A New Jersey family say they’ve been forced out of their luxury home by a stalker who identifies himself as the home’s ‘Watcher’ in letters threatening their children’s safety.
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Maria and Derek Broaddus began receiving letters last month just days after closing on the $1.3million dream home in the idyllic community of Westfield.
'Why are you here? I will find out,' the letter read. 'My grandfather watched the house in the 1920s and my father watched in the 1960s. It is now my time. Do you need to fill the house with the young blood I requested?' The letter is signed 'The Watcher'.
Under observation:
The house in Westfield, New Jersey, that is being targeted by a 'Watcher' who claims his family has been stalking the property since the 1920s
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Who is the Watcher?
House owners Derek and Maria Broaddus, pictured with their three children, bought the property recently but have been too scared to move in after receiving menacing letters It suggests 'The Watcher' has been monitoring the Broaddus family which reports have not named because he makes reference to their three young children. 'Once I know their names I will call to them and draw them to me,' the stalker writes in the first letter dated June 5
Subsequent letters have been even more threatening toward the couple's children.
'Have they found what is in the walls yet? In time they will. I am pleased to know your names and the names now of the young blood you have brought to me,' one letter reads. 'Will the young bloods play in the basement. Who has the rooms facing the street? I'll know as soon as you move in. It will help me to know who is in which bedroom then I can plan better.
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'All the windows and door in (the house) allow me to watch you and track you as you move through the house.
'I am in charge of (the house).' The family, who have been too fearful to move into the home, are now suing the previous owners John and Andrea Woods on claims they knew about The Watcher and failed to disclose the information.
