Travis Changes Plea

At Friday's hearing Travis entered a plea of No Contest. His sentencing will be Dec. 2 at 9:30 AM.

Pleads 'Not Guilty,' Waives Speedy Trial

What does this mean? I feel like I need a lawyer to just explain to me what is going on.

http://www1.odcr.com/detail.php?Case=059-CF%20%201100024&County=059-

Travis Taylor Preliminary Hearing Waived

This matter goes before Judge Sellers on Friday, May 20th at 9:30 AM

If you were the judge or victim, what consequences or sentence should be applied to the defendent?

Court finds Travis Levi Taylor 'Competent'

Next hearing set for May 10.

Probable Cause Affidavit

Here are some photographs I took of the documents I obtained from the Pawnee County Court Clerk's Office. Sorry they aren't PDF and more legible. I don't have a scanner right now.

Page 1 showing certification

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Page 1 text:
On 02/17/2011 your affiant was contacted by one Elexis Hennigh who stated that she had been receiving threatening messages on Facebook from one Travis Levi Taylor. Your affiant has verified that Travis Taylor is a current resident of Pawnee County, Oklahoma living within the Cimmaron Acres Housing Edition. Hennigh further stated that she knew vaguely of Taylor from high school but was not a close friend. Hennigh stated that around November of 2010 she began receiving messages from Taylor asking her on dates. Hennigh stated that after not responding to several messaged she felt bad and decided to respond and possibly give Taylor a chance to take her to dinner. Hennigh further stated that on the date she was supposed to meet Taylor for dinner she has family show up unexpectedly and was unable to meet with Taylor. Hennigh stated that after this she began receiving messages from Taylor that started giving her red flags and that she was no longer going to consider meeting with Taylor. Hennigh stated that on February 15th, 2011 at approximately 2303 hours Hennigh received a threatening message that reads as follows: (To read the threatening message see the last message in the Facebook Death Threat blog post.)

Page 2 is omitted simply because it contains the rest of the threatening message

Page 3 with certification

Page 3 close up on text "Taylor stated that he planned on killing Elexis Hennigh."

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Here is the text from Page 3:

"Hennigh stated after this message she felt that her life was in danger and she needed to seek the assistance of law enforcement. When I asked Hennigh how she knew this was Taylor sending her these messages she stated that she had spoken with him on the phone and provided me with the phone of 405-385-2239 which she stated is the number she spoke with Taylor on and received the text messages from Hennigh Further stated that the last text message she received from this number was on February 16th at approximately 0530 hours. Based on my training, experience and the opinion of other Investigators I believe that Hennigh is and possibly could be in imminent danger based on the threats and comments made by Taylor.

On 02/17/2011 at approximately 1600 hours your affiant along with other members of the Pawnee County Sheriffs Office and the District 10 Drug Task Force served a Valid Pawnee County Search Warrant signed by the honorable Judge Henry at the residence of one Travis Levi Taylor described and located above. During the course of this search we seized 4 home computer towers, one laptop, one black and red jump drive, numerous created compact disks and a blue bag containing a silver jump drive with the name Lexie written on it and two CD;s which Taylor had referred to in his letter to Hennigh. Also discovered during the course of this search was a red and black smoking pipe that had the odor of marijuana was discovered in the center bedroom of the residence hidden in a file folder. During the execution of aforesaid search warrant an interview of Taylor was conducted. During the course of this interview Taylor stated that he had planned on killing Elexis Hennigh and that he planned on carrying out this act on 02/18/2011. Taylor stated that he had a weapon that he had planned on using for this act but he would not tell us where it was or what it was until we returned to the residence with a more detailed search warrant. Taylor further stated that he had gotten the idea to cut up the body of Hennigh and eat her from reading books and internet articles about Jeffery Dahmer (a well known serial killer) and other mass murderer articles and books.

During the course of serving the second search warrant we discovered 3 old hand saws, 1 tree limb saw, and 5 household kitchen knives that could possibly be used for the type of dismemberment discussed by Taylor."

Page 4 Probable Cause Found

ABA Commission on Domestic Violence

Stalking
Stalking is a crime that is often misunderstood, minimized or missed entirely. As with sexual assault, the vast majority of victims are stalked by someone they know. In fact, a large percentage of stalking cases involve a perpetrator who is either a current or former intimate partner. It makes sense that there is a significant connection among the crimes of stalking, domestic violence and sexual assault. A large percentage of victims who are stalked by a current or former intimate partner were also previously physically and/or sexually assaulted by that partner.

In stalking cases, no relationship between the parties is required in order to be eligible for a civil protection order. However, there may be a requirement that the victim make a report to law enforcement or that the victim be able to show a pattern of conduct. As in sexual assault cases, civil anti-harassment order statutes or injunction statutes may be used to protect victims because most jurisdictions do not have specific civil protection order statutes for victims of stalking.

Stalking is a crime under the laws of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the federal government. Yet, stalking is vastly underreported and under-investigated by the criminal justice system. Civil lawyers working with stalking victims should, therefore, be aware of the criminal stalking laws in their jurisdiction and the resources available to assist victims in accessing and navigating the criminal systems.

Additionally, civil lawyers should think about creative ways to assist stalking victims using the civil legal and social service systems in their communities. A majority of stalking victims take some type of self-protective measures to keep themselves safe from their offenders. Civil lawyers can help these victims by informing them about available protection orders, as well as housing and employment laws that may assist the victim (such as the ability to break a lease agreement or maintain employment status). Civil lawyers should also be mindful of the privacy concerns of stalking victims and vigilantly protect all client information.



Safe Housing (see page 50 of document linked below)
http://allianceforvictimsrights.com/images/L_C77576civilbook.pdf


I just want the choice to move or stay to be MINE not someone else's.

Repercussions Persist

Updated!! (See below.)

When a crisis occurs you often hear people console you with the phrase, "Things will get worse before they get better." I just wish I knew how much worse.

My roommates are no longer comfortable with our living arrangement. They disagree with how I have handled the situation. (See bottom of post for one of their thoughts on how I behaved during the intial weeks following the threat.) Initially they decided that it would be best if I simply move. They intended to have another friend take over my part of the lease. I then expressed my desire to fulfill my lease term simply because I lacked the emotional energy to relocate so suddenly. I felt safe enough with Travis in jail to at least maintain my residence through the current lease term. However, they felt it necessary to convey that they were shocked that I would change my mind and stay. They went on to say that I shouldn't feel safe continuing to live there and that I could jeopardize the landlords chances at selling the house in the future if anything were to happen. Oh! And that they hadn't read the messages Travis had sent completely which was quite offensive to me. I felt that as a friend they kind of had an obligation to attempt to fully understand what I had went through especially if they were going to criticize my decisions. So refusing to read any of the messages or articles showed their lack of intent to fully understand.

Anyhow...I reluctantly seceded to moving out. Next thing I know they inform me that they will be changing the locks and that I needed to make arrangements with one of them to access my belongings. (!!!SRSLY!!!)

I was no longer shocked or hurt; I was angry. I informed them that changing the locks without providing a key to all persons of the lease was illegal. I also told them I would need time to find a new place and they just needed to bare with me as I intended to be out by the end of the month not the end of the week as they expected.

At this point I also called the landlord who lives out-of-state and informed him that my roommates threatened to change the locks. He was more than happy to let any of us remove ourselves from the lease as long as the terms were met by whomever remained on the lease. I told him I would get back to him with my decision to stay or go in the next day or so.

The next day the landlord calls and tells me that my roommates opted out of the lease and had in fact already vacated the house. He then asked if I would be able to uphold the lease solo. I was even more displeased at this decision by my roommates. I told the landlord that I wanted more than anything to have a little more time in the home, but that monetarily it would be quite a hardship. He also expressed that I was no longer an ideal tenant and he wanted to put the house up for sale. I was welcome to stay as long as I was on alert that I would have to vacate as soon as the house sold not to mention always be available to show the house to perspective buyers.

Fed up with both my roommates' and landlord's lack of sensitivity I informed the landlord that a law existed protecting my rights to put my safety first if I felt my life was in danger by remaining in the home. And if terminating my lease maintained my safety then I could not be penalized. I told him that I was being more than amicable in attempting to fulfill my end of the bargain, but my roommates were making it impossible since I was only responsible for a third of the rent and utilities thus far. Suddenly tripling your housing and utility expenses would be a hardship on anyone. He then decided that he had enough of the situation and simply asked that I be out of my home by the end of March.

Update 3/15: Today the landlord offered to let me abide by the lease. I told him I would like to stay in the home if at all possible, and upon returning to my home I find the roommates have indeed moved, but they took my couches. Isn't that basically 'looting'?

Update 3/16 5:00pm: After conveying that he expected me to abide by the lease, the landlord fails to answer or return my calls. I have not completely ironed out the details to my staying in the house and his lack of response worries me that he has, yet again, changed his mind.

Update 3/16 6:45pm: Still no answered or returned phone call. I have left messages everytime. So I decided that a call from another phone number will at least get him to answer the phone. And I feared that my roommates have the landlord convinced that I am the one at fault here. So my father offered to contact the landlord and try to mediate. So as much as I hated to, I played the daddy card. I am a grown woman but when the man won't even pick up my phone calls I wasn't left with too many options. Plus the couches were intended for my dad's house, and he was not happy that the landlord had given them away.

