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When petitioner returned home to retrieve her belongings,
John had changed the locks and boarded up the windows.
Petitioner did not have a job, credit, nearby family, or
other means of support, and only a few articles of clothing in
her possession. John apologized to petitioner for his behavior.
Because she felt she did not have an alternative, petitioner
moved back in with John. Thereafter, John’s conduct toward
petitioner became worse.
From the Internet John downloaded pornography and while on
trips was unfaithful to petitioner.
In one incident that occurred in the summer of 1997, John
broke a wine glass on a table and with the broken glass slashed
petitioner’s throat. Petitioner fought off John and managed to
lock herself in a room. Instead of going to a hospital,
petitioner did her best to stop the bleeding and to close up the
wound. Petitioner feared that if she sought medical treatment
John would be arrested and that he might seek to kill her.
Soon after the above incident, petitioner secretly packed up
many of her belongings and moved into a motel in a nearby
community.
Petitioner stayed in the motel for several weeks before
finding a job and moving into an apartment.
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