As an example. About eight months ago, she called (we live in the south she is in the north) about 11pm, hysterical. He chased her into a bedroom with his hockey stick. She got in and locked the door and pushed a dresser against the door. He continued to bang on the door trying to break it down with the stick. She was terrified, called me. I demanded she call the police and she did although she was scared as to what it would do to her marriage. , I stayed on the phone . When they arrived, she grabbed her two kids and escaped downstairs. The psycho refused to come downstairs, stayed at the top talking to the police and pretended he was asleep and she went crazy, he had no idea what she was talking about. The police made one of them leave for the night, he refused. So she left and went to a hotel with the kids. At 4am the front desk called her room and said there was a man there looking for her. He had been looking through curtains and the security guard caught him. He told them he had to have the car seat in her car for the kids in the morning…………she went back the next day to “try and work things out”. I called the police department captain and I was furious that the police didn’t believe her, that she had to leave etc. said there was no sign anything had happened at the house. I asked if they looked at the bedroom door that was destroyed and he said they were not allowed to enter the house. So there you go. It is an insane story. So when I see this video of Gabby Petito, I see my daughter because that is exactly what she would do, cover for him and take the blame.
Keep praying.
That must be a living hell to deal with the never ending
Rollercoaster and the children involved .
My childhood dentist and neighbors had to hire people to kidnap their son and deprogram him from his girlfriend and her family .
Those poor children. Horrible.
When I see that video, I see myself. And I did cover for him for many years; the black eyes, the broken bones, etc. I recognize the anxiety, because living on the edge like that drives you to a perpetually anxious state.
Do you know why I finally left? He threw me down the stairs one night..and I didn't want him to spend the rest of his life in prison if he accidentally killed me. How backwards & messed up is that??
It is much like being a hostage, really. Narcissists purposefully DESTROY the victim's self esteem and gaslight them into thinking that there is something terribly wrong with THEM. Day after day after day. He temporarily isolated me from my family (took him a LONG time to do that). My friends felt so uncomfortable around him that they quit coming around.
It about killed me to leave. I never could have done it without my family going above and beyond to help me.
I will pray for your daughter. If I can ever help you in any way, let me know.