 When Natalie was attacked by Silver Kane and accidentally shot her, Palmer hid the body in a pond on his property and blackmailed Natalie into reconciling with him.Next, when Natalie started a relationship with her lifelong heartthrob Jeremy Hunter, Palmer brought his ex-lover Marisa Rampal to town to break them up.Never being quite satisfied with his family members´ choices in the love department, Palmer set out to destroy his naive niece Dixie Cooney's happiness with Tad Martin.