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Music You know, Quincy, Illinois isn't the kind of place that usually makes national headlines.

But in 2020, the town gathered

to cheer on one of their own, local father Tim Bleafnick, who'd landed a spot on a family feud.

He'd cracked a joke on air that made people laugh and cringe all at the same time,

something about wedding regrets that Steve Harvey didn't quite let him live down.

But just a few years later, Tim would make headlines again,

and this time no one was laughing.

The story that followed would leave the town of Quincy grieving and shaken,

not just because of the crime itself, but because of who it took. Becky Bleafnick, a nurse, a mother, a daughter, a friend.

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