Anybody - what shld victims of stalkers really do to not end up murdered?

Hi I am not paranoid and I have never been a victim of a stalker but near to were my parents live (in Europe) I live in Canada, a young woman had an obsessed stalker who sent her a deadly snake in a parcel..she did not get bitten but he killed her boyfriend. That happened in a small village in Central Europe.

Then there was this terrible murder of sitcom star Rebecca Schaeffer that really changed the laws about stalking in the USA and made people more aware of it...and made more ridid laws against stalking but not just celebs are at risk.

A young lady said 13 years ago a guy had a crush on her and now he is married. with children. That he has a religious obsession and he phones her house 5 times a day. He also came over as he used to be their next door neighbour 13 years ago and he invited himself when she had guests around and he tries to really constantly get her to talk about religion. Most likely I agree that this guy is more a religiously obsessed person and not that her life is at stake but he is harrassing her..I told her she should try to tell his wife and keep the phone messages for his wife to check...and try to reason with her husband and to not ever let him into the house when she is alone or if his father still lives next door she should tell him about his son phoning 5 or 6 times a day and waylaying her and inviting himself to be a guest at a party when he was not invited but at least other people were there..then if that doesn't work she should keep the evidence and call police for harrassment if wife or parents can't make him stop and get a restraining order against him...in the meantime to not aggravate him about his religious beliefs..

What can one really do to protect oneself?

Girls and young women seem gullible when it comes to facebook and some people are stalkers on there who give a fake identity. One guy had pretended to be 19 and then it turned out he was in his late 40's and he asked a girl on a date from which she did never return alive..he stabbed her. He used the identity of someone else and made her believe he was young and send her pictures and all that and she went to meet him and he killed her so please be careful when you meet someone on Facebook or elsewhere and please also don't send or publish photos of yourselves in underwear ..because there are freaks out there..

Rebecca Schaeffer was a minor celeb but this can happen to anyone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MngnoUEIr1c

-1 What do you think should happen to make staking laws even more strict?

- 2. How should some girl or anyone act who believes they are a victim of a stalker even if that

person might prove to be fairly harmless? One can't know.

-3 Is there a line to calll for victims other than the police who will give out restraining orders but they

are not likely to do much unless someone is in imminent danger and it might then be too late?

- 3. Do you think there is a phone line or a website for stalking victims to phone and to get immediate help?

-4. What do you think of the Rebecca Schaeffer story. Just because one is a celeb does notjustify that one is targeted by a lot of crazy people, don't you agree?

Thanks x