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some stories, he gave some of his proceeds to the poor. In other tales, he just kept everything for himself, fencing many items for cash.
There was even one very murky story that he killed someone in Las Vegas. Or in a retelling of this, some bad guy killed someone close to Gabe and then was after Gabe as well. After a while, Gabe could not recount with any clarity what really happened, or if this had occurred at all. He was drinking heavily during this period of time and his thought processes were cloudy at best.
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What Jessica remembered of this chaotic period was that âGabe would call to talk to Kalea. And sometimes she would talk to him, and sometimes she wouldnât. He would come up to Idaho and stay for a few hours, get mad at something, and then just leave. As far as what he did down there, I didnât know. But he spent a ton of money in Las Vegas drinking and partying and whatever.â This last part, Gabe had to have told her. Jessica never went down to Las Vegas to be with him.
Perhaps knowing that he could be in real trouble, because of playing fast and loose with other peopleâs moneyâespecially when it came to the insurance businessâGabe abandoned Brenda and told Jessica that he wanted to make their marriage work. He even said that his relationship with Brenda had not been sexual. Incredibly, Jessica believed him. She strongly wanted to have Gabe, herself and Kalea as a family, so she was ready to believe anything he told her.
In disgust, Jessicaâs father later related, âHe was able to sell her malarkey. She thought she could make a responsible, hardworking fella out of him. Those two characteristics never seemed to appear.â
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More incredible news was right around the corner for the Popes. Brenda had found out where Gabe and Jessica were staying, which was the Popesâ residence. She called Bill Pope there. Brenda told him that Gabe had run up a bill of $30,000 on her credit cards without her permission. She described him as a liar and a cheat.
With this information, the Popes tried to talk Jessica out of taking Gabe back. They knew he was toxic and would one day drag her down with him in his wild and irresponsible schemes. However, more than anything else, Jessica wanted to keep the family together.
Bill said later, âShe had all the faith in the world in God and ability to transform people. The subject of Gabe was kind of off limits in family discussions.â
Of course, when it came to God, Gabe had his own flights of fancy about his relationship with the Almighty. This concept did not seem to have a moral code that would be understandable to other people.
And then, for whatever reason, Gabe was the one who filed for divorce from Jessica. It happened in March 2009 at the Bingham County Court. He claimed âirreconcilable differencesâ as the reason for the divorce. Reluctantly, Jessica signed a settlement that required Gabe to pay $1,000 a month to her. He reported his income at the time as $48,000 a year. This came from working at Goldâs Gym and as an agent at the American Family Insurance Agency. Itâs doubtful he reported the money he was skimming from that company. Jessica was to retain full custody of Kalea.
That should have been the end of it, but there was never a clean ending with Gabe. He changed his mind once again and the divorce was not finalized. Gabe moved back in with Jessica and Kalea. In desperation, he turned to the one source of income that he could still tap: Bill and Rita Pope.
CHAPTER 13
When Gabe had to convince someone, he could do a very good job of it. He told Bill Pope that if he could only get himself, Jessica and Kalea back to Oregon, he could go into business with James Anstey. Gabe swore he could make a good living doing that. It would keep his family together; it would help erase all his financial debts; it would give them a clean start.
As far as Jessica went, she believed things
There was even one very murky story that he killed someone in Las Vegas. Or in a retelling of this, some bad guy killed someone close to Gabe and then was after Gabe as well. After a while, Gabe could not recount with any clarity what really happened, or if this had occurred at all. He was drinking heavily during this period of time and his thought processes were cloudy at best.
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What Jessica remembered of this chaotic period was that âGabe would call to talk to Kalea. And sometimes she would talk to him, and sometimes she wouldnât. He would come up to Idaho and stay for a few hours, get mad at something, and then just leave. As far as what he did down there, I didnât know. But he spent a ton of money in Las Vegas drinking and partying and whatever.â This last part, Gabe had to have told her. Jessica never went down to Las Vegas to be with him.
Perhaps knowing that he could be in real trouble, because of playing fast and loose with other peopleâs moneyâespecially when it came to the insurance businessâGabe abandoned Brenda and told Jessica that he wanted to make their marriage work. He even said that his relationship with Brenda had not been sexual. Incredibly, Jessica believed him. She strongly wanted to have Gabe, herself and Kalea as a family, so she was ready to believe anything he told her.
In disgust, Jessicaâs father later related, âHe was able to sell her malarkey. She thought she could make a responsible, hardworking fella out of him. Those two characteristics never seemed to appear.â
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More incredible news was right around the corner for the Popes. Brenda had found out where Gabe and Jessica were staying, which was the Popesâ residence. She called Bill Pope there. Brenda told him that Gabe had run up a bill of $30,000 on her credit cards without her permission. She described him as a liar and a cheat.
With this information, the Popes tried to talk Jessica out of taking Gabe back. They knew he was toxic and would one day drag her down with him in his wild and irresponsible schemes. However, more than anything else, Jessica wanted to keep the family together.
Bill said later, âShe had all the faith in the world in God and ability to transform people. The subject of Gabe was kind of off limits in family discussions.â
Of course, when it came to God, Gabe had his own flights of fancy about his relationship with the Almighty. This concept did not seem to have a moral code that would be understandable to other people.
And then, for whatever reason, Gabe was the one who filed for divorce from Jessica. It happened in March 2009 at the Bingham County Court. He claimed âirreconcilable differencesâ as the reason for the divorce. Reluctantly, Jessica signed a settlement that required Gabe to pay $1,000 a month to her. He reported his income at the time as $48,000 a year. This came from working at Goldâs Gym and as an agent at the American Family Insurance Agency. Itâs doubtful he reported the money he was skimming from that company. Jessica was to retain full custody of Kalea.
That should have been the end of it, but there was never a clean ending with Gabe. He changed his mind once again and the divorce was not finalized. Gabe moved back in with Jessica and Kalea. In desperation, he turned to the one source of income that he could still tap: Bill and Rita Pope.
CHAPTER 13
When Gabe had to convince someone, he could do a very good job of it. He told Bill Pope that if he could only get himself, Jessica and Kalea back to Oregon, he could go into business with James Anstey. Gabe swore he could make a good living doing that. It would keep his family together; it would help erase all his financial debts; it would give them a clean start.
As far as Jessica went, she believed things
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