I was subjected to domestic violence twice, so I married a man who killed his wife

During the last period, the pioneers of social networking sites in the United States circulated a strange story of a woman who was deceived by her husband, after she survived domestic violence twice, but she decided to marry a man who killed his first wife and was sentenced to 20 years in prison, and after several years the woman shared her story with bloggers through websites Social media, however, was met with a lot of denunciation, which made her feel very disappointed, according to the British newspaper "Daily Mail".

Stephanie Garcia, a parole manager from Santa Rosa, Texas, fell in love with Gerardo Castaneda just one month after he was released from prison in 2017, after spending 20 years in prison for the 1996 murder of his first wife.

The couple married just seven months after they met, but Castaneda left Stephanie a year later, feeling she was the victim of manipulation.

But Stephanie has defended that relationship after she received abuse on social media for marrying a murderer while she had already been subjected to domestic violence at the hands of two ex-partners, saying he had 20 years in prison to spend thinking about how to treat the woman when he got out.

The 49-year-old says that due to her experience with domestic violence in her previous relationships, she did not know how to detect abusive behavior and did not initially consider his past a reason not to marry him, stressing that he showed remorse for his crime.

However, when her new husband left without giving any explanation after just one year of marriage, she said she realized that she had allowed him to manipulate her by treating her kindly, as the mother of two felt that her ex-husband had exploited her past as a victim of domestic violence, through charming behavior that was It stands in stark contrast to the treatment she is accustomed to.

Stephanie, who is now a parole case manager, hopes to raise awareness of domestic violence and encourage people to be more understanding of its impact on survivors.

Stephanie admits that she is now looking back and pondering: What was I thinking?

I married a man who killed his wife!

Any other woman would have run the other way but because of my life experiences I let him manipulate me.

She revealed that she was happily single, for eight years before she ended up meeting her now ex-husband. At the time, Stephanie was working at a school for troubled youth and says one of her students mentioned that a family member had just been released from prison, and as an insured Severely on second chances, she says she offered the man to call her to see if she could help him transition back into society in any way, and they married in July 2018.

This shocking ending made Stephanie believe that her ex-husband played with her from the start and she is now questioning his feelings for her throughout their marriage, but since posting about her experience online to raise awareness of domestic violence, she has been abused for her decision to marry the man who killed his first wife.

One commenter said: So you are a victim of domestic violence but you have decided to support and marry a man who killed his wife, a man who does not deserve a second chance.

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