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200. For Want Of A Child: The Murder of Jossie Merrifield

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Flanderson Media, LLC

Personal Journals, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri, lies Collinsville, Illinois. In this town, the Merrifields raised their blended family of thirteen children.In August 1999, the Merrifields looked forward to adding two new grandchildren to their ever-growing family. Their daughter, 18-year-old, Jossie, was due any day with her second child, and their daughter Sandra May, who was four years older than Jossie, was due just a short while later with the baby she had long been trying for. The Merrifield family was large, consisting of nine girls and four boys, with plenty of little ones running around to keep things interesting. But before August was over, tragedy would strike the family.Join Cam and Jen as we discuss 'For The Want Of A Child: The Murder of Jossie Merrifield.Thanks to the following folks for making this possible!Edward October for the Listener Discretion. Check out his YouTube ChannelNico at We Talk of Dreams for editing and theme music.Lauretta Allen for research and writing.And a huge thank you to Andy from stabbyhamlet.com for all the stickers, pens, and magnets. Make sure you check out his store for great underground metal music artists. You will find albums, graphic novels, and fun characters that are only available to them.Sources:http://www.catsupbottle.com/index.htmlhttps://cahokiamounds.org/https://thecinemaholic.com/jossie-merrifield-murder-where-is-sandra-merrifield-now/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Z1plXV6k8https://www.newspapers.com/image/769760588/?terms=Merrifield&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/769760725/?terms=Merrifield&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/128936873/?terms=Merrifield&match=1https://www.newspapers.com/image/769761257/?terms=Merrifield&match=1https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193175552/jossie-lynn-merrifield#:~:text=Funeral%20services%20will%20be%20at,St%20John%20Cemetery%20in%20Collinsville.&text=Jossie%20was%20survived%20by%20her,senior%20at%20Collinsville%20High%20School. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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