Update 3/16 7:00pm:While waiting for my dad to speak with the landlord I arrived at the house to find that the electricity had been shut off. Guess I'm won't be able to stay at my house tonight. When I first moved into the house I was without roommates and the landlord was comfortable with just leaving the utilities in his name and billing me for them. We did that for 3 or 4 months. The new roommates moved in and were not comfortable with not seeing the utility bills. So we all agreed to put the utilities in one of our names and since the roommates had service at their old place they could very easily just transfer it all over to their name. Well guess what now they have had the utilities turned off without giving me the chance to put them in my name or back in the landlord's name. I know this is exactly what the most homeowners prefer to avoid. So yet again an example of their lack of concern for the others involved in this lease.

Update 3/16 7:15pm:Fortunately, the end result of my father's conversation with the landlord was much more pleasant than I had expected. We didn't get a chance to mention the utilities debacle since my dad wasn't aware of it before he called him, but the landlord agreed to call the roommates and have them return the couches. He also agreed that I could stay in the home as long as it took me to find somewhere else to live. Remaining in the house for the full term of the lease isn't something the landlord is interested in though. He isn't comfortable with the instability that is now my life. He doesn't want to worry that I would be forced to move if something happens with this case and Travis gets out of jail. So it sounds like he is at least willing to meet in the middle with a compromise. So the ball is in my court as I need to phone the landlord myself and iron out the details, but he is at least willing to discuss things with me now and no longer expects that I will be out by the end of the month. So I am relieved.

In the meantime, I will be waiting to see if the roommates actually follow through with his request to return the couches.

Update 3/16 10:30pm: The couches have been returned!! However, the roommates refused to leave me the ONLY garage door opener and their copies of the house keys. They stated that they will be returning them to the landlord not to me. So this means that they will have a key to MY house for ten more days while waiting for the landlord to arrive from the east coast to pick up their keys. Oh how spiteful they continue to be and how powerful they must feel. I still can't believe how difficult they have made this situation.




Things that were said to me by my roommate after the threat:
"Our disconnect in the whole situation is due primarily to the reaction and your actions over the last 3 weeks. Whe we found out via the news, and confirmed with you via text, that you were moving, we did the sensible thing and made sure y...ou could move by us staying. We then assumed that was in action, and hadn't really heard from you regarding your plans.

To avoid pushing you to make such decisions while you were healing and working things out, we didn't message you to figure out when it was you were moving.

It was frustrating to witness how much energy you were putting into getting your story out to the media, responding to naysayers, and your supports on facebook.. and we weren't getting any feedback from you regarding the future and everybody's situation.

If your expectation in us keeping in touch and being informed was for us to try and fully understand what you went through and get involved like the others in responding to every facebook status you put out there and follow your news, that wasn't our way of dealing with it and felt that we observed the situation enough to know you were safe and sound.

Listen: We're not trying to be difficult and stupid. You made a decision and stuck with it as far as we knew. Until now, we didn't know you were going to want to stay.

Last we heard on text was your affirmation that you would be moving, that you apologized that we didn't know sooner, and you thanked us for our understanding.

We then consutled with (landlord name omitted), and you didn't make any effort to backtrack from that paradigm. So, any sense you have that we are holding you to a decision is your own notion and coming from something guilty or trapped. It's the conclusion you've arrived at for us all, if you can't get passed the way (name omitted) and I have reacted. We can understand why it is we didn't talk about these throughout. It was frustrating, yes, but we get it.

(Name omitted) and I aren't the type of people to go into the intimate details of things and try to support you in ways that are destructive in this situation. We didn't see the benefit to you in reading these messages and helping you get worked up about the situation. We wanted to be supportive in the ways that helped you get past it in terms of safety and future considerations.
If you expected what we couldn't give you, then our friendship didn't live up to your expectation and for that I'm sorry.

It sucks, but what can I say further?"

Women Cannot Win

You know, women can just never win. We're taught from a young age to be "nice" above all. To be caring. To be courteous. Girls are more likely to raise their hands in class and wait to be called on--we're just taught to be nice, and to be polite--to be "ladies." And then when some self-entitled a-hole decides to stalk you...

(click the title above to view the whole post from WebSleuths)

Missing Live Chats Revealed

Thanks to Internet Evidence Finder v4 I was able to extract the following 'Facebook Chat' conversations between Travis and I.

