molly1255
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It's hard to recognize unless you've lived with and experienced it, and even then it's near impossible for anyone with empathy to wrap their brains around the reality of it.
I feel confident SW had to have seen signs, but maybe unable to realize the seriousness of it. Often victims blame themselves thinking they must be doing something wrong.
It's very sad.
Moo
My thoughts are that she probably did see some signs in him that were "off" that made her uncomfortable, but may not have been to realize what it all meant.
I agree with you. That is why the Scott Peterson case fascinated so many people. Add in that she was pregnant and it was Christmas Eve made this story so relatable to everyone. They were all sitting around enjoying their own celebrations with family and friends and this comes on the news. Pretty American girl next door and her dashing husband expecting their first child... They had the American dream and somehow it was robbed from them. First instinct is to look at the husband. Noooo, he couldn't be guilty, yet he was absolutely guilty and we still can't understand why.
I agree and what appears to be the common thread between the case of SP and CW is that they were both actively engaged in secret on-going affairs.
This means that they were not only betraying their spouses, they were also lying to their spouses. SP definitely spend marital money in order to continue his affair with AF, and CW likely did the same.
IMO, this kind of behavior is based in entitlement. It is extremely unfair, selfish and it is also cruel. I believe a fairly good argument could be made that before they were murdered, both LP and SW were victims of domestic abuse, and because they were intentionally kept in the dark about what was really going on with their husbands, they were denied an opportunity to take steps to protect themselves, their unborn children, and in SW's case, her daughters.
All JMO.