188: The Murder of Margaret Abernathy

Southern Fried True Crime

Erica Kelley

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 10.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Monday, February 4, 1991 started out as a normal day. 40 year old Priscilla Matula was rushing out the door for work. She owned and operated a car dealership with her husband, Nick. It soon became one of those days…where everything seems to go wrong and irritation bubbles to the surface. And making matters worse, by mid-morning, she had not heard from her mother, Margaret Abernathy, which was highly unusual. By noon, Priscilla decided to go check on her mother. What she found brought the whole Abernathy clan to its knees.

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0:00.0	Southern for a true crime covers cases that are not suitable for young listeners, and
0:18.4	there may also be some explicit language used.
0:21.6	In early spring of 1991, the Troop County Sheriff's Department had a lot on their plate.
0:33.9	In late March, they were investigating the murder of a woman named Marcy.
0:38.2	She was 79 years old and someone had shot her in the head.
0:43.2	Marcy's sister and brother-in-law found her body.
0:46.2	They became worried after they hadn't heard from her in a while.
0:50.2	After Marcy's body was found, the case was cold almost from the beginning.
0:54.6	There was no evidence of forced entry.
0:57.0	There were no signs that anything was stolen.
0:59.7	There was no murder weapon.
1:01.4	The doors were locked.
1:03.1	Everyone was baffled.
1:05.9	Troop County residents were shocked, because Marcy's case was eerily similar to that of
1:10.8	another Troop County homicide.
1:13.3	One that happened that same year, only one month earlier in February of 1991.
1:19.7	Just like Marcy, an older woman was shot in the head.
1:23.2	No murder weapon was found.
1:25.4	But unlike Marcy's case, which went cold, the questions surrounding this victim would
1:30.0	be answered in about a week.
1:35.1	And those answers would bring a well-respected family to its knees.
1:44.6	Welcome to Episode 188, the murder of Margaret Abernathy.
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