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When Naomi Wise first saw a picture of Victor Oquendo last June, she thought she was going to have something to do with the man.
(Naomi Wise)
Naomi is a 26-year-old British woman living in Chelmsford, England. Her family is well-off, and her daily hobbies are to post famous shoes on Instagram, as well as pink, girly things.
Before the outbreak in the UK, Naomi was attending a consultant training course. The sudden outbreak disrupted her plans, and she had to find other ways to hone her skills and maintain her communication skills.
By chance, she saw a project called "Writing Letters to Prisoners" on the Internet, which said that there are many American prisoners who are in a bad state of mind, and if they can be their pen pals, they can greatly improve their state.
She was somewhat interested.
On this website, called writeaprisoner, there are all kinds of prisoners, who commit gun robberies, domestic violence wives, habitual fraudsters, and drug traffickers.
The prisoners' photos are ordinary life photos, many of which are messy backgrounds and the lens is out of focus.
(Prison Penpal Network)
But there are subtle similarities between this site and the dating network: photos, self-introductions, sexual orientation, age, marital status, and even horoscopes.
Perhaps it was this similarity that gave Naomi a different feeling. When she flipped through O'Quindo's picture, she seemed to have been stabbed suddenly, thinking that he was the person she was looking for.
Ocundo is 30 years old, and he looks refreshed among the many prisoners with contrived and cloudy eyes.
(Victor Okundo)
Naomi contacted him, and the two exchanged letters about their lives in prison and England.
The penpal project used traditional paper letters, and Naomi found Okundo's handwriting to look good. He said he could do some art and design tattoos in prison.
O'Quindo's writing was also peaceful, unlike the mad prisoner she had imagined.
So what the hell did he do to get in?
At first, Naomi didn't know (in fact, there were crimes on the website, just need to click on another link) and thought it wouldn't be too serious.
It wasn't until the two men were in contact for a few weeks that Okundo told her that he had killed two people.
It was a case that occurred on May 29, 2010. At the time, O'Quinta was a Detroit gang member who drove a gangster after robbing a white Chevrolet at gunpoint with his accomplices.
A rival gang shot at him, and he immediately shot back, killing two people in a row. To cover up the evidence, the car was set on fire.
But police quickly caught him, and the court sentenced him to 24 years in prison on three counts of major robbery and two murders. Okundo began serving his sentence at the age of 19, and when he corresponded with Naomi, he had been serving for 11 years.
At first, Naomi found it difficult to accept.
"I was shocked when I heard all this." In an interview with The Mirror, Naomi said, "There are so many things I have to accept. ”
But she quickly chose to understand.
I asked him how he felt about what he had done. If he says he doesn't care, that's a red flag. But the truth is, he is very remorseful. He had been struggling in the past days and often woke up from nightmares. After hearing all this, I felt like I knew him better. ”
In the months that followed, Naomi continued to correspond with Okundo, and the relationship between the two grew closer.
The feeling became ambiguous, and Naomi felt that she could not stop thinking about Okundo. Every once in a while she checked her mailbox, and whenever she got the paper, she was always nervous.
A few weeks later, Naomi realized something was wrong and she had to face up to her feelings. She told Okundo that she was sorry she had to stop because she was already in love with him.
Okundo begged her to call herself, and she called. It was the first time the two had spoken, and Naomi's first reaction was that the other person's voice was very good, "very low, very calm."
On the other end of the phone, O'Cundo confessed to her that he liked her too. Without much hesitation, Naomi and he established a relationship and began to fall in love through the bars.
Falling in love with a prisoner is something Naomi never thought of, but she says she's never had a relationship that would excite her as much as she does now.
From Michigan Prison, hand-drawn paintings were sent, many of which were O'Quindo's fantasies about the two together.
In addition to this, there are Valentine's Day greeting cards...
And the weekly love letters...
Naomi excerpted some of her love letters on Instagram, and what Okundo wrote was very dramatic, with a sense of (self-intoxication) tragedy, which made her very moved.
"I am with you against the whole world... By your side, I will remain strong forever!!! My oath is made clear... My heart will always belong to you!!! kiss...... Every night I am imprisoned, I dream of you night after night!! As long as there is faith... There is a cause for everything!!! We will be strong... And we did!! Nothing could separate the two of us...
