As always, thank you for hanging out and remembering Jennifer Paulson with me today.

On February 26, 2010, 30-year-old special-education teacher Jennifer Paulson was fatally shot in the parking lot of the school where she worked in Tacoma, Washington. Her killer was 33-year-old Tyler Peterson, a former classmate who had been stalking her for months after she repeatedly rejected his advances.

Jennifer had reported Peterson to authorities and obtained a restraining order, but despite multiple warnings, he continued to follow and harass her. On the morning of the shooting, he waited for her outside the school, shot her several times, and then fled before taking his own life.

The case became a tragic example of how stalking can escalate into lethal violence and a reminder of how restraining orders alone don’t always protect victims from determined offenders.