND A GREAT TEACHING JOB.

BUT SOMETHING IS STILL MISSING.

WHEN I MOVED HERE, I THOUGHT,

"WELL, IT WOULD BE NICE
TO MEET A NICE GUY,

AND THAT WOULD KIND OF
COMPLETE THE PICTURE."

SO CANDY SIGNS UP
FOR A DATING WEBSITE,

HOPING TO MEET MR. RIGHT.

BUT CANDY STILL FEELS VULNERABLE
IN HER RECOVERY

AND DECIDES SHE'D HAVE
A TOUGH TIME

TRUSTING SOMEONE SHE MET ONLINE.

THREE MONTHS AFTER MOVING
TO FLORIDA,

CANDY HAS A CHANCE ENCOUNTER

THAT WILL CHANGE
HER LIFE FOREVER.

I WAS AT THE BEACH BY MYSELF.

AND THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN
LOOKING OVER AT ME.

HE WAS A PRETTY
GOOD-LOOKING GUY.

HE WAS ATTRACTIVE.

AND THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN,

THE FLORIDA STORMS
JUST POP OUT OF NOWHERE.

THE SKIES ARE TURNING DARK.

SO I DECIDED
TO GO INTO THE BEACH BAR.

HI.

I WOULD LOVE
A MARGARITA.

THEN THE NEXT THING
I KNOW,

THE GUY THAT WAS AT THE BEACH
STARTED UP A CONVERSATION.

FLORIDA GETS REALLY INTERESTING
THIS TIME OF YEAR.

YEAH.
I HEARD ABOUT THE STORMS.

THIS IS ACTUALLY
MY FIRST ONE.

- YEAH?
- YEAH.

HE STARTED TALKING,

AND WE SEEMED TO CHAT
QUITE A BIT.

MY NAME'S JOE.

- CANDY.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.

YOU TOO. THANK YOU.

AS CANDY CHATS WITH JOE COLLIER,

SHE LEARNS THE 37-YEAR-OLD

HAS ALSO JUST MOVED TO FLORIDA
FROM INDIANA

AFTER A DIFFICULT DIVORCE.

HE TOO WAS STARTING FRESH.

HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAD A SON.

- LOOK AT THAT FACE.
- AWW, HE'S CUTE.

- HE'S PRETTY AWESOME.
- YEAH.

THAT WAS THE HARDEST PART
ABOUT MOVING TO FLORIDA,

WAS THAT HE MISSED HIS SON.

LIFE'S FULL OF PROBLEMS,
RIGHT?

BUT ENOUGH ABOUT ME,
ENOUGH ABOUT MY PROBLEMS.

- HOW ABOUT YOU?
- UM...

WE JUST KIND OF SHARED
BRIEFLY OUR HISTORY.

- WHAT DO YOU DO?
- YEAH, I'M A TEACHER.

- GOOD FOR YOU.
- YEAH, I LOVE IT.

I TOLD HIM
THAT I TAUGHT SECOND GRADE

AND THAT I WAS RAISED ON A FARM.

HE WAS VERY SWEET,
COMPLIMENTED ME A LOT.

HE SEEMED LIKE A GREAT GUY.

I'D LIKE TO GET TO KNOW YOU
BETTER IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

- YEAH, OF COURSE.
- BYE.

THERE WAS DEFINITELY A KISS.

LITTLE SPARKS.

SEE YOU.

DEFINITELY, I FELT LIKE,

"WELL,
THIS COULD BE POTENTIAL."

I WAS EXCITED
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY

OF WHAT COULD BECOME.

JOE IS OFTEN
OUT OF TOWN FOR WORK

OR VISITING HIS 11-YEAR-OLD SON
IN INDIANA.

BUT HE'S IN CONSTANT TOUCH
OVER THE INTERNET.

OUR RELATIONSHIP JUST SEEMED
TO ESCALATE VERY QUICKLY.

WE JUST GOT ALONG SO WELL.

AND WE JUST SPENT
A LOT OF TIME ONLINE.

CANDY SHARES
EVERYTHING ABOUT HER PAST.

BUT JOE SEEMS CAGEY
ON THE SUBJECT OF HIS CHILDHOOD.

HE DIDN'T
MENTION ANYTHING REALLY

ABOUT WHERE HE LIVED
OR HIS FAMILY.

CANDY WONDERS
WHAT JOE IS HOLDING BACK.

IN THE BACK OF MY MIND,

I WAS BEING VERY CAUTIOUS
WITH MOVING FORWARD.

HAVE FUN.

THEN, JOE FINALLY SHARES

WHAT HE DIDN'T FEEL
HE COULD TELL HER IN PERSON.

HE TOLD ME THE SAD STORY

THAT HIS BIRTH MOTHER
PUT HIM UP FOR ADOPTION

WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER.

HE TELLS HER
THAT HE WAS ADOPTED

BY A LOVING AND CARING FAMILY.

BUT THEN, TRAGEDY STRUCK.

JOE SAYS THAT WHEN HE WAS 12,

A DRUNK DRIVER
PLOWED INTO THE FAMILY CAR.

JOE PULLED HIS ADOPTIVE MOTHER
OUT OF THE WRECKAGE,

BUT SHE DIED IN HIS ARMS.

HE'S NEVER FORGIVEN HIMSELF

FOR BEING UNABLE
TO SAVE HIS FATHER EITHER.

I FELT HORRIBLE.

I MEAN, I CAN'T IMAGINE
NOT HAVING MY PARENTS.

I KNOW THAT'S GOT TO BE
REALLY TOUGH AS A SMALL CHILD.

FIVE MONTHS AFTER
THEY FIRST MET ON THE BEACH,

JOE AND CANDY DECIDE
TO TAKE THEIR RELATIONSHIP

TO THE NEXT LEVEL
AND MOVE IN TOGETHER,

DESPITE CANDY'S MOTHER'S
DISCOMFORT.

I THOUGHT, "WELL, OKAY.
IT'S ALL RIGHT, I GUESS."

YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF
FROM THE OLD SCHOOL.

YOU GET MARRIED.

BUT SHE HAD FALLEN IN LOVE
WITH THIS MAN.

GOT SOME BREAKFAST
FOR YOU.

AWW, THAT'S GREAT.
THANK YOU.