- I love you, from your eternal husband"
There are also more literary texts, like the words of ancient romance novels:
"I don't just live for you. I live, still to die by your side, with my last second, looking at your smile. I live to gaze into your eyes and see those good memories. I live to raise our children into great people, and then go back and see you looking at me. Your smile and happiness is what it means to be alive..."
Well, stop, goosebumps are up.
All in all, Okundo's passionate love made Naomi very moved. However, no matter how hot the flame of love, Naomi was more realistic at first, and she did not accept the three marriage proposals that Okundo proposed on the phone.
She scolded him for being crazy, saying they hadn't seen each other yet and didn't even know when they would meet. If you want to wait until he gets out of prison, it's all 2034, and she can't afford to wait.
O'Quindo didn't respond, he went straight to action.
In September of last year, Naomi received a large bouquet of lilies and roses, as well as a black velvet box. Inside the box was a pink diamond ring and a note that read, "Marry me."
(Lilies of the day)
(Pink diamonds from Okundo.) I don't know where he got the money to buy such a big diamond ring)
Naomi broke through the defense in an instant.
"That proposal felt serious and real. He called me that day and I cried. He finally got my 'I Do'. ”
O'Quindo sent a whole bunch of letters and paintings, including portraits of the two's future marriages.
In response to him, she tattooed the initials of Okundo's name on her wrist.
Tattooed on the left abdomen the words he wrote.
Naomi also took photos of the attraction with a doll with Okundo's head and sent it to him as if the two had traveled together.
By this point, Naomi's relatives and friends had noticed that she was dating a prisoner and even planning to get married.
Amazingly, Naomi's friends supported her in her pursuit of love and gave flower baskets to celebrate.
Her mother did not say a word, did not explicitly object, but was clearly worried.
Naomi knew what she was worried about, but she said her fiancé was not a monster.
"Victor is not a monster, he is a human being. In my wildest dreams, I wouldn't have imagined falling in love with a prisoner, but it happened and I wasn't going to change it. ”
"Victor is the kindest person I've ever met. People may make judgments without knowing the full picture. ”
Naomi decided to fly to the United States to meet him in May and June of this year, and then in September, she married Okundo in prison.
Because of his relationship, she planned to move to the United States so that she could see him often.
Naomi also began to care about American politics, especially Michigan's prison policy.
Next year, Michigan will vote on whether to introduce the Good Conduct Act, and if passed, O'Quinta could be released from prison in 2027.
Now Naomi is doing her best to help her fiancé get pardon.
She opened many social media accounts to tell the story of the two, telling netizens about the tragic life of their fiancé (father's domestic violence, abuse by dependents, living on the streets at the age of 6, etc.), and the unreasonable AMERICAN prison system.
"I'm not trying to wash his sins, and he doesn't feel innocent. ...... But I'm 100 percent sure he's changed. Prisons should focus on reforming prisoners, not punishing them. ”
Naomi petitioned Michigan Governor Whitmer to pardon or absolve O'Quindo of his crimes. The petition collected more than 2,000 signatures.
In the whole thing, it is very strange that netizens have a very positive attitude towards this, and even some people shout, "This is true love", "Really proud of you".
Naomi's choice is hardly rational, but it may be that the courage she shows in it is very similar to people's ideal love.
(Many of Naomi's ins are thousands of likes)
In Britain and the United States, it was not uncommon for ordinary people to fall in love with prisoners.
Because there are many prison pen pal projects in the United States, writing letters is a very close way, in the past, many women wrote letters to male prisoners and fell in love with each other.
On the prison penpal website and Reddit, there have been help posts for women falling in love with prisoners.
Fashion magazine also did a feature in 2019 about women who fell in love with prisoners through pen pal status, and they were all married to each other.
Falling in love with a prisoner they have never met before may seem absurd, but it is natural for the person involved.
Love is a thing that sometimes really can't be said--. -
ref：
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brit-26-marry-double-killer-23847464?fbclid=IwAR1U9E6xble0Py4uXSFIEia7sIoquL5Dt0FlpnljRSAju4iVhC5gn9KYP0U#source=push
https://www.instagram.com/naomiwise_/?hl=en
https://www.change.org/p/governor-whitmer-grant-victor-clemency?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_27733412_en-GB%3A4&recruiter=55510791&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition