A haunting Netflix doc about a love triangle gone wrong.

There have been many stalking cases. We had Margaret Mary Ray falling for David Letterman to the point of her constantly breaking into his home. Rebecca Schaeffer was murdered by a fan named Robert John Bardo, who hired a private investigator to give him her address. Taylor Swift has dealt with one stalker after another. John Hinckley, Jr. stalked Jodie Foster and tried to impress her by shooting President Ronald Reagan. And Colorado resident Kristil Krug was cyberstalker via text and was murdered. The whole thing was conjured up by her husband.

The new Netflix crime documentary “A Toxic Love Story” regards a true cyberstalking story within a love triangle in 2016. Not all of us have heard about this true story, so seeing this as a movie, we’re able to acknowledge one twist after another. This is real life, and it’s often haunting, sometimes repulsive, and compelling as it explains what really happened and who is to blame. A real life horror story is scarier than the movies make them out to be, and this doc knows it.

It begins with Ian Diaz realizing his dream of becoming a U.S. Marshal has been fulfilled. After breaking up with his ex-girlfriend Michelle Haldey, he met and married Angela and he couldn’t have been happier. Ian was still living in the condo that he and Michelle owned. And as a result, Michelle had been sending threatening Lilith emails to Angela, and even hiring someone from the “Fantasy Rape” ad on Craigslist to attack her. One guy, unfortunately, responded to the ad and attacked her.

“Who or what is Lilith?,” you may ask. In Jewish mythology, Lilith was Adam’s first wife before Eve, but grew wings and left the Garden of Eden so she didn’t have to submit to him. That’s when she also became a demonic figure. So, the fake email account “LilithisTruth” would connect to this true cyberstalking story.

The messages would include “I watch as you walk,” “Ian does not love you,” “You have stolen my life,” and “Enjoy your last night of safety.” That’s enough for anyone to report this to the police and file a restraining order against somebody.

And when they filed a report against Michelle, she spent months in jail, but new details confirm that there’s more than meets the eye. Who is the real villain(s) of this true story? The new evidence regarding Angela’s illness and Ian’s commitment to protecting his wife, and the body cam footage to capture the reactions might set things into motion. The kind that Alfred Hitchcock would love on film, and be disgusted in real life. Either way, the doc mentions that Angela refused to be interviewed.

Not every detail of this case is examined in this film, but “A Toxic Love Story” is something to keep fans of crime stories watching. It’s the kind to tell you to pay attention to the details, and to heard from all sides of it. Now, that would be a vantage point. In certain cases, A.I. might be involved with the messages. Or it might be part of a scheme. Or maybe the person was really responsible. And this doc has the evidence to conclude the truth about LiltihisTruth.

I’ve tried not to spoil anything in my review for the sake of viewers interested in this doc, since, as I’ve mentioned, not everyone knows about this case. But whatever the results are, cyberstalking is as a bad as regular stalking, women do not deserve to be treated poorly, and nobody is above the law. “A Toxic Love Story” knows the meaning of the words “toxic love.”

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