David Trent

"It's only you, Marissa. Only me. I'm the only one you got. I'm the only one you can count on."

David Trent is a murderous stalker and attempted assassin appearing in I'll Be Watching You in Profiler.

Background
David Trent had an unspeakable childhood after his mother died when he was five, his father punishing him in brutal ways regularly. One such example being when Trent had sexual material stashes that were found, his father locked him in the trunk of his car for the whole night. The trauma stuck so badly with him he was committed to an asylum in adulthood for misdemeanors like loitering and peeping. The peak of his psychopathology came from him finding pop star Jill Morrison, known by her stage name Marissa, being so "seduced" by her hit "I'll Be Watching You", he wanted her all to himself. To no avail, he left her gifts and letters professing his "love", which she spurned continuously. He would squat in his workplace, a toy store, where we would meticulously cut up healthy food meals for himself, when he wasn't working out at home cause he was shorter than average. He also continuously watched her music video on repeat in a small, body-mounted film screen to arose him more toward winning Morrison's affections, likely from having even become tech savvy. But he finally snapped when he found out she was having a sexual affair with Jameson Hunt, a campaigning senator with a wife and kids who commissioned her to open his largest rally with a performance. He decided to squat in the spotlight booth of the stadium where the event was being arranged, all the while planning a vantage point from where he'd shoot and assassinate the senator on the podium to get him out of the way.

I'll Be Watching You
He ended up ruining his perfect plans when he got so carried away watching Morrison's music video again, he shot through the vantage point with his rifle well before the event would take place, just too enwrapped in his fantasy to be back in reality in time. When he escaped and cleaned up after himself, he was spotted by Paul Billsky, who he shot with his rifle out of the mere excuse of eliminating a witness before displaying his corpse. More desperate than ever to get Morrison's attention, he continued to spiral by vandalizing the grave of Nash, her high school sweetheart three years her senior who died in a car accident in adulthood. He then did the same in the office of her therapist, Dr. Valentine, whom Trent repeatedly slashed to near-death out of a jealous rage, even leaving his signature "only you only me" on the doctor's computer. Once Morrison was found as his main stalking victim, not only did Morrison talk about the gifts and letters he left, she also showed his latest strike in her basement wardrobe, with more vandalism. But, of course, it didn't stop there, even after his workplace hideout was found, leading him to run when John Grant was chasing him with another agent, and his home was also seized by the FBI. Trent still managed to find Morrison and Hunt at a hotel they rendezvous'd at under Morrison's real name. Once he tied Morrison to a chair and spreadeagled Hunt to the hotel bed shirtless, Trent tells Morrison his obsession over her when she asks why he's doing what he's doing. All the while gawking at her music video, he says he's all she has and can count on. He them strikes two conductive probes together while saying to Hunt he can't have Hunt get in his way. As he keeps sputtering the probes and Morrison screams at him to stop, the FBI and senator's security barge in and surround Trent. Unconvinced about giving in, Trent snorts and starts to charge in Morrison's direction before Grant shoots him once. His list words are "I love you Marissa" before he keels over backwards dead and his machine surges and sputters off from malfunction.

Modus Operandi
Trent's primary target was Jill Morrison, whom he started stalking with gifts and mail. When that didn't work, he preplanned an elaborate scheme to shoot the senator from a perfect vantage point in the spotlight booth of his campaign stage. He would squat in the booth, as well as the toy store he worked in, expertly cutting the locks near-impossibly and plotting his crimes while maintaining himself and his health, like meticulously cutting healthy meals in the same place he strips blond dolls naked in a sitting position and gouges their eyes out with a surgical drill, which would later become a signature for him. He would also exercise at his house, being such a "body freak" because of his shorter than average stature. Unfortunately, he got so carried away watching his signature mini-movie screen with her music video on repeat he shot out of the vantage point as if he was in the fantasy several days too early. With that plan in shambles, he scrambled in a different direction and escalated to get her attention more, targeting her lovers and other men throughout her life with elaborately staged, often violent, scenes. A common signature was the sitting dolls without eyes, so he could "gouge" her sights away from other men, and because he was short, he'd be looked up to when women sit. But his most damning one was leaving a message professing his obsession, "Only You Only Me", either in graffiti or on computerized animations. He started when he killed Paul Billsky, who worked in building maintenance, merely for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was shot with a Ruger 223 rifle and strung up from behind hanging down from a high ladder backstage. To further "claim" Morrison, Trent vandalized the gravestone of Nash, her high school sweetheart killed in a drunk-driving accident at age 30, with the eyeless dolls and his same disturbed signature message. He would later repeat said vandalism in the office of her therapist, Dr Valentine, whom he tortured by cutting him repeatedly to near-death, also out of jealousy because Morrison was attracted to older men. After one last scare deep in her wardrobe with the dolls and message, he eventually held Morrison and Hunt hostage, tied to a char and hotel bed accordingly, with intentions to "impress" Morrison and kill hunt with electrocution from two probes he manufactured on his screed device himself. When he was cornered by the FBI, he tried to kill Morrison instead to scar himself in her mind in a climactic attempt on her.

Known Victims

 * Jill Morrison, aka Marissa (his primary target; stalked for months; later broke into her mansion and vandalized her wardrobe)
 * Jameson Hunt (had an affair with Morrison; stalked for months and attempted to shoot with a rifle at his campaign rally; failed)
 * Paul Billsky (the building maintenance man; shot with a rifle, then strung up from a ladder to the ceiling)
 * Nash (Morrison's high school boyfriend; posthumously vandalized his gravestone)
 * Dr. Valentine (Morrison's therapist; attempted, but barely survived; vandalized his office and tortured by repeatedly cutting him)
 * The hotel standoff:
 * Jameson Hunt (tied to a bed and attempted to electrocute to death; was rescued)
 * Jill Morrison (tied to a chair; later attempted to kill; was rescued)

Trivia
Trent appears heavily based off John Hinkley Jr., the attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan also responsible for stalking actress Jodie Foster.