Actress Eva LaRue, best known for her roles on \u201cCSI: Miami\u201d and \u201cAll My Children,\u201d is opening up about her horrific experience with a stalker.<\/p>\n
In the two-part documentary \u201cMy Nightmare Stalker: The Eva LaRue Story,\u201d which hit Paramount+ on Thursday, Nov. 13, LaRue recalled the 12 years of \u201cpsychological terrorism\u201d she endured at the hands of a man named James David Rogers.<\/p>\n
In 2007, Rogers began sending LaRue disturbing letters, signing them \u201cFreddy Krueger,\u201d the murderous villain from the horror classic \u201cA Nightmare on Elm Street.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe letters were anywhere between three to six or seven pages long, detailing in the most heinous, evil, grotesque, depraved way, how he wanted to kidnap my then-5-year-old daughter [Kaya McKenna Callahan] and I,\u201d LaRue told The New York Times<\/a> in 2022.<\/p>\n \u201cI will stalk you, punish you, destroy you, and finally kill you. So, you be prepared for my arrival,\u201d Rogers wrote in one of his letters to LaRue. <\/p>\n Rogers continued to write to LaRue anonymously for over a decade, repeatedly explaining how he wanted to sexually assault, torture, kill, and dismember her and Kaya. LaRue said in the Paramount+ doc that her \u201cworst fear\u201d was the letter writer following through with his threats. <\/p>\n \u201cI was so freaked out by what I read that I literally was stunned into obliteration,\u201d LaRue said. \u201cI just remember being absolutely terrified and not knowing what to do.\u201d <\/p>\n LaRue was in California, and the letters were postmarked from Youngstown, Ohio. The interstate nature of the harassment made it a case for the FBI. Law enforcement officials took the threats seriously, but Rogers still eluded identification for years. Fingerprints from one of the letters were put into the FBI\u2019s database IAFIS, but there were no hits.<\/p>\n Things escalated in 2019 when Rogers began calling then-17-year-old Kaya\u2019s high school and leaving threatening voicemails. <\/p>\n \u201cHello, I wanna leave a message for Kaya Callahan. This is the man who\u2019s gonna rape her, molest her, and kill her. My name is Freddy Krueger. Just let her know. Thank you,\u201d he said in one message. <\/p>\n READ MORE: <\/b>Where is Brandon Johnson now? An update on the true crime doc \u2018Don\u2019t Date Brandon\u2019<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Rogers later called Kaya\u2019s school pretending to be her father, John Callahan. He informed the receptionist that he\u2019d be picking Kaya up that day. Kaya\u2019s father was out of town at the time, so Rogers immediately knew it was their stalker. She quickly drove to pick Kaya up herself.<\/p>\n Breakthroughs in investigative genetic genealogy finally led to Rogers\u2019 arrest in 2019. <\/p>\n \u201cIt was weirdly comforting and disgusting to put a face and a name to our stalker,\u201d Kaya said in the documentary. \u201cI had always imagined that the stalker was an athletic Ted Bundy-type. Someone handsome that would merge well with a crowd, that you wouldn\u2019t notice. … But this was a man that you would see in a crowd. <\/p>\n Rogers pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges in 2022 and was sentenced to 40 months in prison. <\/p>\n \u201cOnly three and a half years [behind bars] after tormenting us for 12? That\u2019s it? That\u2019s all our life was worth here?\u201d LaRue questioned in the Paramount+ doc. \u201cIt was devastating. He didn\u2019t get what he deserved. … There\u2019s closure, but it didn\u2019t feel just.\u201d <\/p>\n Rogers was released from prison in 2024. His probation will be complete in 2027. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s weird that he\u2019s just back to his normal life,\u201d Kaya said. \u201cAlmost like nothing happened. And yet I\u2019ll still live with this.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE: <\/b>\u2018Smallville\u2019 actress, convicted NXIVM cult member launches podcast<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n LaRue said that Rogers\u2019 probation and her restraining order against him \u201cdoesn\u2019t guarantee\u201d safety for her and Kaya.<\/p>\n During a Tuesday, Nov. 11, appearance on \u201cCBS Mornings<\/a>\u201a\u201d LaRue said she doesn\u2019t think she and Kaya will \u201cever feel safe\u201d again.<\/p>\n \u201cYour brain never goes back to not being hyper vigilant,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n If you or someone you know is a victim of stalking, call the <\/b><\/i>Victim Connect hotline<\/b><\/i><\/a> or contact the <\/b><\/i>Stalking Prevention, Awareness, & Resource Center (SPARC)<\/b><\/i><\/a>.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n \u201cMy Nightmare Stalker: The Eva LaRue Story\u201d is <\/b><\/i>available to stream on Paramount+<\/b><\/i><\/a>.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. 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