The 23- year old Florida woman is dead murdered by a 61-year old man who had allegedly stalked her since her Hooters waitressing days and after she had unsuccessfully pleaded with a judge to protect her. Alissa Blanton of Cocoa, Fla., was fatally shot and killed Monday in the parking lot near her new job at an AT&T call center in Orange County, Fla.

About a week before she died, Blanton asked a judge for an order of protection against the man whom she said had been stalking her for two years. Despite the more than 70 pages of evidence she presented the judge said he didn't have enough evidence.. Her petition contained harassing e-mails sent to her calling her a tramp and whore. Brevard County Circuit Court Judge said he didn't have enough information to rule on the petition.

According to ABC News' Orlando affiliate WFTV, the judge ordered a hearing for Feb. 16 to gather more information on the request.

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The judge said he could not determine is the alleged murder's actions met the legal definition of stalking based on the information presented by Blanton. A top forensic psychologist, Michael Welner, said that while we rely on the court system to protect victims, it is also important to remember that the stalker is fixated on someone else.

"So what is going to happen after a court hearing? If he is a predator he is still going to prey. If he is locked up for a few months, he is still going to target her. In my professional experience, separation is the best solution," Welner said on "Good Morning America" ( see link) Welner suggested that if you cannot immediately escape to a location where the stalker can't find you, ask your neighbors and your workplace security to be your eyes and ears.

"Get yourself escorted to the parking lot, or escorted [into work] until the courts can make a difference or until laws change to allow civil commitment of people who are a danger to someone in the community. But the key thing is [to] limit your communication. Be very specific. Get separation, and until you can get separation, don't allow yourself to be alone," Welner said.

In the court papers she filed, Blanton said she met her assailant when she was working at Hooters in Brevard County and he was a customer. Blanton said she quit the job because he began began to stalk her, but the harassment continued. He would drive past her house, visit her at her new job and call her, Blanton said in her court filing.

She reported him to the police in an effort to get him to stop contacting her, she said.

In e-mails the stalker sent Blanton, he disparages her apparent weight gain. He also makes demeaning comment about her marriage in August. It is unclear from publicly available information how the man got her email.

"You are the poster girl for 'beauty is only skin deep,'" the Cocoa Beach, Fla., businessman, wrote in one of the emails that were part of Blanton's request for an order of protection. Blanton and her husband, Brent, were co-workers, the Sentinel said.

On Monday they had lunch, returned to work, then headed in separate directions, Alissa Blanton's mother, Connie Hassell of Festus, Mo., told the Sentinel. Moments later, Hassell said, Brent Blanton received a phone call from his wife and she told him her stalker was there. A witness told police that Troy shot Blanton multiple times.

Have you ever been stalked or know of anyone who has been stalked, and what happened?