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to meet her, but a run-in with state police over a traffic offense had caused him such concern that he was drawing attention to himself that he was sufficiently discouraged to return home. Bardo had crafted future plans to stalk Smith until her death in a
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from disclosing the home addresses of state residents. After the murder, the first anti-stalking state laws were enacted in the US, including
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