YOU'RE UP EARLY.

MOVING IN TOGETHER,
IT FELT GOOD.

IT FELT RIGHT.

THE FACT
THAT HE WAS MARRIED PREVIOUSLY

AND HAD A SON,

THAT REALLY
WASN'T A PROBLEM TO ME

BECAUSE THEY WERE DIVORCED.

SO I DIDN'T HAVE
ANY CONCERN ABOUT THAT.

JOE HAS BEEN LIVING
WITH CANDY FOR THREE MONTHS

WHEN SHE NOTICES
SOMETHING STRANGE.

HEY, YOU KNOW
WHAT I JUST REALIZED?

YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED
A SINGLE PIECE OF MAIL.

YEAH.
HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.

I DO ALL MY STUFF ONLINE
ANYWAY.

I THOUGHT,
"WELL, OKAY, THAT COULD BE

'CAUSE, YOU KNOW,
IT'S THE ELECTRONIC AGE NOW."

SO I KIND OF JUST LET IT GO.

BUT A FEW DAYS LATER,

CANDY SPOTS SOMETHING
IN JOE'S TRUCK.

HE TOLD ME HE DIDN'T HAVE MAIL,

BUT YET HE HAS
A POST OFFICE BOX.

AND I'M LIKE,
"WELL, WHAT IS HE HIDING?"

I WAS FURIOUS.

I DON'T LIKE BEING LIED TO.

I FOUND YOUR MAIL, JOE.

I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED.

I FELT BETRAYED.

I CAN EXPLAIN THIS.

THIS IS MY EX-WIFE.

SHE KEEPS SENDING ME
THESE LETTERS.

SHE WANTS
TO GET BACK TOGETHER.

AND I DIDN'T WANT YOU
TO SEE THEM AND GET UPSET.

LOOK, I'M CHANGING MY ADDRESS
TO THIS HOUSE

AS SOON AS WE CAN.

OKAY? I LIVE HERE NOW.
I LOVE YOU.

YOU'VE BEEN LYING TO ME
FOR THREE MONTHS.

NOT LYING.
THIS IS THE PAST.

I PROMISE
NOT TO LIE AGAIN.

UNDERSTAND?

YOU'RE MY CANDY.

IT WAS A LITTLE ROUGH
FOR A MONTH OR SO.

BUT WE WORKED OUR WAY
THROUGH THAT,

AND THINGS WERE
ON A GOOD NOTE, I THINK.

CANDY AND JOE CELEBRATE
THEIR FIRST CHRISTMAS TOGETHER

WITH HER PARENTS.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.
THESE ARE FOR YOU.

NICE TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I FELT SORRY FOR HIM

BECAUSE AFTER HIS PARENTS
TRAGIC AUTO ACCIDENT,

HE HAD BEEN RAISED BY HIS AUNT,

WHO WASN'T
A LOVING PERSON AT ALL.

- FOR ME?
- YES.

ON ALL OF
HIS CHRISTMAS PRESENTS,

I WROTE, "LOVE, MOM."

"WELCOME TO THE FAMILY.
LOVE, MOM."

HIS EYES WATERED UP.

GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

AND HE GAVE ME A BIG HUG.

AND HE GOES, "NOBODY'S EVER
TREATED ME THIS WAY."

I THINK IT MEANT A LOT TO HIM
'CAUSE HIS PARENTS HAD DIED.

AND SO I REALLY THINK
THAT HE MISSED THAT,

AND THAT'S
WHAT HE REALLY WANTED.

I GOT YOU SOMETHING
A LITTLE EXTRA.

AS A SMALL KID,
I HAD A PET PIG.

HIS NAME WAS SCOOTER.
HE WAS REALLY CUTE.

AND YOU COULD SCRATCH HIS TUMMY,
AND HE'D ROLL OVER.

YOU LOVE PIGS.

JOE. I LOVE IT.

JOE KNEW THAT.

- LIKE THAT?
- YEAH.

LET ME PUT IT ON.

BUT DESPITE
HER MOTHER'S ACCEPTANCE,

CANDY'S FATHER
THINKS SOMETHING ABOUT JOE

ISN'T QUITE RIGHT.

MY DAD SAID THAT THERE WAS
SOME KIND OF A VIBE,

SOMETHING OFF ABOUT HIM.

AND HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

FROM THE VERY BEGINNING,
HE DIDN'T CARE FOR HIM.

HE SAID HE DIDN'T TRUST HIM,

DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY
THAT HE WATCHED CANDY.

HE SAID, LIKE, HE WATCHES
HER EVERY MOVE SHE MAKES.

CANDY BRUSHES ASIDE
HER FATHER'S CONCERNS.

YEAH, IT IS.
IT'S PERFECT.

SHE'S PERFECT.

FOUR MONTHS PASS.

EVERY DAY, CANDY LOOKS FORWARD
TO COMING HOME

TO THE MAN SHE LOVES.

I SEE POST-IT NOTES,

THOUSANDS OF THEM, EVERYWHERE.

I CAN'T DO THIS.
IT'S TOO HARD.

I CAN'T DO THIS.
IT'S TOO HARD.

I CAN'T DO THIS.
IT'S TOO HARD.

I CAN'T DO THIS.
IT'S TOO HARD.

I CAN'T DO THIS.
IT'S TOO HARD

I CAN'T DO THIS.
IT'S TOO HARD.

CANDY WILLIAMS HAS
FALLEN HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE...

I'D LIKE TO GET TO KNOW YOU
BETTER, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

YEAH, OF COURSE.

...WITH CHARMING DIVORCEE,
JOE COLLIER.

FOR THE SEVEN MONTHS
THEY'VE LIVED TOGETHER,

EXCEPT FOR JOE HIDING HIS MAIL,

THE RELATIONSHIP
HAS BEEN SMOOTH,

UNTIL SUDDENLY...

I CAN'T DO THIS.
IT'S TOO HARD.

AND NOW, HE'S DISAPPEARED.

I CAN'T DO THIS.
IT'S TOO HARD.

I CONTINUE TO WALK
THROUGH THE HOUSE,

AND THE POST-ITS
WERE EVERYWHERE.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK.
IT WAS CREEPY.

I CAN'T DO THIS.
IT'S TOO HARD.

