Kris

Kristen 'Kris' Strode is the second victim of the Ridgecrest Massacre and the first person to be killed on-screen in the Stalker series. She was a resident of Ridgecrest and the younger sister of Steven Strode. She was the girlfriend of Jason and best friends with Alex Turner, and was at least acquainted with Katie Barclay. She lived across the road from the Yates family.

The Stalker 1
At the beginning of the Stalker 1, Kris is home alone, waiting for her boyfriend Jason to arrive. She receives a call from her best friend, Alex, where they discuss their mutual friend Katie's recent break-up with her boyfriend, Adam, due to him cheating on her. Kris hears the doorbell go and ends her conversation with Alex, assuming its Jason. However, when she answers the door, no one is there. Throughout the night, Kris receives strange phone calls and becomes increasingly nervous, especially when the lights in her house go out. When the doorbell rings again, she goes to answer it, but is horrified to see Jason's murdered body has been placed on her doorstep. Terrified, Kris runs to an upstairs balcony, presumably trying to spot the killer.

The Stalker, however, had already gotten into the house and suddenly appears behind Kris, knocking her off the balcony. Kris lands in the pool below the balcony and so is unharmed, but the Stalker chases her and she trips whilst running away. As she is trying desperately to crawl away, the Stalker catches her and apparently beats and stabs her to death (her death being shown partially off-screen).

The Stalker 3
Kris' name appears on the memorial list of victims printed in the newspaper for the 10th anniversary of the Ridgecrest Massacre. Kris is mentioned again in the finale, where Katie is forced by the killers to answer questions about the original murders to save her loved ones. One of the questions is who the first victim of the Massacre was, with Katie incorrectly answering that Kris was the first victim, when she was in fact the second.

The stalker 5
A character based on Kris appears in The Hunter, the film based on the Ridgecrest Massacre. However, due to the family's opposition, her name was changed from Kristen to Kristy. Her death in the film also bears little resemblance to the way she actually died in ''The Stalker 1. ''