You're in the perfect long term relationship and madly in love with your S/O. But after seeing them appear on America's Most Wanted, do you turn them in?

Depends on the reward mostly…

Yes, I would turn the person I USED to know in. . . I don’t want to be living with a liar and a criminal. The relationship that you had described as Happily in Love was a fraud.

I sure fucking do.

As mentioned above, the relationship is not perfect, I am no longer happy, and I believe in facing the consequences of your actions. I would be saddened, but some things have to happen.

And besides, there are victims affected by their actions that deserve – and probably need – peace. At the very least they deserve a resolution.

Fuck yeah…I’m not dating Osama Bin laden

If you were in such a perfect relationship, how did you not know your SO is some psychopath?

Yup. I don’t date federal criminals. It’s kind of a rule with me that I will not compromise.

She’s accused, right?
I would ask her, spous to spous, if that accusation makes sense.
If so, i would suggest her to turn herself in.
Depending on the crime i would not know right away how i would react now.

I don’t know, it’s so hard to find a good person to date.~

I would absolutely turn in the person I thought I knew but had misrepresented himself to me in an attempt to start his crap all over again with me as his newest unsuspecting victim. After they carted his ass off I’d put all his stuff into a pile and jump up and down on it. Jerk.

…...I would ask them to explain to me exactly what happened. I would listen to their side of the story, and make a decision from there. I would not stop loving them for something they did in the past, sure I would be disappointed they hadn’t told me, but like @rebbel said they are “accused”....maybe they didn’t do it.

The funny thing is though, I think I could stay with someone if they were accused of murder, and fraud, but I think I would have to end it if they were being accused of child abuse….adults fucking over adults is a lot easier to deal with then an adult fucking over a child….So I think I would probably turn a child abuser in…

It sounds like the plot for A history of Violence.

@Haleth i love that movie

I turn my mother-in-law in ;)

Depends what they did. Did they murder someone (and can I be reasonably sure)? In they go. Did they embezzle weed and make a killing? Look at the reward and demand 20% more than what it is for keeping quiet :)

I would do it just so I can have a chat with Nancy Grace.

Do we need to have our attorney present before we answer?

Step one, find out their side of the story, read up on all the press you can find and try to see if there are any inconsistencies that proves your SO is lying or if the story seems to check out. If wrongly accused, inquire why she didn’t turn herself in and go to trial as it would likely not result in a conviction…if you’re not guilty, you’ve generally got nothing to worry about, right. If they copped to the crime but explained it, well, it would depend on the scenario.

If they killed an adult…well, who was the adult? If it was a truly despicable human being like a rapist, murderer or child molester, then I’d figure I KNEW I’d met Mrs. Right.

If they were accused of abusing a child, and couldn’t damn well explain it away, I might just take the law into my own hands…maybe I could find a poison condom?

If they’re accused of fraud, stealing a bunch of money, did they steal it from a charity or employer, or some money grubbing multinational corporation which makes its fortune on the backs of the working class and discards them like yesterday’s trash. If it’s the former, I turn her in for whatever reward I can get, if it’s the later, then I ask how much it is so I can know what style of living to become accustomed to.

If they turn out to be a scammer and I’m the next target, I’d find a way to turn the scam around on her and make a few bucks whilst giving her a taste of her own medicine.

Yes.

I wouldn’t believe it. : )

Ever heard of harboring a fugitive? having knowledge that a person is wanted, is harboring a fugitive. this law applies to everyone, except family members.

S/Os do not count. one to three years to serve in most states. its not worth it.

@john65pennington

You don’t know my wife. : )

All the things you listed… I’d confront her first about it. I’d turn her in if she hurt people and continued to be a danger (either physical or property crime, doesn’t matter).

But… if she was accused of… say… cooking up 30,000 hits of acid or some other victimless felonious crime and is on the run… I’d HELP her. I’d shuttle her to wherever she needs to stay safe.

If he was accused of abusing a child I would tell him to turn himself in, other than that, no.

No.
Yes.
No.
No.
However, I would have a serious sit down chat with them.

If she had somehow been involve in some way in some serious criminal activity and had kept all of this secret from me, I would certainly question the quality of our relationship.

If after talking with her, I was persuaded that the accusations are false or the result of someone else trying to shift the blame on her, I would encourage her to turn herself in and I would stand by her and help her through the entire trial process.

If she was evasive or dishonest with me, I would consider the relationship over and I would assist the police in taking her in so she would not end up getting shot as a fleeing fugitive. I would distance myself from her after that.

If they murdered an adult I would want to know what they situation was before I decided whether or not to turn him in, was it murder in cold blood or self defence for example?
If they abused a child then yes, definately I would turn them in.
Fraud or stealing money, I probably wouldn’t turn him in (I can only say what I think I would do based on the love I currently for my partner).
Scamming other SO’s, I really don’t know what I’d do. This would be the hardest for me to make a decision on.

This is a real moral compass question.
Any answer other than ‘hell yes’ is putting a spotlight on my own bias. So they are accused, but not convicted and somehow it has made it to national television?

I don’t think I would turn them in based on being accused, but damn sure I would be getting more information. If they were actually guilty, then I’d have to decide.

That said, murder and child abuse would have me reaching for the phone…..