Pick Me Up! Special

LAST DANCE

They were a couple who had both proudly devoted themselves to their country.

US Army Staff Sgt Ronald ‘Ronnie’ Hamilton had done two tours of duty and was now in a team that assisted the Pentagon, while his wife Crystal, 29, was a recovery coordinator for wounded Marines.

Crystal was a naturally empathetic person who brought comfort to those she met, so she was a natural when it came to caring for military personnel and their families.

Ronnie and Crystal had met while growing up in South Carolina, and by 2016, they were living in an imposing home in Woodbridge, Virginia, with their eleven-year-old son.

But while they were a force for good in their public roles, at home things were far more destructive.

Ronald was unfaithful, and yet he was constantly accusing his wife of

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