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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Louise Lazell

British mother prepares to wed US pen pal she’s never met— because he’s in jail for brutal murder

A British mother who has never met the fiancé she agreed to marry two months after first reading his “beautiful” letters and poetry is planning their wedding next year 3,560 miles away in a US prison where he is serving between 20 and 40 years for his part in a brutal murder.

Laura O’Sullivan, 32, has known Terrell Ravon Reese, 31, since October 1 2021, when she used the JPay app for prisoners to find a pen pal – leading to a whirlwind romance.

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