S4 Ep169: Last Dance: The Pelley Murders - Part 2

Once Upon A Crime | True Crime

Esther Ludlow

True Crime, Society & Culture, Crime, Truecrime, Criminology, History, Criminals

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🗓️ 18 May 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

This is Part 2 of "The Pelley Murders". In this episode I'll tell you about Jeff Pelley's trial, theories of the murders, and give you a strange and compelling story about who else may have been responsible for the murders of Bob Pelley and his family.

Resources:
The Prom Night Murders: The True Story of a Twenty Year Mystery by Carlton Smith, St. Martin’s Press, 2009

“A trail of broken promises, debt and death” by Peter Franceschina for The News-Press, Oct 6, 1991.

“Cold case unsolved: Fort Myers developer Clarence Eric Dawson shot, found buried on Estero property 30 years ago” by Michael Braun, The News-Press, Nov 23, 2018

"Case Study: 17-year-old murderer, 20-minute timeframe, circumstantial evidence, normal behaviour, maintains innocence...Jeff Pelley Convicted for 160 Years", on Reddit.com - r/serialpodcast.

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0:00.0	This podcast details true crime cases.
0:03.5	It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence.
0:07.3	It is not intended for children.
0:09.2	Listener discretion is advised.
0:11.4	Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime.
0:22.1	We're in the series Last Dance,
0:24.2	where I share stories of crimes that were committed on prom night.
0:28.1	This is the second part of a two-part episode.
0:30.9	If you haven't yet listened to part one of the Pelley Murders,
0:33.7	you should go to episode 168 and listen to that first.
0:38.1	We left off where Jeff Pelley suspected of killing his family for 13 years,
0:42.9	but with not enough evidence to bring charges against him for the crime,
0:46.6	is arrested for the murders when a new DA decides that the circumstantial evidence
0:51.4	is enough to bring Pelley to trial.
0:53.8	This is part two of The Pelley Murders.
0:57.8	In April 1989, Jeff Pelley's father, Bob Pelley,
1:07.7	stepmother Dawn and two step sisters,
1:10.3	eight-year-old Janelle and six-year-old Jolene,
1:13.0	were killed inside their home in Lakeville, Indiana.
1:16.0	Seventeen-year-old Jeff quickly became the chief suspect.
1:19.7	There was no physical evidence tying the team to the quadruple murder,
1:23.3	and the murder weapon was not found.
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