IT WOULD'VE TAKEN HIM HOURS

TO WRITE ALL THOSE POST-IT NOTES
AND STICK THEM UP.

I WAS BEGINNING TO THINK
HE WAS A LITTLE CRAZY.

IT JUST DIDN'T SEEM NORMAL

FOR SOMEBODY TO WRITE
ALL THAT STUFF.

IT GAVE ME CHILLS.

DON'T LOOK FOR ME.

"DON'T LOOK FOR ME.

TO ME, IT LOOKED LIKE JOE
LOST A LITTLE TOUCH OF REALITY.

CANDY CALLS JOE...

We're sorry.

...BUT HIS NUMBER
HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED.

I JUST SAT THERE IN DISBELIEF.

I WAS COMPLETELY BLINDSIDED.

SHE WAS REALLY UPSET.

SHE WAS VERY HEARTBROKEN.

IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS
SINCE JOE DISAPPEARED.

BRUISED AND BETRAYED,

CANDY HAS TRIED TO MOVE
ON WITH HER LIFE.

BUT SHE HASN'T FOUND ANYONE
TO REPLACE JOE.

THEN, OUT OF THE BLUE,

SHE GETS A PHONE CALL

FROM A NUMBER
SHE DOESN'T RECOGNIZE.

HELLO.

HEY, CANDY.
IT'S JOE.

NO, NO.
DON'T HANG UP FOR A SECOND.

I JUST NEED TO EXPLAIN
SOMETHING TO YOU.

HE WAS JUST BEGGING ME TO,

YOU KNOW,
HAVE A CONVERSATION.

"LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.
I MADE A MISTAKE."

JOE BLAMES HIS STRANGE
BEHAVIOR ON HIS DIFFICULT CHILDHOOD.

BUT HE'S CHANGED,

AND NOW HE WANTS
A SECOND CHANCE.

FOR CANDY,
THAT'S OUT OF THE QUESTION.

THEN, JOE DROPS A BOMBSHELL.

MY BIRTH MOM FOUND ME.

I have met her
a couple of times.

AND I'M GONNA SEND YOU
A PICTURE OF HER.

CANDY WONDERS IF JOE
IS TELLING THE TRUTH

OR IF THIS IS JUST A RUSE
TO PULL HER BACK IN.

SHE'S HAVING THIS DINNER.

I- I WOULD JUST REALLY LIKE IT
IF YOU COULD COME.

I DON'T THINK SO.

I JUST WANT YOU
TO THINK ABOUT IT.

CANDY IS TORN.

JOE IS CLEARLY UNSTABLE.

BUT IF HE IS
TELLING THE TRUTH,

HE DESERVES SOMEONE
BY HIS SIDE...

HE REALLY HAD A ROUGH CHILDHOOD.

I WANTED TO BE
SUPPORTIVE OF HIM.

...EVEN IF JUST AS A FRIEND.

JOE PICKS UP CANDY
AT THE ATLANTA AIRPORT,

AND THEY STRAIGHT
TO A WEALTHY SUBURB

AND PULL UP IN FRONT
OF A IMPRESSIVE HOUSE.

A PERFECTLY POLISHED
COUPLE EMERGES.

- HI, JOE.
- HOW ARE YA?

THEY SEEM ALMOST
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.

- HI, CANDY.
- HI!

I JUST THOUGHT,
"SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT."

THAT WAS WEIGHING
IN THE BACK OF MY MIND.

CANDY WONDERS,

"COULD JOE HAVE ACTUALLY HIRED
LINDA AND HER HUSBAND?

IS THIS ALL A HOAX?"

IT'S IDEAL.
IT'S LIKE A DREAM FAMILY.

AS CANDY LOOKS AT
JOE, HIS FACE GROWS DARK.

I WAS STARTING TO GET WORRIED,

IT WAS, LIKE, REALLY WEIRD.

SORRY. EXCUSE ME.

THEN,
CANDY GETS A CALL FROM A BLOCKED NUMBER.

HELLO.

A WOMAN
IS ON THE OTHER END.

EVERYTHING JOE TOLD YOU
ABOUT HIS FAMILY IS A LIE.

SHE TELLS CANDY
TO GO HOME IMMEDIATELY...

I'M SORRY.
I HAVE TO GO.

...AND WAIT FOR HER
TO CALL AGAIN.

I WAS JUST KIND
OF IN A WHIRLWIND.

I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO FEEL
OR WHAT TO THINK.

BACK HOME
IN GULFPORT, FLORIDA...

...CANDY GETS THE CALL.

HELLO.

SHE INTRODUCES HERSELF
AS LEAH, JOE'S WIFE.

THAT'S WHEN SHE DROPPED
THE BOMBSHELL

THAT SHE WAS MARRIED TO HIM

AND THAT HE'S BEEN
COMING TO INDIANA,

SPENDING TIME
WITH HER AND HER SON.

THE WHOLE TIME
WE WERE LIVING TOGETHER,

HE WAS A LIAR AND A CHEATER.

I'M SORRY.
I-I DIDN'T KNOW.

FROM THE START,

CANDY'S WHOLE RELATIONSHIP
WITH JOE

HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A LIE.

AND WHO KNOWS WHAT THE TRUTH IS
ABOUT HIS PARENTS?

TRUST IS SO VERY IMPORTANT ME.

AND I REALLY FELT BETRAYED.

LATE THAT EVENING,
I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM JOE.

- Candy?
- HOW DARE YOU.

- LISTEN TO ME. JUST --
- Goodbye, Joe.

NO. DON'T -- DON'T --
DON'T HANG UP FOR A SECOND.

- I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU.
- YOU'RE A LIAR.

She said you're still
happily married.

LEAVE ME ALONE, JOE.
IT'S OVER.

SO MANY LIES.

HONESTLY, AT THAT MOMENT,
I WAS DONE.

CANDY IS STILL HURTING
FORM JOE'S LIES AND BETRAYAL

WHEN HER FATHER
HAS A HEART ATTACK.

IT WAS SEVERE ENOUGH

THAT WE HAD TO TURN OFF
HIS LIFE SUPPORT.

THAT WAS VERY TRAUMATIC TIME
FOR MY MOM AND FOR ME.

AND THERE WAS
JUST SO MUCH GOING ON.

