On November 13, 2012, Cari Farver left for work in Omaha, Nebraska, and never came back. That morning, she had sent a text to Dave Kroupa—a man she had dated for just two weeks—saying she wanted to move in with him. When Kroupa declined, Farver replied angrily: "I hate you. … Go away." She never returned to his residence.
Three days later, Farver missed her half-brother's wedding. When her mother, Nancy Raney, could not reach her, she reported Cari missing to police. At the time, no one suspected what would unfold over the next three years—a case of stalking, impersonation, and murder so disturbing it would later be featured in Netflix's *Lover Stalker Killer*.
**The Messages Begin**
Shortly after Farver's disappearance, strange messages began arriving on Kroupa's phone from Farver's number. They claimed she had moved to Kansas for a new job. But the tone was menacing. "I see you. You're sitting in your chair," one read. Another: "I will do what I can to make you suffer." And then the possessive ones: "We belong together, Dave."
Kroupa wasn't the only target. Liz Golyar—Kroupa's on-and-off girlfriend—also received hundreds of messages from Farver's phone. Some were threatening. Some were jealous tirades. The messages continued relentlessly for three years, totaling approximately 15,000 emails to Kroupa alone, with an estimated 25,000 to 50,000 texts sent in total.
Both Kroupa and Golyar reported the harassment to police. Both allowed investigators to download data from their phones in 2013. At the time, few suspected the truth: the messages weren't coming from Cari Farver. They were being sent by Liz Golyar, using Farver's phone as a weapon to control and terrorize the man she wanted.
**The Investigation Turns**
It wasn't until later that new investigators, including Detective Kava, took a closer look at the phone data. Analyzing the metadata and digital footprints, they confirmed what seemed impossible: Golyar had been impersonating Farver for three years. She had access to Farver's phone, which meant only one conclusion was possible—Farver was dead.
What happened to Cari Farver was brutal. She had been stabbed in her vehicle. Her body was wrapped in a tarp, burned, and disposed of in garbage. The woman Golyar had been impersonating—sending thousands of messages pretending to be—had been dead the entire time.
