A couple who were terrorized by a woman after they outbid her on a 'dream home' have revealed the strain that the year-long ordeal put on their marriage. Jerry Rice, 40, and Janice Ruhter, 37, who have a young son and daughter, were targeted by 53-year-old Kathy J. Rowe after they bought a home in San Diego, California, in late 2011. Soon after they moved in, the couple had their mail stopped, $1,000 of magazine subscriptions delivered and Valentine's cards with Rice's name sent to other women on their quiet suburban street in Carmel Valley. Even more sinister, when Mr Rice searched his wife's name online, he discovered in horror that there were ads for sex parties at their home, entitled 'Carmel Valley Freak Show'.
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Jerry Rice, 40, and Janice Ruhter, 37, who have two young children, were targeted by Kathy Rowe after they bought a home in San Diego, California
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Rowe said she was 'heartbroken' when the couple outbid her for home in 2011 which she wanted for her sick husband and disabled daughter
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She hatched revenge plans which included advertising sex parties at the couple's home and posting ads claiming Ruhter had a rape fantasy
@placeholder (pictured giving her victim impact statement in court last month) and her husband Jerry Rice (left) said that being tormented for a year by a stranger had a devastating impact on their marriage and sense of safety