This story discusses suicide.If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).For years, Bonnie Lou Gower shared a bed with a man she thought she knew better than anyone.
She had no idea the man sleeping beside her was capable of murder.Her husband, Richard "Marc" Evonitz, was leading a double life, one that would ultimately expose him as a serial killer who preyed on young girls.His victims included a 16-year-old who lost her life while Evonitz was still married to Gower.SERIAL KILLER SURVIVOR WHO ESCAPED 18-HOUR CAPTIVITY REVEALS INSTINCT SHE WISHES SHE NEVER IGNOREDRichard Evonitz and Bonnie Lou Gower were married from August 1988 to January 1997.(Investigation Discovery)Decades after Evonitz’s crimes came to light, Gower is revisiting the warning signs she didn't recognize — alongside the young woman who survived him.In Investigation Discovery’s true crime docuseries "The Serial Killer Connection," Gower meets with Kara Robinson Chamberlain, who endured 18 hours of captivity and torture before escaping Evonitz, as they investigate whether he may be linked to other unsolved cases.For Gower, one question has followed her since learning the truth about the man she married.Bonnie Lou Gower has since remarried.
She's now the mother of two children.(Investigation Discovery)"When I initially learned about [his crimes] and I told people, honestly their first response is, ‘Well, obviously you knew.
How could you not have known?’" Gower told Fox News Digital."That was my very first question to the FBI.‘How could I not know this? How could I not know I was sleeping next to somebody for eight and a half years that was doing this?’ And of course, they assured me that there’s no way I could have known."Looking back, Gower admitted there were things she didn’t question at the time.Bonnie Lou Gower and Richard Evonitz are seen here in the 1990s.
Gower told Fox News Di...