BELLEVUE, Wash. -- The Attorney General's Office put together a domestic violence advisory group to look at stalking. It found one in four victims report being stalked through some form of technology. Ten percent of victims report being monitored with GPS.
Barbara Langdon with the Eastside Domestic Violence Program says technology is making it harder to keep domestic violence victims safe.
"It's just a different time. It's so much easier for people to be found," she said.
She says because anyone can be tracked through a cell phone, computer, ORCA card, credit card, it's creating a system where someone could be killed.
"It used to be you loaded up into a VW, drove like a bat out of hell and put someone in a safe house. It's just such different technology now. It's just so easy for people to be found," she said.
Domestic violence survivor Trese Todd escaped her abuser decades ago after coming face to face with the barrel of his gun.
"He was calm, methodical, if she wants to leave, I'll kill her myself, mom can raise the baby," she said.
Now she helps others escape, which is harder because of technology. Anytime they do anything in the system they get found.
According to the Attorney General's Office, one in four victims who are being stalked are being stalked through the some form of technology and 10 percent of victims report being monitored with GPS.
Langdon suggests victims get rid of everything, even social security numbers, for a chance to start over and says the Eastside Domestic Violence Program can help. If you or someone you know needs help there you can call the 24 hour hotline at 1- 800-827-8840.
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