The pattern

Monica Gabriel picked up the phone. On the other line was a private investigator looking into her ex-husband, a man who had abused her, stolen thousands of dollars, caused her to lose her home and left her with $26 to her name.

Monica had been waiting for the call. Years of being married to Curtis Williamson, and the subsequent divorce proceedings, had made her nervous. So when she learned someone was looking into her, she decided to look back.

The private investigator had been hired by a couple in West Virginia. Williamson had stolen money from their mother, and they were not sure if Williamson’s wife was involved.

Monica was scared. What happened to her was happening again. Another wife, a fifth wife.

“It makes me sick to my stomach that this has happened [again],” she said. “And he’s brought another child into this world, given false information on the child’s birth certificate and everything: his wrong date of birth, his wrong name, one of his aliases. The child even has one of his aliases as a last name, instead of his real name.”

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