u/Beginning-Amphibian8

EDIT: I'm asking this to get a timeline of approximately when the victim and the boyfriend can get back into the residence after the suspect's arrest (2 days, 5 days, 10 days??), and what the house would look like following evidence collection.

The victim is a woman living alone in a mountain estate that is approximately 12,000 square feet, with 9 bedrooms, most of them converted to libraries, art display, etc, plus a soundproofed music studio. While she and her new boyfriend, who was visiting for the week, were away for one night, her stalker entered the home with the victim's weekly housekeeping crew, then stayed overnight, explored the house, and planted surveillance devices in most of the rooms.

When the victim and her boyfriend returned, the stalker hid until the victim was alone in the kitchen and the boyfriend was in the soundproofed music studio. The stalker approached her from behind while she was using her laptop to record herself cooking and attempted to subdue her. His brachial artery and her scalp were cut with a kitchen knife during the struggle, spilling a lot of blood from each person. They also smashed several large bowls of raw batter and ingredients, which spread across the floor while they fought. The stalker succeeded in subduing her and taking her out of the house to a second location, but the new boyfriend spotted them leaving and alerted the police, who rescued the woman (who was severely injured) and arrested the kidnapper about forty minutes later.

The police have the recording of the kidnapping in progress from the victim's laptop, and they're aware that the suspect is extremely tech savvy and has a well-documented history of stalking the victim, with indications (but no hard proof) that he might have been doing it electronically as well. It's important as a later plot point that the recording devices are found, but they don't necessarily have to be found by the police. The suspect is refusing to cooperate in any way with the police and is giving no statements. The victim is in an induced coma for two days due to the injuries she sustained while being taken to the second location, and hospitalized but alert for six days.

This is a very high-profile case because the victim and her boyfriend are internationally known public figures, and the stalker is a fairly prominent member of the local community (wealthy and very well-connected).

About how long and how thoroughly would the police search the house and grounds, since there's ample evidence of the kidnapping? For example, would they search through the thousands of books, and in the artworks, etc.? Go through all the rooms for evidence? How much of the house would they fingerprint? When would the visiting boyfriend be allowed to retrieve his own things from the house, including a highly valuable, irreplaceable musical instrument he needs as soon as possible for his work.

Thanks so much for your time and expertise on this question!

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u/Beginning-Amphibian8 — 1 month ago

I have a FMC who was kidnapped out of her home by a delusional male stalker who spent time in her home while she was out of town overnight. The stalker entered the home not long after she left, spent time in various rooms, planted listening devices and cameras, and then waited for her to return. His plan was to kidnap her, take her to a second location for a period of time to convince/brainwash her into being in a relationship with him, and then return to her home with her and live with her there. He placed the recording devices in case the plan failed, and so that they would already be in place after they returned if the plan succeeded. During the kidnapping, the FMC fought and they injured each other, but he got her out of the house before she escaped and he was arrested. While she was hospitalized for her injuries, the police searched the crime scene and discovered the recording devices.

Prior to the trial, would they have told her about finding the recording devices? In how much detail? What else would they have told her about what they found, in terms of his fingerprints, DNA, and belongings being in her bedroom, bathrooms, etc.?

Thanks so much for your expertise!

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u/Beginning-Amphibian8 — 1 month ago