When Tammy Jo Blanton started dating Joseph Oberhansley in 2014, she knew he had a criminal past, but didn’t know all the details. Joseph had been vague about the time he’d spent in prison in Utah. There had been drug and driving offences and plenty of run-ins with the police, but Tammy, 46, had been willing to give him a chance. If she’d known exactly what Joseph had done, Tammy might have felt very differently about letting her guard down and allowing him into her life.
After just a few weeks of dating, Tammy saw a different side to her boyfriend. Joseph became controlling and volatile and she grew afraid of him. After four months, she ended their relationship, but Joseph wouldn’t accept it was over between them. He’d pester her at her home in Jeffersonville, Indiana, and refused to leave her alone. She allegedly confided in a friend that Joseph had come over and forced her to have sex – she’d gone along with it as she was afraid of him. Tammy’s friend told her it was rape and was worried about her safety.
Tammy stayed with friends for a few nights to try to avoid Joseph, but then she decided she was going to take back control. She returned home, got her dad to change the locks, and told her friends that she had the police on speed-dial. Tammy thought she could break free from Joseph, but she didn’t know exactly who she was dealing with.
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