Alaina Urquhart

He lost his wife in 1989.

And since then, he had obviously been struggling with grief.

His sister, Kate Reeve, said, I thought it would be so wonderful if he found someone.

The sooner, the better.

So when he met Melissa a few years later, they couldn't have been happier, his family.

They were like, awesome.

Like, he's been so lonely and he's been in the thick of it.

Yeah, he grew forward.

Unfortunately, though, it didn't take long before Gordon's family started to question Melissa's intentions with their brother or their loved one.

And they got more and more concerned when they started to hear rumors around town about Melissa.

His sister Kate, again, she said, We had heard that she had been in a lot of trouble with the law, and a member of the police force told my husband, Tell Gordy to get away from her.

She's trouble.

Okay, so you gotta listen to that.

Yeah.

And the Reeves and Stewart families were right to be concerned.

Although she was technically still married to Shepard in Canada, after just a few weeks of dating, Melissa and Gordon eloped to Las Vegas, and soon after, Gordon's life took a turn for the worst.

For reasons that are still pretty unclear, though almost certainly related to this relationship with Melissa, Gordon started gambling and drinking heavily, which quickly led to obviously financial problems.

It was not his typical character, not at all.

On at least one occasion when he needed medical treatment following, you know, kind of weeks and weeks of this behavior, doctors found drugs in his system that he couldn't explain, Gordon.

Oh, shit.