Robert Kosilek - Marriage To Cheryl McCaul

Marriage To Cheryl McCaul

After relapsing into drug abuse, Kosilek entered a drug rehabilitation facility. There, Kosilek met Cheryl McCaul, who was working at the facility as a volunteer counselor. McCaul believed that Kosilek's gender identity would change if McCaul married her; Kosilek recalled McCaul saying that all Kosilek needed was "a good woman". McCaul and Kosilek were married, but Kosilek's gender identity did not change. In (c)1975, the couple had a son, whom they named Timothy. McCaul was 21 years old, and Kosilek was 26.

In 1977, Kosilek's mother died of alcoholism and tuberculosis, at age 50. Kosilek's father died of alcohol-related illness at age 61.