"She's kind of become an object of his fantasy," Cooper said. "He's been considering this for a significant time and planned it, and he ultimately staked her out."
That fact has some neighbors living in this affluent neighborhood in Salt Lake City's northeast foothills a little spooked.
"It's creepy," said a neighbor of the Smarts who asked not to be identified.
"That's kind of been our thought all along," another neighbor said. "It has to be someone who knows the area.
"You think that the person's going to be this scary person, but really it could be someone you live next door to, who seems normal," the neighbor added. "There's so many workers around here it makes you think. You suspect everyone."
"She's kind of become an object of his fantasy," Cooper said. "He's been considering this for a significant time and planned it, and he ultimately staked her out."
We just didn't think it was going to be family. God I'm grossed out.