Adeline Watkins was about 50 years old when she claimed to have been with Ed Gein. She made this claim in 1957, shortly after Gein's arrest. In an interview, she said they had dated for nearly 20 years. However, she later retracted the statement and described their relationship as more limited, lasting less than a year around 1954-1955 when she was in her late 40s. Ed Gein proposed to her on their last date in 1955, which she declined, stating it was due to something wrong with her and not him.