I WAS VERY VULNERABLE
AT THAT TIME.

A MONTH AFTER THE FUNERAL...

CANDY COMES HOME

AND NOTICES SOMETHING
DEEPLY UNSETTLING.

CANDY'S HOUSE
STARTED BEING VANDALIZED.

FIRST TIME,
SHE CAME HOME FROM WORK,

AND HER AIR CONDITIONER
HAD BEEN BROKEN.

AND I THOUGHT,
"THAT'S JUST ODD."

MY DRYER WAS BROKE.
MY WASHER WAS BROKE.

MY CABLE LINE WAS CUT.

I MEAN, IT WENT ON
AND ON AND ON.

HI, MOM.

PART OF THE FENCE
HAS BEEN RIPPED OUT.

I THINK WHOEVER IT IS

WAS CLIMBING OVER THE BACK FENCE
AT NIGHT TO GET IN.

THE FOLLOWING MONTH,

A STRANGER
APPEARS ON CANDY'S PROPERTY.

I WAS OUT MOWING MY
GRASS, AND A GENTLEMAN CAME.

- HI.
- HEY, SEXY.

HE SAID
I HAD SET UP A DATE.

EXCUSE ME?

HE SAID
HOW HE HAD MET ME ONLINE

ON THIS ADULT SITE

AND THAT HE WAS COMING
TO TAKE ME OUT.

AND HE HAD BEEN TALKING TO ME
FOR PROBABLY A MONTH,

E- MAILING BACK
AND FORTH WITH ME.

I DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

- WE DON'T HAVE A DATE.
- THAT IS NOT ME.

I DON'T KNOW
WHERE YOU GOT THAT FROM,

BUT PLEASE
LEAVE MY PROPERTY.

HE GOT VERY AGITATED...

COME ON.
YOU PROMISED SEX.

...STARTED YELLING,

LIKE "I JUST DROVE
ALL THE WAY OVER HERE.

THIS IS JUST A GAME.
YOU'RE JUST PLAYING THIS GAME."

DO NOT TOUCH ME!

IT WAS ESCALATING QUICKLY.

I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW
WHAT TO DO.

YOU'RE A DIRTY SLUT.

TERRIFIED, CANDY HAILS
A PASSING POLICE CAR.

HE ASKED, "IS EVERYTHING OKAY?"

THIS MAN IS HARASSING ME.

- SHE'S A LIAR.
- I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS,

AND I DON'T KNOW
WHO THIS MAN IS.

THE POLICEMAN
BASICALLY TOLD HIM,

"YOU CAN EITHER GET
IN YOUR TRUCK AND LEAVE,

OR YOU CAN GO WITH ME."

SOMEONE IS
IMPERSONATING CANDY ONLINE...

...SOMEONE WHO'S DELIBERATELY
PUTTING HER IN DANGER.

THIS PERSON POSTED A
WEBSITE WITH HER INFORMATION,

HER ADDRESS, HER PHONE NUMBER,
WHERE SHE TAUGHT AT SCHOOL,

AND TALKED ABOUT HER BEING
A POLE DANCER,

AND IT JUST WENT
ON AND ON AND ON.

IT SAID I LIKE YOUNG BOYS,

AND THAT I'VE SLEPT
WITH MY STUDENT.

I MEAN, THAT'S MY CAREER.
THAT'S MY LIVELIHOOD.

I WAS FURIOUS.

MONTHS PASS.

JOE SEEMS TO HAVE DISAPPEARED
FROM CANDY'S LIFE.

THINGS RETURN TO NORMAL.

THEN ONE NIGHT...

CHEERS TO
WARM FLORIDA NIGHTS.

...CANDY GOES OUT FOR A DRINK

WITH THE OTHER TEACHERS
FROM SCHOOL.

I WENT, SOME OF MY FRIENDS
FOR A LITTLE HAPPY HOUR.

I WENT IN TO USE THE RESTROOM.

HI, CANDY.

- JOE?
- WAIT.

- I LOVE YOU.
- JOE, LET ME GO.

FLORIDA TEACHER
CANDY WILLIAMS

HASN'T HEARD FROM
HER TROUBLED EX-BOYFRIEND, JOE,

FOR MONTHS.

SHE HAS NO IDEA
OF HIS WHEREABOUTS.

UNTIL ONE NIGHT...

HI, CANDY.

JOE?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
- I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU.

I WANT YOU TO GIVE US
ANOTHER CHANCE?

I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU.
YOU UNDERSTAND ME?

CANDY,
I WANT YOU TO MARRY ME.

I'M NOT LEAVING
UNTIL YOU SAY YES.

JOE, I HAVE TO GO.

NO, NO, NO!

I WANT YOU TO GIVE ME
ANOTHER CHANCE.

PLEASE,
GIVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE.

JOE, YOU'RE SCARING ME.
LEAVE ME ALONE.

WAIT, WAIT.
I LOVE YOU!

DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?

LOOK!

LOOK!

- I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU DID THAT.
- READ IT!

HE HAD GOT A TATTOO
ON HIS FOREARM

THAT READ "CANDYMAN."

THAT'S ME.
DON'T YOU GET IT?

THE CANDYMAN NEVER
LETS HIS CANDY GO.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

HE PULLED OUT HIS KNIFE.

- YOU WANT ME TO CUT IT OFF?
- JOE, PLEASE.

HE'S WAVING THE KNIFE AROUND.

I DIDN'T KNOW
WHETHER HE WAS GONNA STAB ME

OR STAB HIMSELF.

PLEASE, JUST LET ME GO, JOE.

I'M GONNA CUT YOUR HEAD OFF,
PUT IT ON A STICK.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?

MY INSTINCTS SAID.
"JUST RUN. JUST GO."

CANDY, WAIT! CANDY!

I JUST YELLED AT MY FRIENDS,

"JOE'S HERE. I GOT TO GO."

HE JUST
PULLED A KNIFE ON ME.

WE HAVE TO GO.

I DROVE HOME,
RAN IN THE HOUSE,

I LOCKED THE DOOR.

I WAS JUST IN SHOCK.

MY PHONE RANG.

AND I PICKED IT UP,
AND SHE SAID...

HE JUST
PULLED A KNIFE ON ME.

I SAID,
"CALL THE POLICE."

