Kennewick man suspected of stalking woman, sending anonymous video of her and child

A 23-year-old Kennewick man allegedly stalked a woman for about a year before sending her an anonymous video of her and her child.

Alexis Castro Tapia has been linked to a number of calls and texts a woman received, including one that prompted her for call police on Feb. 11, Commander Isaac Merkl told the Tri-City Herald.

The woman received the calls and texts from a series of unfamiliar phone numbers starting a year ago. Many of them contained sexual content.

While she tried to ignore them, the woman got a video last week showing her and her child getting into her car. This prompted her to call police.

Detectives from the Metro Drug Task Force and the Criminal Apprehension Team were able to link one of the phone numbers to Castro Tapia, Merkl said.

Investigators are still working on determining how many of the messages that Castro Tapia was linked to.

He was arrested and booked into the Benton County Jail for cyberstalking, a gross misdemeanor. He was released on $1,000 bond.

He allegedly knew the woman through a friend, but she didn’t know he had her phone number and wasn’t expecting the messages from him.

This is not the first time Castro Tapia has targeted a woman. Two other women have received court orders saying that he needs to stay away.

Now police are asking for anyone else who may have been getting unwanted messages with photos or videos to contact police at 509-628-0333.