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1/7/2011 15:27 Travis Levi Taylor Good Morning Lexie!!
1/7/2011 15:28 Elexis Hennigh  pretty good
1/7/2011 15:29 Travis Levi Taylor ;)
1/7/2011 15:30 Travis Levi Taylor Have you ever bought a lottery ticket, and had to look twice at it when they called the number?
1/7/2011 15:31 Travis Levi Taylor When you want something really bad, your eyes can play tricks on you.
1/7/2011 15:31 Elexis Hennigh  lol yeah
1/7/2011 15:32 Travis Levi Taylor So.  If I may ask a bold question...
1/7/2011 15:32 Elexis Hennigh  ...
1/7/2011 15:32 Travis Levi Taylor am I the first man you've asked out to dinner?
1/7/2011 15:33 Elexis Hennigh  what do you mean? you asked me. I'm just finally saying yes. LOL
1/7/2011 15:34 Travis Levi Taylor What did you think of the haiku?
1/7/2011 15:36 Travis Levi Taylor I do like to drive fast, you know
1/7/2011 15:36 Elexis Hennigh  ah that explains it then...lol
1/7/2011 15:37 Elexis Hennigh  i guess I better get up and get ready for work
1/7/2011 15:37 Travis Levi Taylor I've got to get some chinchilla food, too.
1/7/2011 15:37 Travis Levi Taylor May I call you later?
1/7/2011 15:38 Elexis Hennigh  sure...I've got a lot to do today though. I have to pack to leave for LA Sunday morning :)
1/7/2011 15:41 Elexis Hennigh  I'm sure we can figure something out. Maybe lunch...I might drive to my moms saturday night so she can drive me to the airport for the red eye
1/7/2011 15:42 Travis Levi Taylor Excellent!  I look forward to talking with you tonight!!!
1/7/2011 15:43 Elexis Hennigh  later dude!
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2/9/2011 23:36 Travis Levi Taylor Good Evening Lexie...
2/9/2011 23:36 Elexis Hennigh  hi
2/9/2011 23:36 Travis Levi Taylor How are you?
2/9/2011 23:36 Elexis Hennigh  great
2/9/2011 23:37 Travis Levi Taylor How's the weather in Stillwater?  Assuming you're in Stillwater...
2/9/2011 23:37 Elexis Hennigh  aren't you?
2/9/2011 23:37 Travis Levi Taylor Nope.
2/9/2011 23:37 Elexis Hennigh  y?
2/9/2011 23:37 Travis Levi Taylor Well...
2/9/2011 23:38 Travis Levi Taylor I kept getting mixed signals from OSU.
2/9/2011 23:38 Travis Levi Taylor I'm in... then I'm out.  I'm in... then I'm out.
2/9/2011 23:38 Elexis Hennigh  hm
2/9/2011 23:38 Travis Levi Taylor And it freaked me out.
2/9/2011 23:39 Travis Levi Taylor There's no way they know I half-assed my ACT.  But they sure act like they know it! heheheh
2/9/2011 23:40 Travis Levi Taylor A lot of people tell me that I don't need to go to college.
2/9/2011 23:40 Travis Levi Taylor I disagree.  I really think I need to.
2/9/2011 23:40 Travis Levi Taylor You're educated.  What do you think?
2/9/2011 23:41 Elexis Hennigh  I don't know...I never regret that I went for 7 years.
2/9/2011 23:42 Travis Levi Taylor Not all with OSU, though, right?
2/9/2011 23:42 Elexis Hennigh  right
2/9/2011 23:42 Travis Levi Taylor Obviously, OSU's your favourite, though.
2/9/2011 23:43 Elexis Hennigh  compared to what
2/9/2011 23:43 Travis Levi Taylor wherever else you went
2/9/2011 23:43 Elexis Hennigh  that was a masters program...not the same.
2/9/2011 23:43 Travis Levi Taylor I seem to recall it was Texas A&M, but I don't remember for sure.
2/9/2011 23:43 Elexis Hennigh  West Tx AM
2/9/2011 23:44 Elexis Hennigh  mostly distance education courses
2/9/2011 23:44 Travis Levi Taylor I took some college when I was in the Navy.
2/9/2011 23:44 Travis Levi Taylor distance education?
2/9/2011 23:44 Elexis Hennigh  online or mail in
2/9/2011 23:45 Travis Levi Taylor If only all of life was so convenient!
2/9/2011 23:45 Travis Levi Taylor Why did you stop teaching?  I'm totally sure you are an excellent teacher.
2/9/2011 23:45 Elexis Hennigh  not enough money
2/9/2011 23:46 Travis Levi Taylor I thought I would like to be an archaeologist.  But it doesn't pay for itself, either.  PhD's making 40k a year doesn't seem right.
2/9/2011 23:47 Travis Levi Taylor How did you get into computers?
2/9/2011 23:48 Elexis Hennigh  long story
2/9/2011 23:48 Travis Levi Taylor haha... every time I hear "long story" I get curious.
2/9/2011 23:48 Travis Levi Taylor I used to know a thing or two about computers...
2/9/2011 23:49 Travis Levi Taylor Back in the 90's.
2/9/2011 23:49 Travis Levi Taylor I did something to a computer network...
2/9/2011 23:49 Travis Levi Taylor that cost the government a whole lot of money.
2/9/2011 23:50 Travis Levi Taylor And I was very, very careful about it.
2/9/2011 23:50 Travis Levi Taylor And I didn't tell a soul, either.
2/9/2011 23:50 Travis Levi Taylor But I liked it.  And then one day...
2/9/2011 23:50 Travis Levi Taylor I was sitting in art class.
2/9/2011 23:51 Travis Levi Taylor And an acquaintance... not a close friend by any stretch of the imagination... comes and sits down next to me...
2/9/2011 23:51 Travis Levi Taylor and out of the blue says, "Have you seen Sneakers?"  I was like, "Huh?"
2/9/2011 23:51 Travis Levi Taylor Have you seen that movie, Lexie?
2/9/2011 23:53 Elexis Hennigh  sry trav you freaked me out...can't sit here and make small talk...i gotta go...
2/9/2011 23:53 Travis Levi Taylor I was just asking so you would know what I was thinking when he asked me that.
2/9/2011 23:54 Elexis Hennigh  sry...i'm seeing someone and you made it clear that you were not interested in just friends...so...i feel weird pretending things are the same.
2/9/2011 23:55 Travis Levi Taylor What do you mean the same?
2/9/2011 23:56 Elexis Hennigh  pretending that we are still good friends from high school...things are different now
2/9/2011 23:57 Travis Levi Taylor When you wanted to have dinner, is that all you wanted?  To catch up with an old friend from High School?
2/9/2011 23:58 Elexis Hennigh  yes.
2/9/2011 23:59 Travis Levi Taylor What I was trying to make clear (in the friend request I just sent you) was I don't "wanna" be friends.
2/9/2011 23:59 Travis Levi Taylor But maybe you didn't read that mssg until after we started this chat.
2/10/2011 0:00 Elexis Hennigh  haven't read it at all yet...didn't notice a message.
2/10/2011 0:02 Elexis Hennigh  and apparently I can't see it now
2/10/2011 0:02 Travis Levi Taylor I thought those things go into the mssg inbox?
2/10/2011 0:02 Travis Levi Taylor I can tell you what I said.
2/10/2011 0:03 Travis Levi Taylor It's a simple request...  but it's not a very honest one.  I don't wanna be friends. or something like that.
2/10/2011 0:04 Elexis Hennigh  what
2/10/2011 0:04 Elexis Hennigh  you sent me a friend request that said I don't want to be friends
2/10/2011 0:04 Elexis Hennigh  ?
2/10/2011 0:04 Travis Levi Taylor I can see how that might be confusing.
2/10/2011 0:05 Elexis Hennigh  once I accept the friend request it goes away and i can't get it back. If you meant to send a message send a 'message'.
2/10/2011 0:05 Travis Levi Taylor I tried that several minutes ago...
2/10/2011 0:06 Elexis Hennigh  and if I accept the request from my phone I definitely don't see the attached message
2/10/2011 0:06 Travis Levi Taylor and the computer restarted while I was typing it.  I honestly have no idea why.
2/10/2011 0:06 Elexis Hennigh  it doesn't matter then does it. If you don't want to be friends that srsly what!
2/10/2011 0:06 Elexis Hennigh  that=then
2/10/2011 0:08 Travis Levi Taylor You had it kinda right, before.  Why I assumed you read the message.
2/10/2011 0:08 Travis Levi Taylor We could be friends.
2/10/2011 0:08 Travis Levi Taylor But I wouldn't be a good friend if I wasn't honest with you.
2/10/2011 0:09 Travis Levi Taylor But if you already know I'm nothing more than friend material, then that is that.
2/10/2011 0:10 Elexis Hennigh  I am not looking for anyone else. I found him.
2/10/2011 0:13 Travis Levi Taylor I'm truly happy for you.  Just out of curiosity... is it the same man you were sorta seeing back in December?
2/10/2011 0:13 Elexis Hennigh  no
2/10/2011 0:13 Elexis Hennigh  its someone that I've known for about 15 years...
2/10/2011 0:14 Travis Levi Taylor Wow.
2/10/2011 0:14 Travis Levi Taylor What took him so long??
2/10/2011 0:15 Elexis Hennigh  lost touch
2/10/2011 0:15 Elexis Hennigh  had no idea where each other were
2/10/2011 0:15 Travis Levi Taylor People can change a lot in 15 years.
2/10/2011 0:16 Travis Levi Taylor So, has he already asked you to marry him?
2/10/2011 0:16 Elexis Hennigh  thanks for the encouragement
2/10/2011 0:17 Travis Levi Taylor encouragement?
2/10/2011 0:17 Elexis Hennigh  sarcasm
2/10/2011 0:17 Travis Levi Taylor ah! haha... I love sarcasm.
2/10/2011 0:17 Travis Levi Taylor Easier to detect face to face, of course.
2/10/2011 0:18 Travis Levi Taylor If you were referring to my question as to whether or not he's already asked you to marry him, I'm sure he will.
2/10/2011 0:19 Elexis Hennigh  no i was referring to your snide comment about how people change suggesting that we may not know eachother anymore.
2/10/2011 0:19 Travis Levi Taylor That's not what I meant.
2/10/2011 0:19 Elexis Hennigh  right.
2/10/2011 0:19 Travis Levi Taylor Really.
2/10/2011 0:19 Travis Levi Taylor I was just thinking...
2/10/2011 0:19 Travis Levi Taylor you knew him for 15 years
2/10/2011 0:20 Travis Levi Taylor and I was curious when you knew he was the one.
2/10/2011 0:24 Elexis Hennigh  When? Why does that matter? How? I've got that...I know he is the one because he can reach through the walls I've built.
2/10/2011 0:26 Travis Levi Taylor that's extraordinary
2/10/2011 0:26 Elexis Hennigh  yep
2/10/2011 0:27 Travis Levi Taylor heheheh
2/10/2011 0:27 Travis Levi Taylor Out of morbid curiosity...
2/10/2011 0:27 Elexis Hennigh  i don't feel you're sincere
2/10/2011 0:27 Travis Levi Taylor I have to ask...
2/10/2011 0:27 Travis Levi Taylor I was laughing in advance of the question I was about to ask you.
2/10/2011 0:28 Travis Levi Taylor I'm sincere.
2/10/2011 0:29 Travis Levi Taylor I'm still curious about how much snow you got in Stillwater...
2/10/2011 0:30 Elexis Hennigh  you're right that is a funny and morbid question! how dare you!
2/10/2011 0:30 Travis Levi Taylor haha
2/10/2011 0:30 Travis Levi Taylor That's a different question than the one I was going to ask before.
2/10/2011 0:30 Travis Levi Taylor I just wanted to get back to that.
2/10/2011 0:31 Travis Levi Taylor I'm sorry I wasn't clear before.
2/10/2011 0:31 Travis Levi Taylor About dinner.
2/10/2011 0:31 Travis Levi Taylor I wanted to have dinner with you to see if we could be more than friends.
2/10/2011 0:33 Travis Levi Taylor I thought you knew that... since I only heard back from you once.
2/10/2011 0:33 Travis Levi Taylor And you told me you were sorta seeing someone.  And you let me down very nicely... as you did before.
2/10/2011 0:33 Travis Levi Taylor You said it wasn't good timing.
2/10/2011 0:34 Travis Levi Taylor I thought you were just trying to be nice.
2/10/2011 0:34 Elexis Hennigh  most guys don't appreciate their girl going to dinner with a new guy out of the blue no matter who they are...
2/10/2011 0:34 Travis Levi Taylor And when you asked me to dinner, I thought you wanted to see me for dinner for the same reasons I wanted to see you for dinner.
2/10/2011 0:35 Elexis Hennigh  I just wanted to get out of the house. I thought it would be nice. Then you spun out of control with expectations. My dad was in town and you pressured me all day to give you a time or plan.
2/10/2011 0:36 Travis Levi Taylor You're right.  I shouldn't have done that.  I was distracted by some other things at the time, but that's not an excuse.
2/10/2011 0:37 Travis Levi Taylor For the record, my only expectation was to have dinner.
2/10/2011 0:38 Travis Levi Taylor Coincidentally...
2/10/2011 0:38 Travis Levi Taylor when you asked me to dinner
2/10/2011 0:38 Travis Levi Taylor I was sorta seeing someone.
2/10/2011 0:40 Elexis Hennigh  k
2/10/2011 0:41 Travis Levi Taylor Thank You for accepting my friend request.
2/10/2011 0:41 Travis Levi Taylor I have been kindof miserable, thinking you would never talk to me again.
2/10/2011 0:42 Elexis Hennigh  there you go throwing guilt on me yet again. I didn't do anything to you.
2/10/2011 0:42 Travis Levi Taylor Oh, it wasn't your fault.
2/10/2011 0:42 Travis Levi Taylor I didn't mean to imply it.
2/10/2011 0:43 Elexis Hennigh  but you sure make sure to inform me that you would have been miserable if I hadn't accepted your friend request. SRSLY. come on
2/10/2011 0:43 Travis Levi Taylor That's because I'm kindof an idiot, Lexie.
2/10/2011 0:43 Travis Levi Taylor Everybody knows I'm a genius.. but I'm also an moron.
2/10/2011 0:44 Travis Levi Taylor My stupidity isn't so obvious.
2/10/2011 0:45 Elexis Hennigh  im done letting you make me feel as if I let you down in some way.
2/10/2011 0:45 Travis Levi Taylor Good!
2/10/2011 0:45 Travis Levi Taylor You shouldn't feel that way.
2/10/2011 0:46 Travis Levi Taylor That's why I was apologizing for not being more clear before...
2/10/2011 0:46 Travis Levi Taylor ...and thanking you for accepting my friend request.
2/10/2011 0:48 Travis Levi Taylor So?
2/10/2011 0:48 Travis Levi Taylor How much snow did you get?
2/10/2011 0:50 Travis Levi Taylor Nevermind... I remember you said you don't have time for small talk right now.
2/10/2011 0:50 Elexis Hennigh  have a good night travis
2/10/2011 0:50 Travis Levi Taylor good night, Lexie
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2/13/2011 18:37 Travis Levi Taylor Lexie.

