What would you do in this situation?

You find out after being with your spouse/partner for twenty years that he/she murdered someone when they were 17 and they were never caught. It was not premeditated.

Do you turn him/her in or do you not say anything and keep the secret?

This is the scenario in a book I’m reading right now

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SomeMichGuy · M

You have to tell the authorities, because you have no idea if the representations of your spouse are real (if he killed someone, you don't know if it was or wasn't premeditated, right? you only know what a killer and a liar by omission suddenly told you).

And why now? Was it to unburden himself? Or are there related things to tell? E.g.,

• "...and this house was bought with monies I gained from that event"

• "...you know, now that I think about it, there was another person there/another time I HAD to kill someone..."

• "...my kids are actually the children of the person I killed"

• "...that <whatever> was something the murdered person had; I kept it to remind me..."

• "...and I've committed a number of white collar crimes, including embezzlement..."