I WAS TERRIFIED.

COME ON IN.

THE POLICE ASKED IF I WAS OKAY.

I WAS VERY SHAKEN, VERY UPSET.

I'M TELLING YOU,
HE'S GOING TO HURT ME.

CANDY WAS DEFINITELY
AFRAID FOR HER SAFETY.

SHE WAS
SEVERELY FRIGHTENED OF HIM

AND THE THINGS
THAT HE MAY DO.

YOU SHOULD FILE
FOR A RESTRAINING ORDER.

JOE WAS DEFINITELY NOT
LETTING GO OF HER.

HE WANTED TO MAINTAIN
HIS PRESENCE IN CANDY'S LIFE.

WHERE'S MY DAUGHTER?

HONEY, IT'S OKAY.

SHE WAS SCARED TO DEATH.

SHE REFUSED TO GO TO BED.

I BELIEVE HE WAS SOMEWHERE
AROUND WATCHING.

I GOT UP AT LIKE,
3:00 IN THE MORNING,

AND SHE WAS JUST SITTING THERE
WATCHING THE DOOR.

THAT'S HOW TERRIFIED SHE WAS

THAT HE WAS GONNA
COME THROUGH THE DOOR.

CANDY IS CONVINCED
THAT JOE IS STILL WATCHING,

POISED TO HURT HER.

NOW THAT SHE HAS SEEN
HIS DARK SIDE,

SHE KNOWS HE WILL NEVER STOP.

THE NEXT MORNING,
FOLLOWING POLICE ADVICE,

CANDY FILES
FOR A RESTRAINING ORDER.

BUT SHE'S WORRIED

THAT IT CAN'T REALLY
KEEP HER SAFE.

I HAD A PIECE OF PAPER
THAT SAID,

"YOU CAN'T COME NEAR ME,"
BUT HE WAS CRAZY.

WHEN SHE ARRIVES HOME,
HER FEARS ARE CONFIRMED.

THEY'RE E-MAILS FROM JOE.

THERE'S, LIKE, 30 OF THEM.

THE E-MAILS KEPT COMING,

AND THEY STARTED
TAKING A VIOLENT SPIN.

"I HOPE YOU DIE
IN A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT."

HE'D HAVE A LOVE ONE,
AND THEN HE'D HAVE A HATE ONE.

MY GOD.
I JUST WANT THIS ALL TO GO AWAY.

JOE WAS VERY OBSESSIVE
AT THIS POINT.

I WAS SCARED THAT HE WAS
GONNA DO SOMETHING CRAZY.

FOR 10 DAYS,
THE E-MAILS CONTINUE.

SHE WAS JUST TERRIFIED.

SHE, UM,
WASN'T HERSELF AT ALL.

SOMETIMES, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE
SHE WAS IN A TRANCE.

IT WAS JUST HORRIFYING.

I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT HE WAS GONNA DO.

THEN SUDDENLY, THEY STOP.

AS FAR AS CANDY KNOWS,
JOE'S NO LONGER FOLLOWING HER.

ONCE AGAIN,
HE VANISHES FROM HER LIFE.

- HEY.
- HEY.

- HOW ARE YOU?
- YEAH. I'M OKAY.

MUCH BETTER NOW.

EVERYTHING CALMED DOWN.

THINGS WERE GOING SMOOTHLY.

BUT FOUR WEEKS
AFTER THE STALKING E-MAILS,

OUT OF THE BLUE,
CANDY GETS ANOTHER MESSAGE.

THAT'S WEIRD.

IT'S FROM JOE'S WIFE,
LEAH.

AND SHE'S GOT
UPSETTING NEWS.

"DEAR, CANDY..."

MY GOD.

I WAS --

I MEAN,
I WAS SPEECHLESS.

I DIDN'T -- I DIDN'T REALLY
KNOW WHAT TO THINK.

IF JOE ACTUALLY
COMMITTED SUICIDE,

THEN CANDY CAN FINALLY RETURN
TO A NORMAL LIFE.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

BUT SHE NEEDS TO BE SURE.

I E-MAILED BACK,
AND I ASKED HER,

"WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?

ARE YOU SURE?"

JUST QUESTIONING.

I NEVER GOT ANY RESPONSE
FROM HER.

CANDY HAS NO REASON TO
THINK THAT LEAH WOULD LIE TO HER.

AFTER ALL, SHE WAS THE ONE

WHO TOLD CANDY THE TRUTH
ABOUT JOE STILL BEING MARRIED.

IT WAS JUST A MOMENT OF RELIEF

THAT IT WAS ALL GONNA STOP.

FINALLY...

WHAT DOES THE WORD FRIEND
MEAN TO YOU?

...CANDY CAN FOCUS ON
THE JOB SHE LOVES.

AT WORK, IT WAS GREAT.

I FELT SAFE,
AND THAT'S WHERE I WANTED TO BE.

THREE MONTHS LATER...

ONE DAY, I WENT TO THE
OFFICE, AND THERE WAS A BOX FOR ME.

MY GOD.

INSIDE THE BOX
WAS A DEAD PIG.

TO ME,
THAT WAS A MESSAGE THAT,

BASICALLY,
I'M GONNA KILL YOU.

CANDY TELLS HER PRINCIPAL,

WHO IMMEDIATELY
CALLS THE POLICE.

HELLO.

IF JOE'S DEAD,
THEN WHO COULD POSSIBLY BE

BEHIND THIS DARK, TWISTED
THREAT?

THE ONLY PERSON
I CAN THINK OF IS JOE,

BUT HIS WIFE TOLD ME
THAT HE KILLED HIMSELF.

COULD HIS WIFE BE LYING?

NOT KNOWING
WHO WAS TELLING THE TRUTH

AND WHOM SHE CAN TRUST,

CANDY DECIDES TO GIVE

JOE'S SUPPOSED BIRTH MOTHER,
LINDA, A CALL.

CANDY?

HI, LINDA. HOW ARE YOU?

This might sound really weird,

BUT IS JOE DEAD?

NO, JOE ISN'T DEAD.

WHAT LINDA SAYS NEXT
MAKES CANDY'S BLOOD RUN COLD.

SHE'S LIKE,
"WE HAVEN'T TALKED TO HIM

SINCE WE FOUND OUT
ABOUT THE MURDERS."

