The homeless handyman and the wealthy widow: Love or something darker? - BBC News

When a drifter moves in with an older rich woman they say they are in love - but a family is torn apart.

2 days agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingBy Sue MitchellBBC NewsA homeless man moves in with a much older wealthy woman - is it a genuine love story, or something much darker?

Carolyn Holland was a wealthy widow aged 80, living in the idyllic Californian beachside resort of Cayucos, when she met David Foute, a man 23 years her junior.

He came to do some odd jobs for her. Within weeks, they were a couple, declaring their undying love.

Carolyn said she'd never expected to fall so deeply in love with a stranger or to be having a romantic, sexual relationship at her age: "He's given me something special, because of his caring spirit. We share a lot. I love his personality, and I hate it when he's gone."

"I'm going to take care of her as best I can unless I can't," Dave told me. "All the guys know that Carolyn's my girl and I don't mess about. I don't stay out late because I have someone to go home to. I'm going to remain until the wheels fall off."

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