Four Stages of Trauma Recovery

For those who judge how I have handled my trauma...

Recovering from Trauma

Not everyone who endures a traumatic experience is scarred by it; the human psyche has a tremendous capacity for recovery and even growth. Recovering from a traumatic experience requires that the painful emotions be thoroughly processed. Trauma feelings can not be repressed or forgotten. If they are not dealt with directly, the distressing feelings and troubling events replay over and over in the course of a lifetime, creating a condition known as post-traumatic stress disorder.

Whatever inner resources people need to mobilize for recovery, they still can not accomplish the task alone. Depression and trauma are disconnective disorders. They do not improve in isolation. To fix them you have to be connected to others.

Direct experience with disasters ranging from war and terrorism to hurricanes and earthquakes has taught me that there are four basic stages in recovering from a profound stress. Progression through all four stages is essential to recovery.

Stage One: Circuit-breaking
If you overload an electrical system with too much energy and too much stimulation, the circuit breaker activates and shuts everything down. The human nervous system is also an electrical system, and when it is overloaded with too much stimulation and too much danger, as in trauma, it also shuts down to just basics. People describe it as feeling numb, in shock or dead inside.

The juice turns off. Intellectually, you lose from 50 to 90 percent of brain capacity, which is why you should never make a decision when you're "in the trauma zone." Emotionally you don't feel anything. Spiritually you're disconnected, you have a spiritual crisis or it doesn't mean anything to you at all.

Physically all your systems shut down and you run on basics. What is so intriguing is that physical symptoms that were previously prominent often disappear during this time. Back pain, migraines, arthritis, even acne often clear up. Then, when recovery from trauma is complete, the physical symptoms return.

When the system starts to recover and can handle a bit more stimulation and energy—and the human system is destined to try to recover, to seek equilibrium—feelings begin to return.

Stage Two: Return of Feelings
Most people have not experienced so much primary trauma that they must see a professional counselor; they can work through their feelings by involving the people they are close to. They do it by telling their story—a hundred times. They need to talk talk talk, recount the gory details. That is the means by which they begin to dispel the feelings of distress attached to their memories.

The more that feelings can be encouraged, the better. The more you feel the more you heal.

The expression of feelings can take many forms. For most people it may be easiest to talk. But others may need to write. Or draw. However they tell their stories, the rest of us have an obligation to listen.

It is often helpful to actually revisit the scene of destruction. That allows someone who has been impacted directly to emotionally experience the event and grasp the reality of it. That direct experience can stimulate the return of feeling. Visiting the site is not for everybody, however. For some it is too disturbing. Others may need the support of loved ones to revisit the scene.

There are four broad patterns of expression of feelings that people employ in response to a crisis. Call them feeling styles. Some people consistently maintain one style; others exhibit all four styles at different times.

It is important to recognize which style of emotional expression is characteristic of your response, and which patterns your loved ones display. Each one demands a different approach.

The Trickle Effect
Feelings flow in little trickles, slow but steady. Tricklers have feelings at a low or medium level most of the time.

Hit and Run Feelings
Some people hit an emotion, experience it intensely, then find it so scary they run away from it. They avoid it and may not talk about it for days, weeks or even months. Then they hit the feeling again, it blows up and they run away from it again.

Roller Coasters
Many people go up and down emotionally. They are in touch with their feelings but their feelings are all over the place. Like a roller coaster, however, they can go very quickly through the feeling stage.

Tsunamis
Emotions come in tidal waves that are so big, comprehensive and overwhelming that those who get them feel like they're going to drown. They flail about, and then the wave recedes; they discover that they're still alive and they feel better. Tsunamis usually occur because people repress their feelings of pain.

Stage Three: Constructive Action
People need to take action and make a difference even in the smallest ways. Taking action restores a sense of control and directly counteracts the sense of powerlessness that is the identifying mark of trauma.

The ways of action are many. You can write a letter to the rescue workers. You can give blood. You can make a card for those who lost loved ones. You can hang a flag if that means something to you, or donate to the Red Cross. You can feed rescue workers or collect needed supplies for them from your community. You can take in children whose families can't reach them. You can help a person who is out of control to get more grounded during the crisis.

You do whatever you can and never assume that any gesture is too small. In a situation that is overwhelming, you don't go for the big picture. You go for what is closest to you and where you can make a difference. Constructive action might be writing about the catastrophe or creating some work of art about it. It also encompasses getting back to work so that you can contribute something.

Stage Two and Stage Three go hand in hand. To go forward you feel and you act. You can't do one or the other. Acting and feeling become an engine that propels you forward.

Stage Four: Reintegration
In the wake of crisis it is possible to learn and grow at rates 100 times faster than at any other time, because there is a door of opportunity. Growth can go at warp speed in every domain of life.

You can learn much that is deep and profound. You do this by interacting and by working together on the meaning of the difficult experience. Those who have the courage to become part of the trauma tribe, to experience and share their pain, or to help them overcome their pain, also have the opportunity to share their growth.

Everyone who goes through this process ends up better, stronger, smarter, deeper, and more connected. They would say so and everyone who comes in contact with them recognizes the change. It is like having a broken bone. If it heals properly, it is stronger in the spot where it fractured than it was before the injury.

Traumatic experiences are broken bones of the soul. If you engage in the process of recovery, you get stronger. If you don't, the bones remain porous, with permanent holes inside, and you are considerably weaker.

In this stage of recovery, you reintegrate your self and your values in a new way. You incorporate meaning in your life. You integrate deeper and more authentic ways of communicating.

People at this stage may experience a new sense of the preciousness of life, a clarification of goals and renewed commitment to them, and new understanding of the value of ties to others. But to get to stage four you have to go through the first three stages.

EPO Hearing

Well...court today was a waste of time...Pawnee County didn't inform Payne County that Travis had been served the Protective Order! Therefore the judge couldn't do anything but postpone the hearing to Mar. 17th.

I called Pawnee Co. They confirmed that it had been served and that somebody must have dropped the ball. So I went back in and talked to the judge and he went on to inform me that he didn't feel that he could have even granted the permanent protective order while Travis was unable to appear in court. SRSLY!?!?!

The guy confessed to police that he was going to kill me on February 18th and they can't even grant a protective order without hearing his side of the story. Send Payne Co. the interview tapes with his confession maybe then they'll make it stick. Instead I have to continue to appear in court until when??? He's released??? So basically I take it I'll have an EPO until he can appear in court or maybe just until he's proven guilty in a court of law. Who knows!

Who's Listening to the Real Message?

In case it wasn't clear...this person wasn't 'just anyone' that I befriended on Facebook. That is the what makes this so scary. He was a fellow classmate from high school that I THOUGHT I knew. We had mutual friends. We worked together. We hung out at the same hangouts. I have since realized that pretty much every scenario that he described in his last letter did in fact occur (giving him a ride home, getting stuck in my tracker, and the party in high school with the coin toss-though it had a different meaning then.) At the time I made the decision to befriend him on Facebook there was absolutely no reason not to. In fact the original friend request was months before he sent his first private message. I think that the connection through Facebook allowed him to develop these deeper feelings from afar without any interaction with me.

I also thought he could use a second chance at being my friend on Facebook. Since he seemed genuinely remorseful for the posts I had witnessed on his wall. I thought he was a friend who just got upset that things weren't going his way. I thought he needed to feel like he had a friend (even if it was in the most basic sense of the word.) It seems many are taking this at face-value and hanging on the statement that I 'barely knew' him ever which isn't true. The 'barely knew' part refers to who this person is to me 15 years later. Yes, 15 years later, I barely know Travis Tayor, obviously. I don't know. I just can't get past the few people that think I actually brought this on myself. Seriously...if they think that then they aren't listening.

If you think for a minute about this sick fantasy that was going on in his head, you will realize how simply updating my status on Facebook may be interpreted by him as some sort of code that speaks to him directly or what not. Each and every post I made to my Facebook was a potential affirmation to him that we had something. When in reality I was not speaking to him at all. I was just doing what everyone on Facebook does-updating my status to keep my friends and family involved in my life not realizing that it also kept Travis involved in my life. I'm sure many of my status updates encouraged his obsession.

NewsOn6

Inside Edition

For my friends and family that missed the show. My mom captured the video with her iPhone. It's not great quality, but IE said they don't typically put the aired videos on their web site. Hmmm.

Just remember old friends aren't always who you thought they were.

Best Article so far!

C.L. Harmon
It’s a darkness that moves as shadows in the fog, silent and hidden from the light where most live; a secret obsession which hides in the hearts of those who become infamous for their deeds. It’s an eeriness most think will never come to their neighborhoods...until one day it does. Then, its reality is more frightening than ever.

 Pawnee County Sheriff’s Office deputies stepped into that dark world this week, and by doing so, possibly saved the life of a young woman who was, perhaps, intended to become a victim of the darkness played out by way of modern day stalking — through cyber networking.
(click the title above to view the entire article)

Was Travis just joking?