I WANT YOU TO GIVE US
ANOTHER CHANCE.

THREE MONTHS AFTER
SHE HEARS ABOUT HIS SUICIDE,

CANDY WILLIAMS IS TOLD
THAT JOE COLLIER,

HER STALKER EX-BOYFRIEND,

IS STILL ALIVE.

AND JOE'S CAMPAIGN OF TERROR
IS BACK...

- YOU WANT ME TO CUT IT OFF?
- JOE.

...IN FULL SWING.

MY GOD!

NOW, JOE'S BIRTH MOTHER,
LINDA,

CLAIMS THAT JOE HAS A PAST

MORE HORRIFYING THAN CANDY
COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED.

SHE SAID, "WE HAVEN'T TALKED
TO HIM IN OVER A YEAR,

SINCE WE FOUND OUT
ABOUT THE MURDERS."

WHAT?

I'M SORRY,
BUT YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS.

LINDA SAYS THAT JOE
MADE HER FEEL UNEASY

WITH CONSTANT LIES
AND SUDDENLY DISAPPEARING,

SO SHE HIRED
A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR,

WHOSE REPORT SENT HER
INTO A TAILSPIN.

Joe's adoptive parents
didn't die in a car crash.

SHE SAID "JOE'S REAL NAME,
IT WAS PETER ZIMMER,"

AND THAT I SHOULD
GO LOOK IT UP ONLINE,

AND YOU CAN READ
ALL ABOUT IT.

CANDY TYPES
IN THE NAME PETER ZIMMER.

IMMEDIATELY, A HOST OF WEBSITES
OFFER UP THE TERRIBLE TRUTH.

REPORTS FROM 1983
REVEAL THE REAL STORY

BEHIND JOE COLLIER'S
SECRET IDENTITY.

MY GOD.

AT THAT MOMENT,
I WAS COMPLETELY SPEECHLESS.

WHEN SHERIFF DEPUTIES
FROM MINERAL POINT, WISCONSIN

DROVE DOWN
AN ISOLATED COUNTRY ROAD,

THEY CAME UPON
A GRUESOME DISCOVERY.

JOE WAITED TILL HIS FATHER
CAME HOME FROM WORK.

AND WHEN HIS DAD CAME HOME,
JOE SHOT AND KILLED HIM.

JOE THEN STABBED
HIS ADOPTIVE MOTHER 15 TIMES

BEFORE DRAGGING
HER BODY TO A SHED.

HE HAD A 10-YEAR-OLD
LITTLE BROTHER THAT WAS HIDING,

AND HE HAD DRUG HIM
OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE BED

AND THEN STABBED HIM.

HE STABBED
HIS YOUNG BROTHER 25 TIMES.

THEN TOOK THEIR CAR
AND THEIR CREDIT CARDS

AND WENT ON A JOY RIDE.

HE'S A MONSTER.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.

HE WAS A PSYCHOPATH.

IF YOU CAN DO
THAT TO YOUR FAMILY,

I MEAN,
YOUR 10-YEAR-OLD BROTHER...

I MEAN, HOW INNOCENT
IS A 10-YEAR-OLD BOY?

I WAS IN COMPLETE SHOCK.

IT WOULD APPEAR AT THIS POINT

THAT THE MAIN SUSPECT
OF THIS HEINOUS CRIME

IS NONE OTHER PETER ZIMMER.

HE SLEPT NEXT TO ME,

AND HE'S CAPABLE OF DOING
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

14-YEAR-OLD PETER WAS
SENTENCED TO JUST 31/2 YEARS

IN A JUVENILE FACILITY.

BASICALLY,
HE GOT A SLAP ON THE WRIST

FOR THE MURDERS OF HIS FAMILY.

AND THEN ON HIS 18th BIRTHDAY,
HE WAS RELEASED.

HE CHANGED HIS NAME
WHEN HE GOT OUT TO JOE COLLIER,

STARTED A NEW LIFE.

I THOUGHT THAT,

"HE CAN DO THIS
TO HIS OWN FAMILY,

HE COULD DO IT TO ME
IN A HEARTBEAT."

CANDY IS CONVINCED
JOE IS WATCHING THE HOUSE.

I NEEDED TO BE WORRIED.

SOMEBODY DOESN'T GO
FROM MURDERING THREE PEOPLE

TO BECOMING A NORMAL CITIZEN

AND ESPECIALLY WITHOUT ANY KIND
OF PSYCHOLOGICAL CARE.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE CRAZY ENOUGH
TO DO IT THEN,

AND YOU HAVE NO HELP IN BETWEEN,

WHO SAYS YOU'RE NOT
GONNA DO IT AGAIN?

I THINK I SAT IN THAT SAME
SPOT IN MY LIVING ROOM IN SHOCK.

THAT NIGHT,

CANDY HEARS FOOTSTEPS
APPROACHING.

I WAS SO TERRIFIED.

I KEPT THINKING,
I WAS THE NEXT VICTIM.

IN HER PANIC,
SHE FORGOT TO LOCK THE DOOR.

THE INTRUDER IS CLOSING IN.

SHE HAS NOWHERE TO RUN,
AND SHE'S ALONE.

MY GOD.
MOM, IT'S YOU.

ARE YOU OKAY?
WHAT'S WRONG?

I'M SO SCARED, MOM.
I JUST WISH DAD WAS HERE.

AND MY HUSBAND, BY NO MEANS,
WAS A VIOLENT PERSON.

BUT I DON'T --
I DON'T THINK

HE WOULD'VE LET IT
GO ON THIS FAR.

SOMETHING --
HE WOULD'VE DONE SOMETHING.

WE SAT IN DREAD TO SEE
WHAT JOE WOULD DO NEXT.

THE MORNING AFTER CANDY
LEARNS OF JOE'S MURDEROUS PAST...

I GOT IN MY CAR,

AND I DROVE BACK TO
THE GULFPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IN LIGHT OF
ALL THIS NEW INFORMATION,

I THOUGHT, "WELL,
THEY CAN DO SOMETHING NOW."

I PUT THIS FILE TOGETHER.

ALL THIS INFORMATION
SHOWS THAT HE IS A KILLER.

