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Christopher Thomas stalked and harassed Samantha Stites for more than a decade

He ultimately kidnapped and raped her in October 2022

The case is the subject of Hulu's docuseries Stalking Samantha: 13 Years of Terror , which premiered on Aug. 19

Christopher Thomas relentlessly stalked Samantha Stites for more than 10 years before abducting her in October 2022.

After they first met in 2011, Thomas began sending frequent messages to Stites, even after she told him to leave her alone. Thomas then escalated to following Stites wherever she went, including showing up at her job when her grandmother died.

"It was the first real experience where someone knows what my wishes are very clearly and doesn't care," she recalled in the docuseries.

Thomas' terrifying behavior culmi

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