For those of you who still (after reading everything below) think Travis was just joking or "trolling" to upset me...and insist that I reacted inappropriately to his threats...

The police went to his house to simply serve a protective order, seize his computers for evidence, and bring him in to question him about the death threats. I believe they also found drug paraphernalia at his residence. When they got back to the station and questioned Travis about the death threats not only did he confess that he was indeed going to kill me but exactly how and when he had planned to do it. He told them where they could find each and every piece of evidence of his plan and that he got the idea from Jeffrey Dahlmer. So the police immediately filed for another search warrant to return to Travis' home to collect the articles he described. They recovered a bible with a HAND WRITTEN copy of the last letter he wrote folded neatly inside. My physical address scribbled down in pencil just inside the front cover. They also retrieved a gift he had bought for me with intentions of delivering it just before killing us both. It was a sterling silver (very nice probably quite expensive) USB Flash drive on a key ring in a gift box. Engraved on one side of the USB drive was my name "Lexie" but when you turned it around "bite me" was engraved on the back. He said all of this and more in his recorded statement to police.

"Trolling"? Are you kidding me?

Bond Denied!

Pawnee County Arrest Record

Facebook Death Threat

If I Am Killed Tonight Here's Why (Explicit)by Elexis Hennigh on Wednesday
Originally posted February 16, 2011 at 3:21am
Added to and revised to include more detail on February 22, 2011
Small additions/clarifications noted in red. March 2, 2011

(This blog was created on February 22, 2011 to allow the public to see the actual letters that were sent. This isn't a blog that I maintained while the letters were being sent. Be smart and note the dates before you comment about the situation.)

I officially have been scared shitless. Warning: there will be profanity and nasty thoughts described with too much detail.

You can skip to the bottom to get to the death threat, but I wanted to include everything so you would have the whole story and could conclude how sick this person is. Below I have included each and every message between us when possible. If I couldn't include the message (live chat) (I have now been able to recover the live chats with some special software. See recovered messages here.), I did my best to describe what was communicated. If there is no message, I did not reply. As is the case with the first several messages. Which should have been my first red flag.

*The first four messages below are not on the original post I had on my Facebook. I had to go way back to find them. So now that I am calmer I have had time to look further back for correspondence, found a couple more and added them below.

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Travis Levi Taylor August 29, 2010 at 10:51pm Report
Hey Lexie!

Your fb thing sez you're in Stillwater! Is that for real?

May I call you sometime? Fair warning, if you say yes, I'm going to ask you to dinner...

Yours,

travis

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Elexis Hennigh September 1, 2010 at 10:04pm
I am in Stillwater. I work at OSU. Just about to move into a house finally. I've been in an apartment for two years. Hated it.

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Travis Levi Taylor September 2, 2010 at 4:07pm Report
I'm not looking forward to living in an apartment, either... but I expect it would be better than the dorm.

I hope you're enjoying your work at the college, and congratulations on moving to a house! You're a really great person, you've studied and worked hard for a long time. You deserve to be comfortable.

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I’m pretty sure there had to be a live chat at some point between these two messages, because I remember telling him that I worked for Red Lobster while I was going to college.
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Travis Levi Taylor September 2, 2010 at 11:25pm Report
I stopped by Red Lobster today when I was job searching. They say I have to apply in person, Monday-Thursday 2-4, which it was today, but I wasn't prepared to go through filling out an app and interviewing. It was 3pm, hot, and I was tired. I will likely go back next week though... may I use you as a reference? If they call you, I don't expect you to lie or anything. We did work together once before, remember?

Also! Can I help you move? I just tried to move my stuff into storage by myself. I got into a fight with the TV, and the TV won! I'm still aching a little from that. Don't worry, the TV is ok. After that, I wised up and got help tossing out the couch and love seat. If your dad or whoever is already going to help you move, I would still like to help. Two guys are better than one, right? NO, I don't expect you to have dinner with me just because I help you move. But... honestly, I don't think it would hurt my chances when I ask you later.. and as a bonus, if your dad or other friends or whoever are helping you move too, and they think I'm scum, they won't have to drive around all over the place to find me and beat my ass! See how good of an idea this is?

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Travis Levi Taylor November 8, 2010 at 11:02am Report
How are you? I hope you're doing well. I'm good. Well, I'll be better if I can convince you to see me for dinner... or lunch... or a snack, or whatever!
By the way, thank you for rejecting me so gently, before. Sincerely! You're very thoughtful. However, you should know that I'm actually a lot tougher than I look. I figured, "Maybe she likes her space?" That, and, I have this feeling that I am going to run into you again somewhere, sometime in Stillwater, and I'll just ask you again, then. But in the meantime, I thought I would try to win you over bit-by-bit with messages through facebook, and maybe get to a point where you'd let me text you.
So, I go on facebook- you look gorgeous, by the way- and tried to send you an instant message, but the damn thing was acting up and wouldn't let me do it. What's worse is that I saw this other guy on your facebook very persistently asking you out!
So, my plan to be all serendipitous and cool is totally shattered. If getting a date- or whatever!- with you is a contest, I intend to win. All I'm looking for is an hour and a half (or so) of your time. I'm thinking jeans. And food. Not a movie. Somewhere we can be ourselves, and relaxed, and talk. Almost definitely with food. I do like the food.
I like you. I'm pretty sure you'll still like me! I'm not going to do anything crazy or weird. You can be yourself, and I can be myself. You can say or ask me anything you want. I'm not going to be quizzing you or trying to analyze you or break you down or whatever. We'll have plenty to talk about. You can tell me about living in Stillwater, and I could tell you about the Navy or whatever.
I think we'll have a great time. I'm quite sure that afterwards, you'll be thinking, "I'm glad I went out with that guy! He's refreshing! Like a warm piece of apple pie. With whipped cream. And a cup of coffee. Heck! He's great!"
Lexie, I know it doesn't look like I have my act together. 31 year-old freshman? I get it. But the truth is, I'm pretty sure I actually do have my act together. Maybe it wasn't a good idea, going into the military instead of going to college. I'm sure you already know if anybody wants to do anything of consequence in this society... in this world... that they really have to have an education.
So... Elexis. Would you like to have dinner?
It will be fun! If you want to see me again afterwards, great! If you don't, that's perfectly cool, too. It's not really my idea to change anything between us. Not that we have a lot. I do know that I definitely want to see you. I'm sure we've both had dinner with people before and wondered what the hell we were thinking. This won't be like that. It will be good. I promise.

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Travis Levi Taylor November 17, 2010 at 5:26pm Report
Good Evening Lexie,
How are you? Good, I hope. I'm pretty good, myself. Tomorrow, I think, I'm going to apply (again) to the Valero @ 6th & Jefferson. I applied before, but I was advised to drop off my application to a certain person between certain hours, and, well, I didn't do that, so, you know. Anyways. I like my chances, this time.
Oh! I get to take the ACT (again?) on December 11th in Sand Springs. Admissions wasn't exactly impressed with my High School transcript. So, they're telling me to forward them a decent ACT score and I should be okay.
I think I would not be honest with you if I didn't mention that I'm a little blue since I haven't heard back from you. Not that I'm trying to influence you by making you feel sorry for me. And if you do, you shouldn't! As a matter of fact, I am totally respectful of your right to respond (or not respond) to me (or anyone else, for that matter) any way you see fit. My optimistic- if not detached from reality- imagination would have me believe there's a chance you would care to see me for dinner. And since that hasn't happened... anyways, of course, as I said before, I am a little blue about it.
Because? Lexie, I admire you. I guess I'm not a "secret admirer," since I'm telling you that I admire you. I'm totally aware that I'm not the only one. You are incredibly beautiful, but you don't seem to care or think it makes you better than everyone else. You're powerfully intelligent, but never push anyone around with it. You're independent, yet with no trace of resentment for the shallow aspects of our society.
Naturally, I'm very impressed with you. I'm certain everyone is. You are excellent. I want you to know that I think you are an extraordinary woman. And yes, even though I'm a little blue about it, it isn't at all surprising to me that you haven't accepted my invitation to dinner. What would completely amaze me is if you actually do.
Yours,
Travis

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Travis Levi Taylor December 5, 2010 at 11:38am Report
Good Morning Lexie,
How are you doing? I hope everything is going good for you. I'm good.

I know you are on the edge of your seat, anxiously awaiting the news... but no, I did not get the Valero job. I took the application to the guy at the time, and he was like, "Thanks. We're just taking applications right now." and I was like, "Cool." You can imagine how broken-hearted I am to not find work. My sister was like, "How many applications and resumes have you put out?" I sighed, looked up, and really thought about the answer- that is pretty important, after all- and replied, "Uh... one." She laughed. I laughed. And then she lectured me.

Now then, where were we? Oh, yes! I'm refreshing like apple pie and a cup of coffee (somehow?), and you're pretty, smart, and independent... ...and apparently still totally unimpressed with me. Ok. I think we're up to speed. I have this inexplicable inclination to "switch gears." Try something new to get your attention and impress you somehow. I'm not going to just call you out of the blue, or something like that, even though you have your digits on your fb. I bet you're just like me- constantly telling people in emails, etc, "Yeah. It's cool to call the number. That's what I put it on there for!" But I'm a man and you're a woman, and also I'm trying to get you to see me for dinner. So, I don't think that would be very civilized of me.

