She Married A Man Who Killed His First Wife, And She Knew About It, Yet Tied The Knot With Him Anyway

TikToker Steph (@.auntsteph) is opening up about one of the worst decisions of her life. She married a man who murdered his first wife. She knew that he had committed this ugly, violent crime, but still married him anyway because her judgment was impaired.

"First of all, I had been using drugs heavily," explained Steph. "I was an alcoholic, and I was intrigued by this man, a man who had been locked up for 19 years. I wanted to know more about him. I wanted to ask him questions."

Here's how they met. So, she was working at an alternative school, doing group counseling sessions with students. There was a senior who was always talking about his uncle in prison.

One day, he said that his uncle was being released from prison. Steph was deeply curious about him, so she gave her business card to the student and told his uncle to call her.

At first, she was thinking that she could help this guy rebuild his life since that was her job, but that's not what happened. They went out on a date, and she married him. She was in her mid-forties when she married him. Now, they are no longer together.

In the comments section, several TikTok users shared similar stories involving either themselves or people they once knew. It turns out that this sort of stuff happens more often than you would think.

"I almost married a guy who 'accidentally' killed his best friend in high school. He did 10 years, got out after appeal, and would tell me that he would do to me what he did to his friend. I left, thankfully, after a few years, but I worry for his now-family and wife because I know what he's capable of," commented one user.

"My friend married her husband who murdered his first wife. She stayed married until he passed. He also only got 10 months because he claimed insanity. He had three kids with the wife he murdered," wrote another.

"Someone I know also just got married to someone who unalived his ex-wife and left their daughters without a mom. I had to stop talking to her as friends. He's still in prison, but has parole in a couple of months. She believes he'll be out. I wish her the best, but I don't want to be a part of what happens if she's not," added a third.

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"I ended a 30-year awful relationship. I felt freedom and confidence. I met a guy who was fresh out of jail for nine years of manslaughter. I felt exactly the same intrigue; it's hard to explain. Left him now; he's homeless in my town, picking cigarette butts off the street," chimed in someone else.

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