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Woman to marry man who shot her
Boyfriend sentenced to 20 years in prison
San Bernardino, California (AP) -- A woman says she still plans to marry the man who shot her in the groin and then held her hostage in his family's garage for six days.
Tina Marie Stebbins revealed her intentions in a letter released Monday as her boyfriend, Christian Leroy Lindblad, 37, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for shooting her in June 2002.
"I love Christian today as deeply as I loved him before this awful thing happened to us," Stebbins wrote in a victim impact statement. "We are soul mates."
She added: "I want to tell you all that I have forgiven Christian. And I pray that Christian has forgiven me for failing him when he needed me most."
Lindblad and his parents tried to cover up the shooting by treating Stebbins with home remedies, according to a San Bernardino County Sheriff's report. They also threatened her young sons and her family, the report said.
Critically wounded, Stebbins was airlifted to a hospital after Lindblad mentioned the incident to a family friend who was a firefighter.
Lindblad pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted murder as his trial was about to begin in early October. He has said the shooting was an accident.
His father, Robert Leroy Lindblad, 72, pleaded guilty in 2003 to being an accessory and was sentenced to three years in prison.
His mother, Shirley Royann Lindblad, 62, was sentenced to three years probation after pleading guilty to the same charge.
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posted by Yoga Korunta | 20:18
5 Comments:
Maybe they can move to DISH, Texas? Yikes.
Even if she still loves him, the sex will never be the same...not after he shot off her "business!"
Catherine, so long as they don't move to Ohio!
Misty, it will be 20 years before they get the chance! Let's hope they don't; people like that should not be reproducing!
she prays HE FORGIVES HER for failing him? what an a**wipe. i cannot feel sorry for her at all. i just can't. yes, i do have a heart. i even volunteer for a sexual assault crisis hotline (and i can't tell you how many times i hear, 'but i still love him'). when you want to get the crap beaten out of yourself that is ONE thing, when your children are threatened and you STILL take the bastard back, that is entirely different. may he rot in jail and may her children live with their father instead of her.
Rose, though I majored in psychology, the idea of a woman's returning to such a situation is beyond my experience. Perhaps I have led a sheltered life. One makes his own opportunities.
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