called her up laughing that, you know almost to say haha nothing wanted to me. he was already out of jail. charlie was charged with third-degree assault any harassd harassment and pled guilty to disorderly conduct and paid a fine. i know she loved him very much and i also know there were dark areas that she did not know. everything was a big mystery about charles chorman. this was not the first time charlie had seen the inside of a jail cell. after anna s disappearance her family was stunned to learn he had been imprisoned in 1988 for four and a half years for running what police called new york city s largest stolen car ring. anna s family made another shocking discovery. five months after he was released from prison his sister-in-law, elizabeth bump