A married man who disappeared almost a decade ago
has been discovered by his wife online living in the same state, and married to
another woman.
Karen Marx, 48, had been searching for her
spouse, Adam, ever since he vanished without an explanation in 2005. But when she finally tracked him down on Facebook
she was shocked to find he was living about 250km away in her home state of
Wisconsin, and happily married to someone else.
“I just thought, ‘How could he get married
again?’” Karen. “Am I dead? What did he do with my identity?”
Karen, who has three kids from a previous
relationship, said Adam was married with two children of his own when she met
him at a local carnival in the 1990s, where he worked as a ride operator.
But Adam agreed to divorce his first wife for
Karen, who he married a year later. Adam quit his carnival job and moved in with his
new wife, who supported the family on her machine operator wage. But after
about a year, he vacated the family home leaving only a note.
“The first time he left me, it was like somebody
reached into my chest and ripped my heart out of me,” Karen said. “He basically
told me it was all my fault and he couldn’t handle my kids.”
However, he returned several months later — right
when she was due to collect her Christmas bonus.
Karen took him back, and used her savings to buy
the family a new home in Clinton, Montana. He found work at a timber framing
company while she tried to start a cleaning business.
