When Tammy Jo Blanton started dating Joseph Oberhansley in 2014, she knew he had a criminal past but didn’t know all the details.
Joseph had been vague about the time he’d spent in prison in Utah. There had been drug and driving offences and plenty of run-ins with the police, but Tammy, 46, had been willing to give him a chance.
If she’d known exactly what Joseph had done, she might have felt differently about allowing him into her life. After just a few weeks of dating, Tammy saw a different side to her boyfriend.
Joseph became controlling and volatile and she grew afraid of him. After four months, she ended their relationship, but Joseph wouldn’t accept it was over between them.
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