So what can I do in a message that is different and might make some kind of impression on you? Check this out. I'm thinking haiku. I know, crazy, right? Has anyone ever written you a haiku before? I have to be honest with you. I don't really know what a haiku is... yet. Up until about 20 seconds ago, I didn't even know how to spell it. I'm almost certain it's Japanese. And some kind of poem that follows some mathematical rules. Who knows? I might have a talent for this! Then again, looking at my record of pretty much ZERO success with you so far, when I google "haiku" later, I will probably learn that it's some kind of traditional man-to-man love sonnet, or whatever.

I guess, if you're even reading these, now you can look forward to receiving a haiku. Isn't it exciting! I'll send it to you... Tuesday. Why not. That should be enough time to learn what it is, how to do it, and make one. And I think I'm probably rare for this, but I am as pragmatic as I am passionate. You'll see what I mean, Tuesday. Anyhow, being so practical, I assume... Assume? Me? Yes. Risky, I know, but sometimes you got to... I assume my messages are getting sent out, and you're receiving them ok, and you're reading them. After all, I am extremely, EXTREMELY handsome. And brilliant!

I'm not going to go on and on about how beautiful you are, today. I've got to save up on adjectives for Tuesday. Besides. if I'm wrong, and you're just sighing and deleting these, then it doesn't really matter. On the other hand... if you actually are reading any of this stuff, then the suspense makes it more exciting!

Lexie. I do like you. This haiku is going to be so easy. Ok Tuesday. Take Care.
Yours,
Travis

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Travis Levi Taylor December 7, 2010 at 10:31am Report
Hello Lexie,

Brace yourself. You're about to experience some seriously mad poetry skills. As it happens, haiku are actually pretty short, so I made a few for you. Way back in the day, I am to understand, haiku were simple and funny. As the art form matured and evolved, they became more serious and deep.

Basically, all that's absolutely necessary to be a haiku, you got a poem with 17 morae, which are pretty much syllables, and divided into three lines in a 5-7-5 format. A sophisticated, traditional haiku will also reference nature, and demonstrate a few neat features. 1. A kigo: a word to reference a season. 2. A kireji: a "cutting word," a word to give pause or draw emphasis. Not so easy in English, many writers will use a symbol or punctuation mark. Kireji are usually in the first or second line. 3. Contrast to show equation. A really good haiku will have have thoughtful meaning.

Here's a famous example by Basho Matsuo:

An old silent pond...
A frog jumps into the pond,
Splash! Silence again.

And that's about it. Here are the haiku I made for you. I hope you enjoy them.
Basics...

five morae to start
seven in the middle
five again to end

Some funny ones...

Ninety through school zone,
Gulping my vodka tonic.
I was raised by wolves.

75? Nah.
Flashing lights at 85!
ONE FORTY. bye-bye.

and my personal favourite...

Party all night long!
2 a.m. turn the lights out,
We make baby now.

Ok. Seriously, now, and trying to follow the rules...

Birds bathe in the stream.
Crispy leaves swirling around,
Warm winter day sounds.

Crows just like to caw,
they hop because they have to.
Eagles rarely walk.

And finally, I attempted to make a serious, high quality, traditional haiku for you...

Frozen moon moves blue
bare naked trees to whisper...
Glowing, sunrise comes.

Yours,
Travis

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Elexis Hennigh December 7, 2010 at 3:34pm
Wow...so first of all rarely do I spend a whole lot of time on here. I simply use it to fill the tiny blips of free time I have which is rare. So I have found very little time to ponder your thoughtful messages. Truth is I am sort of seeing someone right now. So I have been more or less emotionally unavailable. While I certainly find your messages delightful and charming I still find it a little odd that you persist with no replies. ;) haiku?! Definitely memorable and fun, just not good timing for me. I'd write a bit more but I am in the doctors office and they just called me back. Stay charming! Lexie

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Travis Levi Taylor December 9, 2010 at 4:15pm Report
California! Knows how to party. California. Knows how to party. In the citaaay of L.A.

Congratulations on your career move! And what serendipity... a business trip, in the middle of winter, to sunny, southern California? Yeah, I think you made a good decision, alright.

L.A. Interesting town. They have a dog beach, there. Totally blew my mind. Shepherds. Retrievers. Chihuahuas. Rottweilers. All running around catching frisbees together on the same, little beach.

Southern California is where I realised that orange is my favourite colour. Something about the sunlight... actually, Long story. Maybe some other time.

Thank you for the heartwarming compliments. You might have just made me blush! I'm happy you enjoyed the haiku.

I'll stay charming. You stay Elexis.
Yours,
Travis

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I then decided dinner with a high school classmate wouldn’t hurt. So I sent a chat message (Actually it was a Wall post now that I went back more thoroughly and found it.) that simply said, “Dinner?” He accepted and we had tentative plans (that must have been discussed via live chat because I find no record of them elsewhere) (See recently recovered live chats here.) to meet for dinner on Saturday, January 8th before I left for my LA trip.
(I have since remembered that he sent the following texts later that same day. My phone number was listed on my Contact Info section on my Facebook page visible to 'Friends Only.')

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Jan 7, 2011 6:43 PM Good evening Lexie!! Thought I would call you around 7 if that works for you?
My Reply: I am shopping :)
His Reply: Oh? You want my measurements? :) Wanna call me later?

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I did not reply. His comment was a little wierd...but ok?!
But he took the liberty to call me Jan 7, 2001 at 9:10. We spoke for 10 minutes. I informed him that I just learned my dad was going to be in town tomorrow to have dinner and such before my trip. I said we might have to meet for a late dinner or something that I wasn't really sure at that point. And we would just play it by ear.
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Jan 8, 2011 2:32 PM Good Afternoon Lexie!! Saw ur update. I hope ur having a good lunch! I will call u later.
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The update he referred to was a status on my Facebook that said something about my dad and I having lunch. I was really hoping Travis would just back off and understand that meeting him for dinner wasn't my priority as I was leaving for LA in the morning. But surprise! I get another text that just seals the deal on not meeting him for dinner ever.

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Jan 8, 2011 5:00 PM Hey Lexie...I picked up somethings for u while I was out today...I think you will like...talk to u soon!!!

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Having not heard from me all day he called me Jan 8th, 2011 at 5:31 PM. And I informed him that dinner was just not possible. I was still with my dad and my dad was likely staying the night and taking me to the airport the next morning.

He then proceeded to comment on nearly every status update I posted as I traveled to LA.
So while travelling I was unable to login to Facebook, but as soon as I did I noticed a post on Travis' wall that referred to our dinner plans falling through. Kind of annoyed me that he'd post that. I also saw the discussion about his father's heart attack and was shocked.

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A post to his own Wall
Travis Levi Taylor wow... my plans for tonight just opened up :( But there's something about Saturday Night...
January 8 at 5:35pm

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Travis Levi Taylor January 10 at 12:31am Report
I'm about to turn in. Just wanted to say good night, and good luck tomorrow!!! You are so awesome!!!

Yours,

Travis

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Elexis Hennigh January 10 at 12:33am
Don't need luck but thanks.
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Travis Levi Taylor January 10 at 12:35am Report
I know you got it. That's why I like you!!!

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The second night in LA I saw the thread he posted on his Wall Jan 10, 2011 at 6:31am and was further alarmed.
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Travis Levi Taylor
Gentlemen, I have concluded that women are only good for one thing. And if you want it, you're just going to have to fuck them. There's just no real way around it.
January 10 at 6:31am See full thread here.

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I expressed my disapproval with his status update (see full thread here) by commenting on it as you will see and immediately deleting him as a friend. (I definitely didn't hang around to see the thread as it appears now. It definitely got a lot worse. I am quite sure I would have ignored the second friend request had I witnessed all of that language.) Plus with his prompt replies to everything I do on Facebook I was feeling like he was always watching my profile.

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Travis Levi Taylor January 10 at 11:51am Report
With all my heart, I am sorry for hurting you. I would like to say that I feel a happy medium "humbled," but the truth is I feel humiliated because I believe I humiliated you... crazy as it seems, that is the exact opposite of what I was shooting for.

I do believe you're extraordinary. I wanted to be there for you to protect you from the behaviour that I remarkably just demonstrated this morning. I did have a cough. My father did have a heart attack. It's funny. If I wasn't sick, I don't think you would've posted "Dinner?" on my wall. And if my father didn't have the heart attack, and all the drama that came along with it, I think I wouldn't have lost your interest. I was so excited and full of life and Love after you posted that "Dinner?" that I was paying super close attention to everybody and everything, otherwise I wouldn't have noticed Dad's symptoms and foresaw the heart attack. I'm not a doctor, so it took a lot of effort and energy to pin it down after I noticed the first signs. The first sign was that he was sad, amazingly, and I just kept looking until I realized what was happening to him. So in a way, you kindof saved my father's life, and I thank you for that.

A similar thing I did to you this morning happened to me several months ago, which is why I thought I was following your lead while I was making mistake after mistake. There were some slight differences, though. The girl was faking the cough. I didn't lover her, but the general consensus among our colleagues was that she was in love with me and at the end of her rope, so I was really nice to her and tried to work it out patiently and calmly for her sake... Maybe that's what you were trying to do for me. I was trying to carry her burden on my own until one of my coworkers' father passed away, and she helped me see the truth very gently, on what was the worst day of her life.

I was deeply troubled with the up-close and personal nature of my father's life being in my hands. You may or may not know that I have seen death before, up close and personal. And I've lost. Maybe you have been there, and can understand.

And now I wonder... Do you believe in second chances? I don't deserve one, and for all I know, "Dinner?" WAS my 2nd chance, from your point of view.

