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ronnie tye. the most amazing person in the world. >> i get married on the 23rd. i'm pretty excited about that. she's a very sweet girl. and i do love her. she's the best thing that's happened to me. >> he's just amazing. it's like he has his own little disposition, i guess, that i like. he's very honest. no matter what he tells me the truth. some things he's told me i'm like, i could have lived without that. >> she keeps me out of trouble. she helps me out a lot. >> i got his name on my leg. you want to see it? i would marry him in the cemetery out back if that's the case. it doesn't bother me. >> a relationship behind bars poses a unique set of problems. >> we get four hours every two weeks. that's kind of what i live for, four hours every two weeks. >> and those visits might become even more restricted. since tye was recently caught with a cell phone charger, prison officials might decide to put him on non-contact visitation status or suspend it all together. >> hi, baby. >> they could also dec
ronnie tye. the most amazing person in the world. >> i get married on the 23rd. i'm pretty excited about that. she's a very sweet girl. and i do love her. she's the best thing that's happened to me. >> he's just amazing. it's like he has his own little disposition, i guess, that i like. he's very honest. no matter what he tells me the truth. some things he's told me i'm like, i could have lived without that. >> she keeps me out of trouble. she helps me out a lot. >> i...
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. >> ronnie tye and the woman he married in prison, jodie mormon. finally the answers you've been waiting for. >> mr. bill, are you ready for your picture? >> yep. >> all right. >> when we met paul komyatti at indiana state prison in 2008, he had an inmate job as the visitor room photographer. >> it keeps me occupied. it keeps me from counting the 36 weeks and 8 months i have left. however you want to break it down. >> right from the start, he was good natured and full of optimism for the future. despite being incarcerated for the past 26 years. komyatti entered prison at age 17 for his role in a bizarre family plot that ended with the murder of his abusive father. >> my dad was just an alcoholic. i was like a little kid, 7, 8 years old. i'm crawled up under the kitchen table, and he's got a belt with a buckle, putting marks all over my face and everything, all over my body. my mom is like look, stop. you've got to stop. you're going to kill him. >> komyatti, his mother, sister and husband were all convicted for the murder of his father. komyatti's
. >> ronnie tye and the woman he married in prison, jodie mormon. finally the answers you've been waiting for. >> mr. bill, are you ready for your picture? >> yep. >> all right. >> when we met paul komyatti at indiana state prison in 2008, he had an inmate job as the visitor room photographer. >> it keeps me occupied. it keeps me from counting the 36 weeks and 8 months i have left. however you want to break it down. >> right from the start, he was good...
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she's in love not with ronnie tye but with kenny tye. >> i fell in love with his brother.lse can i say? sorry. it's the truth. i know it's history repeating itself and it kind of feels that way, but there's a difference between them. >> one reason it might feel like history repeating itself is because kenny tye, like his brother before him, is temporarily detained. >> he's in prison. i know that sounds horrible. i met kenny out here. i know kenny for who kenny is. i think that's the difference. so kenny was a plus. i would have never met him -- you know, sometimes i say you have to go through hell to get to heaven. i went through hell, but i'm now in heaven. >> jodie is with my little brother kenny. how do i feel about it? ain't no sweat off my ass, you know? i'm happy for him. >> kenny is serving an 11-year sentence at indiana state prison for dealing methamphetamines. >> this is me and kenny taken at the county jail. got to visit behind glass. this is our only picture together. >> jodie and kenny aren't the only tyes who found new love. ronnie tye now lives with his fian
she's in love not with ronnie tye but with kenny tye. >> i fell in love with his brother.lse can i say? sorry. it's the truth. i know it's history repeating itself and it kind of feels that way, but there's a difference between them. >> one reason it might feel like history repeating itself is because kenny tye, like his brother before him, is temporarily detained. >> he's in prison. i know that sounds horrible. i met kenny out here. i know kenny for who kenny is. i think...
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she's in love not with ronnie tye but with kenny tye. >> i fell in love with his brother.lse can i say? sorry. it's the truth. i know it's history repeating itself and it kind of feels that way, but there's a difference between them. >> one reason it might feel like history repeating itself is because kenny tye, like his brother before him, is temporarily detained. >> he's in prison. i know that sounds horrible. i met kenny out here. i know kenny for who kenny is. i think that's the difference. so kenny was a plus. i would have never met him -- you know, sometimes i say you have to go through hell to get to heaven. i went through hell, but i'm now in heaven. >> jodie is with my little brother kenny. how do i feel about it? ain't no sweat off my ass, you know? i'm happy for him. >> kenny is serving an 11-year sentence at indiana state prison for dealing methamphetamines. >> this is me and kenny taken at the county jail. got to visit behind glass. this is our only picture together. >> jodie and kenny aren't the only tyes who found new love. ronnie tye now lives with his fian
she's in love not with ronnie tye but with kenny tye. >> i fell in love with his brother.lse can i say? sorry. it's the truth. i know it's history repeating itself and it kind of feels that way, but there's a difference between them. >> one reason it might feel like history repeating itself is because kenny tye, like his brother before him, is temporarily detained. >> he's in prison. i know that sounds horrible. i met kenny out here. i know kenny for who kenny is. i think...
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but in the case of ronnie tye when he showed me his hitler tattoo i thought it was so poorly done andler's face looked like a cartoon character that i couldn't help myself. that's a weird looking hitler. >> what's so weird about it? >> his face looks funny. >> looks funny? >> i could tell that ronnie actually didn't appreciate my criticism of his tattoo. i think he was a little stunned that i would actually say anything. he probably had a lot of pride in it but i thought it was very silly looking. >> then there are the tattoos in the category of their own. >> i'm a felon obviously because i'm a felon. >> bruce camel, army of darkness. i just liked them, put them on. >> as far as my tattoos go, the most painful one i would probably have to say the one i got in the middle of the armpit t was like a burning pain. it almost felt like it was burning with a torch rather than a gun. it was real hot. as you could tell, i made it through it, i got it done. >> kelly mcnut was one of the more colorful inmates we met at the maricopa county jail and her tattoos were some of the more provocative we
but in the case of ronnie tye when he showed me his hitler tattoo i thought it was so poorly done andler's face looked like a cartoon character that i couldn't help myself. that's a weird looking hitler. >> what's so weird about it? >> his face looks funny. >> looks funny? >> i could tell that ronnie actually didn't appreciate my criticism of his tattoo. i think he was a little stunned that i would actually say anything. he probably had a lot of pride in it but i thought...