this sounds like a lifetime movie plot

I used to entertain this delusion that if you attained a certain level of education and accomplishment, you would think twice before giving into flights of crazy like hacking into another's email, stalking, attempting to murder said stalkee 900 miles from your home, leaving most of the evidence in your car, and assuming that a wig and trench coat will keep you anonymous and allow you to return to your three children.

I was wrong.