‘The Watcher:’ New Jersey Family Terrorized, Former FBI Profilers Weigh In

An anonymous person, known only as “The Watcher,” has forced a New Jersey family out of a home that they purchased for $1.3 million. “The Watcher” used disturbing and threatening letters in order to make the Broaddus family feel so unsafe that the never had the chance to spend even one night in their new home.

Reported yesterday on the Inquisitr, the Broaddus family filed a lawsuit against “The Watcher” and the family who sold them the house. The lawsuit tells a story that is very scary. Police do not have any substantial suspects or leads in “The Watcher” case. This mystery is being followed closely by the people of New Jersey and is starting to capture the attention of the nation. Now, New Jersey Advanced Media has reached out to former FBI profilers and criminologists and asked them to weigh in on the case of “The Watcher” in New Jersey.

James Alan Fox, the interim dean of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University in Boston, is confused as to why “The Watcher” is only targeting this one house.

“If you’re just looking to terrorize people, why stick with one house? It makes you worry this person is mentally unstable and truly believes there’s something about the house and in the walls and so forth. That sounds delusional. At this point it’s all talk. It might be scary talk, but that’s all it is. If he does more than send letters, I would start to worry a lot more.”

Joe Navarro, a former FBI profiler, thinks “The Watcher” is suffering from paranoia.

“It’s easy to write something. The hard part is carrying out something really treacherous or violent. Paranoid individuals are very sensitive to space, and that space can include an entire neighborhood. They’re very sensitive to strangers moving in. This guy has issues. Did he suffer from a loss of money? Come from a poor family? Once want to live there and couldn’t? You don’t want to ignore a theme that’s repeated.”

Former FBI profiler Gregg McCrary believes that “The Watcher” could be someone that the Broaddus family knows and may have had trouble with in their past.

“Houses are bought and sold all the time. What’s different about this one? Why these people and not anyone else? What’s going on [in] their lives? Have they had problems with anybody?”

The profilers both feel that they would have more information and insight on “The Watcher” if they were able to see the letters. Seeing the way the letters are structured would paint a picture of “The Watcher’s” background, education level, and emotional state. Knowing that information would be helpful for police and profilers.

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