Phoebe Judge

The state wouldn't have any until 1990, the first in the country.

Once, Gil showed up at Karen's job.

He said he wanted to tell her co-workers that she was a cheat and a liar.

When Karen walked him outside, he headbutted her.

Karen told her lawyer about it, but her lawyer said it didn't sound like her injuries were that bad.

Karen found out that Gil had had a meeting with her lawyer, and he said Gil seemed like a nice guy.

Once, Vinny found dynamite on his truck.

He called the sheriff's department.

Gil had been calling and leaving death threats on his answering machine.

Vinny had even filed reports with the police.

But the officers said they couldn't do anything.

They didn't have proof it was Gil.

For a long time, Karen hadn't wanted to tell her mother what was happening.

But she finally did.

At the end of the school year, Karen's older daughter, Erin, went to visit her mother in Carlsbad, about 90 miles south of Los Angeles.

Gil told Karen's mother that he was in town visiting family.

He was going to be flying back to San Francisco that day.

He said he could fly home with Aaron.

Karen's mother called her.

But they got to the airport late, so Karen's mother let Aaron and Gil go inside without her.