From the comments:
This exhaustive narrative will likely lead to a break in the case, I believe — especially the long quotes from the letters. Someone is going to recognize this writing style. (As in the Unabomber case.)
1) Since this happened via mail, an FBI agent should have been assigned to this case, not a local police officer. It’s been mishandled from the start.
2) What the neighbors should have done to protect their property value and get to the bottom of this for once and all, is gotten together as a group and gone from house to house, asking every resident to go to police and submit to a DNA test. And those who don’t want to be eliminated as suspects, remain suspects in the eyes of every neighbor. And as we now know, the police can find people through DNA of distant relatives, so Watcher, your days are numbered.
3) Whether written by man or G-d, the 10 Commandments are pretty basic — “Thou shall not covet thy neighbor’s house.” Here is a perfect example of what such envy can drive one to. And it is disgusting. It is not funny. SHAME ON YOU Watcher! SHAME SHAME on YOU! If the Feds don’t get you, Karma will!
4) My humble opinion says, look into the backyard neighbor, their daughter, and their son-in-law who used to live in the house. Strange they wouldn’t appreciate the property values have gone up to their benefit. But the children who don’t necessarily benefit from that, and can’t afford to live in the neighborhood where they grew up, may be resentful and pull a prank that got out of hand. Maria and Derek did the right thing by not moving in. A parent isn’t going to put their kids in harms way when some sociopath is running loose and threatening them. And we really don’t know what the lunatic and sicko is capable of. Arsonists always return to watch the fire. The sicko isn’t that far.
Uh if it’s made up then why did the previous owner get a letter too ? Also this seems like more then just one person is in on the letters. This whole town of Westfield seem like a bunch unsympathetic sickos. ‘I don’t want to face a garage or driveway’, who ever sits and stares at their neighbors homes needs a life -plus is probably working with or is this ‘Watched’ ....and then a year or two later the town planning board approves a lot split with smaller lot sizes, they should on principal have their appeal then.
Not to mention if this is how my community, in which I paid a lot in taxes, supported me I’d rent out the house to a halfway or Oxford home for recovering drug addicts.... or just start putting where I am currently living under surveillance and personally deface the interior and exterior of the home to drive this ‘Watcher’ even more insane. I mean you’ve already spent a lot of money in trying to solve the issue why not just drive him/her nuts. In fact I’d love to help just to make this ‘Watcher’ loose his/her mind.
This story is heartbreaking.
What sort of monster would reach out to harm a young family in this ugly, cowardly way?
And what sort of neighbors would react not with compassion but with a cruel (and illogical) innuendo campaign against the victims of a psychological terror campaign?
So very depressing.