A lot of women have suggested to me this morning different techniques to win a woman back, because it was obvious that I was trying to get a particular woman's attention and coerce her into talking to me. I don't like any of the suggestions that were offered. For one thing, they wouldn't have been from my heart, even if they had worked.

Instead, I will only promise you this: I am not going to kill myself, I promise you. I will live with the humiliation that I see headed my way, and I'm optimistic that I will have at least my Dad around so I won't be alone in this. I will get sympathy, I assure you. I believe catching myself acting so horribly and stopping myself when I did, I'll have mercy on me for that. I'll get through it.

That being said, Today really is the worst day of my life, so far. I will never forget it. You may or may not, either. You are so brilliant and unreadable to me, you could have gone through this several times before, for all I know. So. You have saved my life again. When it occurred to me that I should kill myself, and post it on fb before doing so, I realised how unfair that would be to you! Some people would say you drove me to it, while the truth is you kept me from doing it. But I would have to live in order to prove that for those who are wise enough to see it.

My imperfections are tremendous, evidently, and I can understand that you would not even be able to imagine being happy with me after today. Even as a friend. I would not hold it against you if you do not even want to acknowledge my existence. I am actually cool with that, if that will make you happier.

If you believe in 2nd chances, and think I'm worth one, I'm right here. If you don't, but there's still anything I can ever do for you, just let me know and we will see what we can do, no strings attached. For example, deleting stuff off the fb wall. I do think it's not a great idea, and I'm not in a hurry to do it. I intend to try to learn from this mistake so that next time I will do better. But if you want me to delete parts or the whole thing, I would do it.

In the case that this is also the worst day of your life, I can tell you this. Tomorrow, (literally) Tomorrow will be much, much better. You can and I believe will completely succeed with your current objectives in life. But also, remember what happened, here, because sooner than you think, it would happen again if you don't listen to the people you know you can trust. And even then, some may surprise you. I didn't have that, here. I have had to be the strong one for my family, and I should have known your interest in me was not as deep as my interest in you when you did not reach out to me when my father had the heart attack. If something like that had happened to your father or mother and you put it on facebook, and I noticed it, I would have reached out to you.

For the record, you are the first woman I can remember thinking, "That is the one I would like to have children with." Not the last, but the first. You have it all. Everything I look for in a woman. It was middle school, and you just walked into class with some friends, and that was that, at first sight. But my timing was never good. Every time I tried to ask you out, you were seeing someone... except once, when I flipped a coin. I had no idea what I was doing. So, in your view, even if you do believe in 2nd chances, I probably just used up the 2nd, at least. Let's not do 3rd chances. If I've already hurt you twice, I'm not the one for you. The fake cougher I was telling you about before, she hurt me over and over and over and over again. I think maybe we were actually hurting each other over and over again.

I think you're perfect. I am to understand that you may not believe in perfection. If that is the case, I am certain that you are among those with the fewest of imperfections.
With all my heart, I am sorry for hurting you.

Yours,
Travis

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Elexis Hennigh January 10 at 12:54am
You don't even know me. You're already smothering me just with FB likes and comments. Stressing me out! It's just too much!

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Travis Levi Taylor January 10 at 1:21am Report
I know you. I know your heart. I'm alive today because of you. You saved my life, Lexie, just by being yourself. I am forever in your debt.

I'm sorry for your stress... I honestly had no idea I was making you feel that way. Believe me, you have no reason to be stressed out... absolutely none. If anybody looks like a fool, it is definitely me. Ask anybody. If you want to get to know me, I'd love to try. I realize it's not going to happen over night. Even though that's the way it was for me. I knew how I felt about you at first sight.

I will wish you good night, now. And I hope you sleep well. I know you're going to kick ass this week. I'm logging off, so if there is anything I can do for you, just call.

If you're stressing about going to sleep because I might post some more stuff on fb, I promise you I'm not going to do that. I'm logging off, now. Good Night...

Yours,

Travis

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Travis Levi Taylor January 11 at 9:35am Report
Good Morning Lexie,

I'm writing to you straight from the heart. I hope maybe you have cooled down a bit after a couple of days. I know if I were you I would have been really mad at me.

As I'm sure you know, I'm terribly flawed. But I think you're perfect. I'm crazy about you, Lexie, and I have been for a long time. I think about you a lot, and in various ways. I mean, you're everything I'm not, but wish I could be.

I think I may have told you before that I would do anything for you, and/or anything you say? I was wrong about that. I won't hurt people for you. I won't hurt you for you. Even if that's what you really, really told me or seemed to want. When I said I would die for you, what I meant was, given the unfair choice that one of us would die, and the other would live, I would do everything I know to be right to get around it, but if there was no way around it, I would choose for you to Live. Kindof like in Titanic. I mean, you know where Leonardo DiCaprio is hanging on as long as he can to Kate Winslet on that little raft? They did everything but pray together, I seem to recall... Maybe if they did, they could have found another way out?

Please forgive me, Lexie!!!

Can't you see how I really feel about you?

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Travis Levi Taylor January 12 at 7:18am Report
Morning Lexie!!

Well, it's Wednesday... and as I recall, you're doing a one week type of thing, right? So, I guess if you have like a mid-term or whatever, today, I wish you the best.

Yours,

Travis

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Elexis Hennigh January 12 at 7:26am
I am not a student, and I'd rather not get an alert every morning at 5:30am because you've sent yet another message. Not helping!!

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Travis Levi Taylor January 15 at 4:48pm Report
Happy Birthday, Lexie!

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On February 10, 2011 (modified based on information in recovered live chat message), I receive a friend requests asking to allow Travis Levi Taylor to be added as a friend on my Facebook. At this point it had been nearly a month. I figured I got my point across. So I accepted the request thinking it would be fine, and if it wasn’t I would just delete him again. That simple right?

Upon accepting the request he happens to be ‘online’ so he sends me a chat (read live chat here) thanking me for accepting his request. There is quite a bit of small talk until he decides to mention that he doesn’t think he can be ‘just friends’ with me and was relieved that I accepted his friend request anyways. I didn’t understand. He says he send a ‘message’ attached to the request which I did not read. So he said he could some it up by just saying that he couldn’t be just friends. So I reaffirm the fact that I was not asking him to dinner because I had romantic feelings for him. He was shocked. I told him I had to go and was tired of talking about this with him.
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Travis Levi Taylor February 14 at 12:34am Report
Good Evening,

Beautiful Lexie,
Won't you be my Valentine?
Please say that you will!

Elexis, I still like making haiku for you. Do you still enjoy reading them? In a way, you taught me how to do it, really. You're my inspiration.

I'm sorry about the message I sent you earlier (I just re-read it). Kinda gross! Obviously, I was a little out of it. And I think I was stressing myself out a little bit on top of that. But you know what? I'm feeling better, now. I was running a fever of almost 100 last night, but I am feeling fine, now.

How would you like to get together for lunch tomorrow? As friends... on Valentine's Day. I don't want to push or pull you, Lexie. Life does enough of that on it's own. But I am looking for someone that sees that, too. Someone I can help, and someone that can help me. And I figure, it's got to start somewhere. I enjoy writing to you, and I love hearing from you. But when you can't see the sincerity in my eyes, and the honesty of my actions, what can it mean? And I want to look into your eyes, too. And talk to you. And listen to you! I want to ask you how you're doing. I want to know what you like to eat. You said before that I don't even know you. I argued that I know your heart. I think we were both right! There's so much I don't know about you. But I believe in my heart that you are a truly excellent woman. I've seen it in your eyes, before. You don't like it when people hurt the ones you love. And you lift up the fallen, and take those who are hateful down a notch. You live up to your name.

That's why I want to be your Valentine. And that's why I want to have lunch with you. Going through this life alone, I have had to, at times, go against the flow. I learned, from the consequences of those decisions, when I was right to have done it, and when I was wrong. I would rather go with the flow, but I don't think I can do it on my own. I would like to try to go with the flow... with you. If I can prove to you that I can be a gentleman, maybe you will give me a chance to prove it again. Who knows?

You've struck me, Lexie. Like a bolt of lightning. You really are a very exciting woman. But you are also sweet, and kind- attentive and patient. I would be honored to have a chance to really get to know you.

Feel free to write me back or text me, and let me know or ask me anything you like. If you would like to have lunch tomorrow, I'm only an hour away from Stillwater.

Yours,

Travis

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Elexis Hennigh February 14 at 1:52am
Stop please!

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Travis Levi Taylor February 14 at 9:51am Report
You got it, Lexie.

I wish I only knew, more exactly, what you mean by "Stop," though. Is it that you want me to stop thinking about you? Or writing to you? Or wanting to get to know you? When it occurs to me that you just want me to stop having romantic feelings for you, my heart starts to beat heavy and slow, and I struggle to breathe. And then I realize, "Is that what she really wants?" And because I believe in you, if that's what you mean, then it has to be true. And it calms me down.

I guess I'm not much of a charmer, after all. You told me before to stay charming. And I wanted you to stay Elexis. I still do.

You're not giving me much to go on, so I have little choice but to make an assumption, here. I guess since I've been just kindof putting my heart out there on a platter for you, when you say "Stop please!" it means you aren't interested. And that's about as nice a way it can be said, I suppose. Thank You for letting me know how you feel. And I thank you for not squishing it. If that's what you really want, you got it. Some day, I believe we will both find someone we can be happy with, together. I guess that's the thing about togetherness. One can't be happy if the other is not. And I'm happy to have what I have with you!! And I never want to lose it.

