Clara asked what the ex-husband is in prison for. He’s in prison for trying to kill his second wife and then kidnapping his (at the time) three-year old son. He used a box cutter on her face in front of his son and then took the kid on a two-county rampage that included breaking and entering, and assaulting some old people with a sawed-off shotgun while he stole their car. I might have some of the details wrong, but that’s it, essentially. He had two trials because he committed crimes in two different counties, and each judge gave him 20 years. The second sentence was mandated to be served consecutively and not concurrently; that’s why he’s away for so long (I hope).

If you want to read about it, there’s still an article up at the St. Petersburg Times.

I will note that not everything the article says is accurate. I’ll also note that our divorce from him wasn’t finalized until March of ‘96. Yes, he was sleeping with her while we were still married. Yes, he got her pregnant before our divorce was finalized. Yes, he’s an utter shitheel. :D

ETA: I didn’t know he was sleeping around on me when I divorced him. I divorced him because he hit me, more than once. I didn’t find out about the extramarital stuff until he was in jail and I was talking to my in-laws.