I THINK, AT FIRST,

THEY THOUGHT THAT
IT JUST SEEMED FAR-FETCHED,

LIKE, "WHAT?"

ALL RIGHT.
YOU KNOW WHAT?

GIVE US A FEW HOURS.
WE'RE GONNA LOOK OVER THIS.

THE POLICE ASK CANDY TO
WAIT WHILE THEY CHECK HER FINDINGS.

HE DID GET AWAY WITH MURDER,

AND HE PROBABLY THOUGHT
HE COULD AWAY

WITH JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.

AS CANDY WAITS,
SHE IS HAUNTED BY IMAGES OF JOE

AND HIS CAMPAIGN OF TERROR.

FIVE MONTHS AGO,

WHEN THE DETECTIVES ORIGINALLY
RAN THE NAME JOE COLLIER

THROUGH
THE NATIONAL CRIME DATABASE,

THEY FOUND NOTHING.

BUT NOW THAT THEY KNOW
HIS REAL IDENTITY...

I WAS JUST APPALLED.

I MEAN, APPALLED
IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

AS AN INVESTIGATOR,

YOU'RE DEFINITELY CONCERNED
FOR CANDY'S SAFETY.

I'VE NEVER DEALT
WITH A STALKING CASE

WHERE THERE'S BEEN SUCH
A LEGITIMATE THREAT OF VIOLENCE,

SEVERE VIOLENCE,
IN MY CAREER.

CANDY.

CANDY EXPECTS
THE POLICE TO TAKE ACTION.

AFTER ALL, HER LIFE
IS IN DANGER.

SO WHAT THEY TELL HER NEXT
SENDS HER REELING.

HE HAS SERVED HIS SENTENCE
FOR THIS CRIME.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

THE POLICE TELL CANDY

THAT UNLESS JOE VIOLATES
HIS RESTRAINING ORDER,

THEY ARE POWERLESS.

THEY COULDN'T JUST GO OUT
AND ARREST HIM

BECAUSE HE HADN'T DONE ANYTHING.

HE HAD CROSSED THAT LINE YET.

EVEN WITH A RESTRAINING ORDER,
IT'S A FINE LINE

BEFORE THEY CAN ACTUALLY
PHYSICALLY DO ANYTHING

LIKE ARREST HIM OR, YOU KNOW,
TAKE HIM IN FOR QUESTIONING.

YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
OKAY?

I'M SCARED FOR MY LIFE.

HE'S CRAZY.

I HAD A PIECE OF PAPER
THAT SAID,

"YOU CAN'T COME NEAR ME,"
BUT HE WASN'T FOLLOWING IT.

HE WAS DEFINITELY
NOT GONNA STOP.

AS THE WEEKS PASS,

CANDY BECOMES MORE AND MORE
AWARE OF JOE'S PRESENCE.

AND SINCE POLICE
CAN'T PROTECT HER,

SHE KNOWS SHE'S ON HER OWN.

CANDY'S CONVINCED THAT JOE
IS WATCHING HER EVERY MOVE.

SHE EVEN WONDERED IF
HE HAD PUT A G.P.S. ON HER CAR

BECAUSE THERE WERE SEVERAL TIMES
WE WOULD GO SOMEWHERE,

AND ALL AT ONCE,
HE WOULD SHOW UP.

HE WOULD NEVER BE CLOSE TO US,

BUT YOU WOULD SEE HIM
IN THE DISTANCE.

WE DID FEEL POWERLESS.

IT WAS LIKE THERE WAS NOTHING
WE COULD DO.

YOU DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU'D BE
ON YOUR WAY TO WORK

AND STEP OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR
AND SOMEBODY STAB YOU.

FOR CANDY,
THE NIGHTMARE IS 24/7.

THE NIGHTS ARE THE WORST.

SHE IS PLAGUED BY CONSTANT,
UNTRACEABLE CALLS.

HELLO?

HELLO?

I DEFINITELY THOUGHT HE
WAS GOING TO KILL ME, FOR SURE.

KEPT THINKING,
"WELL, WHAT'S THE END SOLUTION?

YOU KNOW, ME DEAD?"

SHE STARTED CRYING.

SHE GOES, "HE'S NEVER
GONNA LEAVE ME ALONE. NEVER."

IT WAS LIKE LIVING A NIGHTMARE.

AND IT JUST SEEMED CRAZY TO ME

THAT SOMEONE COULD DO THIS
TO ANOTHER PERSON LEGALLY.

THERE WAS NOTHING
THAT YOU COULD DO ABOUT IT.

AND IT WAS DEVASTATING
TO WORRY ABOUT HER,

WHETHER ONE OF THESE DAYS
I WOULD GET A PHONE CALL

THAT THEY'D FOUND HER DEAD.

AND THIS WENT ON FOR A WHILE.

AND I TOLD HER THAT,
"WE'RE GONNA GO BUY US A GUN."

AND I LEARNED HOW TO SHOOT IT,

AND I WAS READY,
I WAS PREPARED.

POLICE HAVE TOLD CANDY WILLIAMS

THEY ARE POWERLESS
TO ARREST HER EX-BOYFRIEND,

WHO'S BEEN STALKING HER
FOR OVER A YEAR NOW.

HI, CANDY.

CANDY AND HER MOTHER
ARM THEMSELVES

AND PREPARE FOR THE WORST.

I WOULD'VE SHOT HIM
IN A HEARTBEAT

IF HE WOULD'VE
CAME TO MY HOUSE.

THERE'S NO DOUBT
ABOUT THAT.

I DEFINITELY THOUGHT
HE WAS GONNA KILL ME, FOR SURE.

CANDY HAS GIVEN UP ALL
HOPE OF BEING FREE OF JOE COLLIER.

HI.

THEN, OUT OF THE BLUE,
SHE GETS A CALL.

IT'S FROM
THE FLORIDA STATE ATTORNEY'S

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT.

SHE WAS JUST BLOWN AWAY.

SHE COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT
THIS PERSON HAD DONE ALL THIS.

WHAT WAS OCCURRING
TO MS. WILLIAMS

IS EVERYBODY'S
WORST NIGHTMARE.

YOU JUST NEVER KNOW
WHO YOU'RE GOING OUT WITH.

