Posted on 11/15/2005 7:34:05 AM PST by SmithL
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - A woman said she still plans to marry the man who shot her in the groin and then held her hostage in his family's garage for six days.
Tina Marie Stebbins revealed her intentions in a letter released Monday as her boyfriend, Christian Leroy Lindblad, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for shooting her in June 2002.
"I love Christian today as deeply as I loved him before this awful thing happened to us," Stebbins wrote in a victim impact statement. "We are soul mates."
She added: "I want to tell you all that I have forgiven Christian. And I pray that Christian has forgiven me for failing him when he needed me most."
The incident occurred at the Big Bear City home that the couple shared with Lindblad's parents.
Lindblad and his parents, Robert and Shirley Lindblad, tried to cover up the shooting by treating Stebbins with home remedies, according to a San Bernardino County Sheriff's report. They also threatened her young sons and her family, the report said.
Stebbins was airlifted to a hospital after Lindblad mentioned the incident to a family friend who was a firefighter.
Lindblad, 37, pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted murder as his trial was about to begin in early October.
His father, Robert Leroy Lindblad, 72, pleaded guilty in 2003 to being an accessory and was sentenced to three years in prison. His mother, Shirley Royann Samantha Lindblad, 62, was sentenced to three years probation after pleading guilty to the same charge.
Twilight Zone music ...
Yeah she didn't stand still so he could fatally shoot her!
Darwinian courtship at its finest.
I've heard of shotgun weddings before, but this is ridiculous.
Give new depth to the old saying, """Treat'em mean and mak'em luv ya""". She's probably a lib too.
This woman deserves everything she gets.
And I hope they have removed her children from her.
They're right. There is someone for everyone.
I still can`t understand why some women stay with abusive husbands but this has to about take the cake.
I was thinking the same thing, but I pity her kids.
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