Cabin-dwelling recluse ‘Planned Parenthood gunman’ was once a happily married father and art dealer – but became a pot-smoking oddball who sought sadomasochistic sex online after divorce
Dear’s former wife of 16 years, 54-year-old Pamela Ross, said he did get angry sometimes and did not engage in small talk.
The couple had one son together before divorcing in 2000 and Dear took custody of the boy who is now 25. Dear raised his son in North Carolina, where he taught him to hunt.
Before their divorce, Dear was an independent art dealer and earned a degree in public administration from a Midwestern college, Ross told the Times.
public records from South Carolina show that he was charged with cruelty to animals for an incident where he shot a dog and was also charged with being a peeping Tom, eavesdropping or peeping in 2002 for an incident after ‘making unwanted advancements’ towards a woman and being seen in the bushes by her house.