Life is good. And I intend to live it.

I hope the man you really want, "the one" you told me about the other day, doesn't let this day go by without letting you know how much you mean to him. If he does, he's a damn fool.

Happy Valentine's Day, Lexie!

Your Friend Always,

Travis

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Elexis Hennigh February 14 at 10:04am
I can't believe you sent another message after I asked you to stop. I will not be nice anymore. Please end this creepy obsession.

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He then posted the Obsessed video by Mariah Carey, and I commented “How fitting.” He also refers to hoping to watch a Britney Spears video premier with me which is beyond deluded. The only reason he knows anything about that is because it is a public event created by some random person on Facebook and I clicked ‘Attending’. Wow!*********************************************************************

Travis Levi Taylor February 15 at 9:09pm Report
Lexie,

I'm deeply sorry to have lost you again. You told me to put an end to "this creepy obsession." And you said that you will "not be nice anymore." I was totally shocked! I was only trying to tell you that if you want to be friends, then I'm cool with that. If you don't want to "date" me, that's cool. But to be a true friend, I felt that I had to tell you that I had "date" feelings for you, but wanted to try to have a Valentine's Friend lunch, if you would like.

I don't believe the way I feel about you is inappropriate at all. But you expressed yourself clearly, and I just naturally tend to take your side of things. I was surprised that you commented on the Mariah Carey video. I was just trying to lighten up about myself. I don't think I'm a stalker, but you were uncomfortable, so obviously I was coming on too strong.

I guess you took me down a notch! I don't believe that by "how fitting" you meant the part where the dude got whacked by the bus. My guess is you didn't even notice that until later. Truth be told, I didn't realize that was the same guy, either, until later. After I commented "Perfect? For me?" And then I didn't see you on my friend list anymore. So I took another look at the video to see what you meant. You have a really valid point, Lexie. I'm sorry I was a jerk. I really am trying to be a better person, but I'm making a lot of mistakes. I guess I just felt abandoned and desperate and freaked out.

You deserve better treatment than that. If I had it to do over again, I would do things differently.

Can you forgive me? I will always want to be your friend. No strings attached.

Yours,

Travis

P.S. Yeah, about the Britney premiere, I was kinda hoping to watch it with you, if that's what you were thinking. I'm sure you're a better dancer than me, and I was looking forward to hearing your thoughts and opinions on the choreography. I'm expecting there to be plenty of dancing in the video.

Also, I thought the question you posted was really awesome. I probably blushed a little when I realized how it might look when I commented! My copy-and-paste didn't go over quite as popularly as yours did... but you don't have a reputation for being a jerk like I do! :) If the whole world saw my comment and thought I was in Love with You, even though we're just friends, it honestly wouldn't bother me that much. I guess I went kindof crazy after I saw another question down before, about picking a fish that you wanted, and I was wishing it was me.

One more thing- and I'm not trying to butter you up, but simply for the record- I think you're prettier than Mariah Carey.

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Elexis Hennigh February 15 at 9:27pm
Seriously you need to forget that I ever said anything to you. And stop assuming that I read these novels that you send anymore. They just piss me off. Maybe if we had a little more history than a simple dinner invite this would seem slightly appropriate and charming, but it is NOT. Its creepy and obsessive as I have already pointed out. Apparently that wasn't clue enough. STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP before I have to delete my facebook profile. Please!

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I remember none of the events that Travis Levi Taylor references in his below message—being stuck in the woods, giving him a ride home when he was stranded. That doesn’t mean they didn’t occur, but they definitely aren’t a memory I have kept. If they did indeed happen, it was nearly 15 years ago. I also don’t recall working with Travis. I barely knew him.  (I guess this was misleading. I have since spoken to many friends about things that happened in high school and have decided to accept the fact that the events he describes actually did happen which makes this even more scary.
As far as barely knowing Travis...I guess its just hard to explain.  He was a fellow classmate from high school that I THOUGHT I knew when he originally reached out on Facebook. We had mutual friends in high school. He dated a good friend of mine. We worked together when I was 16. We hung out at the same places. He was always around. We never really had conversations that didn't involved other people. We never called each other up or anything like that, but I at least felt like I knew he wouldn't hurt me. He wasn't just someone I barely knew from Facebook. That's what people have got to hear and understand. When I wrote 'I barely knew him' above it was three in the morning after having just read the final letter. I was reeling from the memories he described and the sick fantasies he imagined. All I could think was I barely knew him. How could he feel this way. So that's what I wrote. At Mannford I graduated with 109 students. So you can imagine how small it was and yes everyone knew everyone. This person wasn't someone that most girls would deny a spot on their FB friends list. I'm just tired of hearing that I should have never responded or accepted his friend requests. He wasn't a stranger.)

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AND THIS IS WHERE IT GETS RAUNCHY AND SCARY BEYOND ALL BELIEF. DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU ARE AWARE THAT THIS MAN IS TERRIBLY DISTURBED AND THE RELATIONSHIP HE REFERS TO IS ENTIRELY, 100%, IN HIS SICK LITTLE MIND.
I intend to report this to the police, especially since I was unable to sleep a wink after receiving this threat against my life.
What I learned: Take your phone number, email, address, etc. off of your Facebook profile period. I don’t care if it is ‘Friends Only’ private. You seriously never know who you’ll consider a ‘friend.’ This friend from high school is not a never will be my friend. (Travis obtained my address and various other locations to stalk me from the 'check-in' feature. Stop checking in unless you would welcome everyone on your friends list to show up lookin for you.)

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Travis Levi Taylor February 15 at 11:03pm Report
No. I will not allow us to go backwards, Lexie.

We have a relationship. It's a friendship, and it's a good one. One that I foolishly walked away from for too long. Or, maybe I have been obsessed all along. Maybe I was obsessed when we worked together, and you were kind, and patient and understanding. And pretty, of course. How you laughed at all my jokes, regardless of how stupid they were. Your delicate skin, and perfect, white teeth. In all honesty, I was following you that night in the woods, when you got your Tracker stuck there. I fantasized about that for weeks- and then it finally happened... you were stranded in the middle of nowhere. I could have chopped you up. Nobody ever would've known. I could have slit your throat. And drank your blood. Maybe cooked some of your parts. Fried your brain. Liver. Baked your heart, stuffed it with your pubic hair and eyelashes. Delicious, delicious eyelashes. You have such a lovely head of hair! If I had really taken my time, and had it to do over again, maybe I could've carefully scalped you. And keep your hair for me. And wear it. And a bra. And your hot cheerleader uniform. Then "LEXIE" would be on my back. And your severed breasts in the bra, jiggling sumptuously while I dance. Of course, I would have to get a tan. Your complexion is sublime.

But I couldn't have. There were witnesses, that night. Witnesses I didn't want. And so, I came up with a plan... for you to return the favour! Remember, LEXIE??? When I was CONVENIENTLY STRANDED? And you gave me a lift to my house. You were such a stupid little bitch, you were. haha!! Of course, the beautiful ones always are. But I wasn't thinking about chopping you up in that trap. I was thinking about fucking you. HARD. Remember when Brandi came on the radio? And I started singing it to you? And you looked at me like a freak? I had memorized all the words, and fantasized that you were singing it to me while I was fucking you. You would have enjoyed it, too. Your innocent brown eyes, dancing to the music while I fucked you. And we pulled into the driveway, and I forced you to sit there until the song was over... and that must have been what gave me away... because you didn't want to come in. Clever girl. What was waiting inside for you definitely would have been the END. After several hours of nonstop, screaming fun, of course. So you escaped me again. And then there were the parties. Remember the one at Tommy's? Where I was screaming "NEVER STOP FUCKING ME" to you all night? That's because in that fantasy, I was Tom Cruise. And you were Renee Zellweger. And if everyone had got as drunk as I intended, it would have been so complete. My plan was for you to be passed out drunk, as well. So you could wake up with my dick inside you, fucking you, with my tongue in your mouth. I wanted to see your eyes open, and watch you fall in love with me for fucking you so magnificently. It would have been perfect. Which is why I would have been forced to gut you with my pocket knife, and fuck your intestines while you bled to death. I fantasized about sucking the last bit of air out of your lungs while you died, eyes frozen, locked in a stare into mine. One, eternal, passionate embrace. But all the blood? I realized I needed it. I have to drink it, Lexie. And that's why you can't delete your facebook. I will not allow it. You shouldn't have been so nice to my Mother, Lexie. All the other girls just patronized her. Told her what she wanted to hear. But not you. You were sincere. Which... honestly, gave me an erection. It's coming back right now, actually. You were lucky that night. Again. Witnesses.

But you were never luckier than the night of the big coin toss. I know you remember. I saw the way you were looking at me. I had it all planned out. Every option covered. There would have been No witnesses. Remember what I SAID I was flipping the coin for? I know. Brilliant. But inside was the dark truth that I know you wanted. And I wanted you to watch. Tails: I simply kill you. Make you disappear, and get you out of my mind. Heads: I fuck you and cut off your head.

I happen to have a quarter in my hand right now...

I'm sorry Lexie. Ah, the serendipity! It's heads.

And that's why you're not going to delete your facebook. Because you know this is True Love. We'll never grow old. We'll never have grey hair or wrinkles. Children or annoying grandchildren. We will be taken by our destiny, to be forever young. And you want the world to know. It is the perfect plan, Elexis. And it is all for you. I'm going to fuck you and cut your head off. And I'm going to drive the same knife through my own heart, and we'll be together forever.

I Love You Lexie