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Her predicament didn't seem to deter Phil in the slightest.

He was already a father from his previous marriage.

On July 5th, 1971, Tanya and Phil welcomed a junior.

And Phil put his name on Phil's birth certificate.

Phil Zimmerman, Tanya's first son she got to keep.

Also Faye Copeland's nephew.

Biological nephew, anyway.

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By now, not even a year after escaping prison, Tanya was a working mom in the suburbs, except the guy she's hitched her wagon to isn't exactly who she thought he was.

Phil was part of the picture now, whether by love or necessity.

At first, he seemed like a decent guy with potential, but potential didn't pay bills or raise children.

Tanya was trying to lay low, but her husband kept landing himself in jail, kept getting on the radar of the very people Tanya wanted to avoid.