In Part 4 of STILL HERE, Tressa takes us beyond the courtroom and into the troubling realities of sex offender registration and monitoring. What began as a simple question about her attacker's compliance uncovered what she describes as years of inadequate oversight, unanswered questions, and a system that relied heavily on the very individuals it was supposed to monitor.

Tressa shares the devastating emotional toll of these discoveries, including the resurgence of her PTSD, a mental health crisis, and the difficult decision to step away from her career to seek treatment. She also explains how her search for answers evolved into a fight for accountability, taking her from conversations with law enforcement to the news media.

This episode raises difficult questions about public safety, institutional responsibility, and what happens when the protections survivors have been promised aren't what they believed them to be.

Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of sexual assault, attempted murder, stalking, PTSD, suicidal ideation, and a suicide attempt.

Suicide & Crisis Lifeline:

Call or text 988 from any phone in the United States

Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention:

https://www.strangulationtraininginstitute.com/

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention:

https://afsp.org/

Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN):

https://www.rainn.org/

National Center for Victims of Crime:

https://victimsofcrime.org

Victim Connect Resource Center:

https://victimconnect.org

National Crime Victim Bar Association:

https://victimbar.org

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA):

https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI):

https://www.nami.org/help

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