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Guardian Life & Style (US) • Jan. 14, 2026, 5:08 a.m.
The woman who made her family disappear: how Karen Palmer escaped her abusive husband
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He had threatened her, locked her up and absconded with one of their daughters. Palmer knew she and her girls needed to escape – but it would involve huge risk and total reinvention In the summer of 1989, Karen Palmer bought a used car for cash, filled it with belongings – some clothes, toys, one pot, one pan and a shoebox of photos – and “disappeared” with her new husband and two young daughters.
She didn’t tell her mother, her friends or her neighbours where she was going. She gave no notice to her employers and landlord, leaving items out on her apartment balcony as a sign she still lived there.
“I have such a clear memory of the day we left Los Angeles,” says Palmer.
She didn’t tell her mother, her friends or her neighbours where she was going. She gave no notice to her employers and landlord, leaving items out on her apartment balcony as a sign she still lived there.
“I have such a clear memory of the day we left Los Angeles,” says Palmer.
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