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Published on: 7/1/2002
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(CBS) Garrett Wilson and Missy Anastasi didn't exactly have a marriage made in heaven.
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With Wilson, a charismatic Harold Hill-type character who sold musical instruments for a living, moving around the country, from one sales job to another, they were apart for months at a time.
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Wilson later told her that he regretted having divorced her, and wanted to give their relationship a second chance.A year later, she agreed to join him in Texas, where he had found a high-paying job.
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Earlier that year, Wilson had married Wampler, and they had settled into a comfortable life just outside Dallas with their then 10-month-old daughter, Marysa.
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When Wilson called her to explain his new marriage, she accused him of murdering their son.
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"If Garrett Wilson had never left Missy, this never would have come forward before, because she had - lock, stock, and barrel - believed in him," says prosecutor Doug Gansler, who led the case against Wilson.
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"If Garrett Wilson had never left Missy, this never would have come forward before, because she had - lock, stock, and barrel - believed in him," says prosecutor Doug Gansler, who led the case against Wilson.
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Liz Bahlmann, another woman with whom Wilson had a relationship, agrees.
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That summer, nastasi caught Bahlmann and Wilson on a date at a Delaware beach.
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Both women then discovered that Wilson had also been dating the other.Anastasi was enraged, Bahlmann says, and hit Wilson with her sandals.
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Wilson and Bahlmann left the beach in separate cars.
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Wilson paid off the money soon after his son died.
How did Wilson cast his spell over so many women?He was charismatic and caring, says Bahlmann: "He treated you like a queen- like you were the only person on earth that mattered."
But despite her bad breakup with him, Bahlmann says that Wilson is not capable of
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"Garrett Wilson is a con artist. he is motivated by greed, and the vehicle to get his greed is women," says Gansler.