To get rid of a stalker, there are really only two things to do.

1) Take yourself away. How many people are willing to secretly move across country somewhere when you don't even know for sure that anything's wrong? It's just not an option most would take.

2) Take the stalker away. A better option, sure, but something you can't do until the guy does something really illegal. And by then, it's usually too late. Harassment is pretty low on the crime stepladder. At most you lock him up for a couple months. I can't imagine that would be of any use.

Are there any other options? Not really. This woman thinks the reform that has come since the incident could have saved her daughters life? Please. There was a hotline, and a questionnaire. What could a hotline tell you? There's nothing to do but move where he can't find you. As for the questionnaire, they clearly already had some sort of criteria if the junior office was able to determine that this guy was low to medium risk. I suppose the new questionnaire is going to be lots better? Maybe I guess, but even if you determine he's a big risk, what do you do if he's done nothing illegal?

And family justice centers, huh? If they work, great; I'd have to see the data. It still seems like the problem boils down to the fact that most stalkers don't do anything highly illegal until they snap. There's very little than can be pre-emptively done. I feel terrible for this woman and her family, but I completely agree with the police. Most obsessions don't end in violence, (people scream "I'll kill you!" every day, and do nothing. Watch cops for ten minutes and you'll see what I mean) and I see no way the police could have reliably predicted this.