A woman who was abused for years by her violent ex-partner has revealed how she made a chilling discovery after he died.
UK-born Angie Jordan, who has spoken out about the abuse she suffered in the 40-year relationship, said when her partner killed himself she found he had written a eulogy for her.
She said that after years of suffering abuse at his hands, her ex-husband took his own life in May 2019.
News.com.au reports that the death led Ms Jordan to make a grim discovery among his belongings: a eulogy he had written about her which implied she had killed herself.
Even more sinisterly, he had once told Ms Jordan that he knew “how to kill someone without leaving a trace of evidence”.
Now Angie is said to be rebuilding her life in a new home and reconnecting with her friends and family after being isolated from them during her ordeal.
In an interview with current affairs TV show Insight she said she still suffers from the abuse and has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and Stockholm syndrome.
She hopes that by sharing her story other women will recognise if they are in abusive relationships and seek help.
She said: “I can never right the wrongs that were done to me but I can help women right the wrongs that are being done to them right now.
“If telling my story helps one woman look at her life and say ‘nup’, I don’t want to think of another woman staying in that relationship another day, not for another week.”
The woman, from Queensland, detailed numerous instances of abuse during the 40-year-long relationship.
In one terrifying incident she said she was heavily pregnant and fled the house after her partner flew into a violent rage.
Reportedly he pushed her into a wall and put his hand on her throat during the outburst.
“Three days later I went into labour and all midwives turned up and were telling me what a great husband I had because in front of everybody else, he was wonderful,” she said.
UK-born Ms Jordan, who now lives in Queensland, said she met her future husband when she was just 18 during a night out and thought he was arrogant at first.
But after pursuing her they entered into a relationship and she fell in love.
Months later, she said, the abuse began, involving violence, controlling behaviour and threats he would kill himself if she went out with friends.
She said he would track her movements and accuse her of infidelity and hurl insults at her, calling his behaviour "frightening".
Once she finally left him he killed himself and that was when she made the grim discovery of the eulogy he had written.
She told her story as part of Domestic and Family Violence Awareness Month.