YOU THINK THAT HERE'S A PERSON

THAT SEEMS NORMAL
WHEN YOU MEET THEM,

AND LITTLE DO YOU KNOW

THAT HE'S KILLED
THREE PEOPLE IN HIS PAST.

THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
UNIT GETS JOE'S CHARGE BUMPED UP

TO AGGRAVATED STALKING,
A FELONY.

NOW POLICE HAVE THE POWER
TO ARREST HIM,

BUT THEY'VE GOT
TO FIND HIM FIRST.

NOW THAT SHE HAD
THE WARRANT ISSUED,

IT WAS KIND OF GAME ON.

WE WERE GIVEN THE POWER
TO GO OUT AND FIND HIM.

SO WE ENLISTED THE HELP
FROM U.S. MARSHALS.

THE U.S. MARSHALS
NEED TO TAKE JOE INTO CUSTODY

BEFORE HE CAN HURT CANDY.

BUT IN INCREASINGLY
THREATENING E-MAILS...

...JOE MAKES IT CLEAR
THAT HE INTENDS TO WIN

THIS DEADLY GAME
OF CAT AND MOUSE.

THINGS ESCALATED,
AND HE WASN'T LAYING OFF.

IT SEEMED TO GET
CRAZIER AND CRAZIER.

IT JUST TURNED EVIL.

IT JUST GOT WORSE
AND WORSE AND WORSE.

IT'S A RACE AGAINST TIME.

WILL THE POLICE FIND JOE
BEFORE HE CAN FIND CANDY?

IT NEVER STOPPED.

EVERY DAY, IT WAS SOMETHING.

I'm coming.

IT WAS JUST HORRIFYING.

I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT HE WAS GONNA DO.

IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS
SITUATION.

BUT JOE DIDN'T
COUNT ON HIS VIOLENT E-MAILS

LEAVING A CYBER FOOTPRINT.

U.S. MARSHALS TRACED
THE I.P. ADDRESS

TO A MOTEL
IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

THEY CATCH JOE BY SURPRISE
AND TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY.

I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!

RIGHT AFTER HE'S ARRESTED,

THE POLICE GO TO CANDY'S SCHOOL
TO TELL HER THE NEWS.

WE HAVE SOME NEWS.

WHAT IS IT?

THE DETECTIVE SAID,
"WELL, WE GOT HIM."

REALLY?

I JUST FELT
LIKE A THOUSAND POUNDS

WERE JUST, LIKE,
LIFTED OFF MY SHOULDERS.

FINALLY, IT'S --
YOU KNOW, IT'S OVER.

I CRIED,
AND THEN MY KIDS CAME IN.

AND THEY'RE --
"ARE YOU OKAY?"

AND I'M LIKE,
"NO. I'M FABULOUS!

THESE ARE HAPPY TEARS, YOU KNOW.
THESE ARE HAPPY TEARS."

AND I MADE
THE PHONE CALL TO MY MOM

AND I TOLD HER,
"YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE HIM.

IT'S NOT OVER-OVER.

BUT AT LEAST
I CAN SLEEP THE NIGHT,

KNOWING THAT HE'S LOCKED UP

AND HE CAN'T GET
TO ANY OF US ANYMORE."

SO, IT WAS A --
IT WAS A GOOD FEELING.

IT APPEARS THAT LAW
ENFORCEMENT CAPTURED JOE JUST IN TIME.

HE WAS ON HIS WAY
TO CANDY'S SCHOOL IN FLORIDA.

AND THIS TIME, HE HAD A GUN.

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER TWO DAYS,

OR IF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
MAYBE SAID,

"WELL, LET ME THINK ABOUT IT
A COUPLE OF DAYS,"

YOU KNOW,
I COULD NOT BE SITTING HERE.

THIS MIGHT BE
A WHOLE 'NOTHER STORY

THAT WE'RE TELLING TODAY.

IN MAY 2010,
JOE IS EXTRADITED TO FLORIDA

AND TRIED
FOR AGGRAVATED STALKING.

HE'S CONVICTED AND RECEIVES
A 3-1/2-YEAR SENTENCE.

I FELT STRONG.
LIKE, I STOOD UP FOR MYSELF.

AND I DID EVERYTHING
THAT I COULD DO, AND IT WORKED.

IT PAID OFF.

BUT THEN, YOU KNOW,
THE OTHER ASPECT OF ME,

I STILL FELT FEAR.

YOU KNOW,
I WAS STILL SCARED OF,

YOU KNOW,
HE SERVES 31/2 YEARS,

AND THEN HE'S RELEASED.

A MONTH BEFORE
HE WAS TO BE RELEASED,

WE WERE KIND OF
ON A COUNTDOWN.

CANDY ACTUALLY IT
WRITTEN ON A CALENDAR,

HIS RELEASE DATE.

THIS PERSON TOLD US

THAT HE HAD BEEN AT THE BEACH
SEVERAL TIMES LOOKING FOR HER.

IN NOVEMBER 2013,

JOE SETS HIS EYES
ON A NEW TARGET.

HE IS ARRESTED
IN WACO, TEXAS

FOR HARASSING TWO WOMEN.

HE SERVES ONLY A SHORT SENTENCE.

ONCE AGAIN, JOE IS FREE.

I DON'T THINK HE'LL EVER
STOP STALKING PEOPLE.

IT'S JUST GONNA CARRY ON.

IT IS GONNA CARRY ON
TO SOMEBODY ELSE.

AND SOONER OR LATER,
SOMEBODY'S LUCK'S GONNA RUN OUT.

AND HE'S GONNA SNAP,
AND HE'S GONNA HURT SOMEBODY,

IF NOT KILL THEM.

MY SENTENCE IS LIFE.

'CAUSE HE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE
OUT THERE SOMEWHERE.

AND I DON'T WANT TO KNOW
WHERE HE IS,

BUT THERE'S ALWAYS THAT CHANCE
THAT HE COULD REAPPEAR SOMEDAY.

I DON'T THINK ANYONE REALIZES
HOW STRONG THEY ARE

TILL THEY'RE PUT
INTO A SITUATION LIKE THAT.

AND IT'S KIND OF --
YOU'RE KIND OF FORCED.

LIKE, YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE
YOU KNOW.

YOU JUST FIGHT THROUGH IT

AND STAY POSITIVE
AND LOOK TO THE FUTURE.