When Tammy Jo Blanton started dating Joseph Oberhansley in 2014, she knew that he had a criminal past but didn’t know all the details.
Joseph had been vague about the time that he’d spent in prison back 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 second chance.
If she’d known exactly what Joseph had done, Tammy might have felt very differently about letting her guard down and allowing him into her life so soon.
After just a few weeks of dating, Tammy quickly saw a different side to her boyfriend – Joseph became controlling and volatile and she grew afraid of him.
After four months, she found the courage to end their relationship, but that wasn’t enough for Joseph to accept that it was over between them.
