Janesville Stalker
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Janesville Stalker
Several people are reporting threatening calls from an anonymous caller.
Reporter: Evrod Cassimy
Email Address: ECassimy@nbc15.com
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"He had asked for my daughter and I said, she wasn't here right now and I said can I take a message and he said tell her I'm going to kill her," says Karen Coplein.

This phone call is just one of hundreds made to several women in the Janesville area. And Karen Coplein's 16 year old daughter is just one of them.

"The first time was horrendous. It was my daughters and it was just terrible. It was non-stop. It was like for 3 or 4 days we had to change her phone number, her cell phone number."

Police have received reports since January from women claiming to have received calls and text messages from an unknown caller saying things like "This is the text message killer" I'm going to "kill your daughter" and I'm "On my way" "I'm going to break your windows."

"When you intimidate someone over the telephone or in person and you do it continuously and repeatedly, it meets the elements of a stalking charge," says Janesville Police Lieutenant, Keith Lawver.

Janesville Police traced the calls to the home of 36 year old Tracy Wolf. He's been arrested 11 times for making this type of call already this year and charged with stalking in most cases.

Making those phone calls has found Tracy Wolf in the Rock County Jail, a place where authorities say he could spend some serious time if convicted of this felony.

"He's admitted that he's making these phone calls and that he has a difficult time stopping," says Lawver

Karen and her daughter are now trying to put this incident behind them and hope justice will be served.

"We just wish it to be stopped. She needs to be a 16 year old and I am more afraid for her than I am myself," says Coplein.


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Posted by: K on Apr 18, 2008 at 04:50 PM

Mendota sounds like a better place for him then jail. If my mother just passed away I would not being using my time to terrorize other people. Its not like stalking charges are going to land him in jail for a long period of time. Maybe he needs a permanent trace on his phones when he is out of custody.
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Posted by: Anonymous on Apr 18, 2008 at 04:33 PM

11 times already THIS year?? Did I read that correctly?? What a nutcase!! He does need mental services and hopefully he gets them while he rots in jail!!
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Posted by: Anonymous on Apr 18, 2008 at 03:37 PM

This guy is a sicko. We need to get these kind of ppl off our streets. No bail, no nothing, throw away the key. Maybe hes the one killing people in madison!
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