The Trail Went Cold - Episode 271 - The Feeney Family Murders

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

February 27, 1995. Springfield, Missouri. The bodies of 35-year old Cheryl Feeney and her two children – six-year old Tyler and 19-month old Jennifer – are all discovered inside their separate bedrooms at their residence. Cheryl and Tyler have been bludgeoned to death while Jennifer was strangled and the house is completely ransacked. Even though the family’s 35-year old patriarch, Jon Feeney, was attending a conference at a resort 90 miles away, investigators suspect that he drove back home in the middle of the night to commit the crime before driving back to the resort to fabricate an alibi for himself. One year later, Jon is charged with three counts of murder, but since no conclusive evidence links him to the crime scene, he winds up being acquitted at trial. Did Jon Feeney get away with the murders of his wife and children or was someone else responsible? On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore the controversial saga of the Feeney family murders. Join us on Saturday, April 9 at 8:00pm EST for an online streaming marathon where we will be watching classic segments from “Unsolved Mysteries”. You can enter our screening room by clicking on this link. Download Best Fiends FREE today on the Apple App Store or Google Play. Additional Reading: https://www.ozarksfirst.com/crimetraveler/crime-traveler-the-feeney-family-killings/ https://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/07/us/man-acquitted-of-killing-wife-and-2-children.html https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/who-killed-them-missouris-feeney-family-murders-remain-unsolved/amp/?fr=operanews https://apnews.com/article/5128910c872d3a814098cacb77281e0d http://www.prophecypodcast.com/journal/2011/7/8/a-very-cold-case-the-vampire-master.html “Missing or Murdered in Missouri: Unsolved and Solved Cases” by Barbara Kemm-Highton https://www.newspapers.com/image/207823159/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/207832919/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/208119508/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/208119610/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/208167539/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/208185422/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/208186796/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/208178001/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/208178424/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/208170221/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/208170643/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/208165284/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/208165564/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/208274247/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/208274679/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/208206215/ “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon! Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. “The Trail Went Cold” is going to be appearing on podcast row at “Crimecon 2022: Vegas” at Paris & Bally’s in Las Vegas from April 29-May 1, 2022. To get a 10 % discount off a standard badge, please use our specialized promo code, “TRAIL”, by visiting https://www.crimecon.com/. “The Trail Went Cold” is going to be appearing on podcast row at “Crimecon UK” at the Leonardo Royal Hotel & Spa in London on June 11-12, 2022. To get a 10 % discount on the purchase of tickets to the event, please use our specialized promo code, “COLD22”, by visiting https://www.crimecon.co.uk. “The Trail Went Cold” is now doing a weekly livestream show on GetVokl every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 PM ET as part of their “True Crime Thursday” line-up. For more information, please visit their website. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

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0:20.0	February 27th, 1995.
0:24.0	Springfield, Missouri.
0:26.3	The bodies of 35-year-old Cheryl Feeney and her two children, six-year-old Tyler and 19-month-old
0:31.8	Jennifer, are all discovered inside their separate bedrooms at the residence.
0:36.0	Cheryl and Tyler have been bludged into death while Jennifer was strangled and the house is completely ransacked.
0:42.0	Even though the family's 35-year-old patriarch, John Feeney, was at a conference 90 miles away.
0:48.0	Investigators suspect that he drove back home to commit the murders and fabricate an alibi for himself.
0:53.6	One year later, John is charged with the crime, but since no conclusive evidence links
0:58.0	into the scene, he winds up being acquitted at trial, so the actual truth about who was responsible for the Feeney family murders remain unknown.
1:07.0	After that, the trail went cold. Oh, uh, yeah. Oh, uh, and'm not. Oh, uh,
1:24.0	uh,
1:25.0	there's uh, uh, uh, uh,
1:28.0	uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, Hello everyone and welcome to our latest episode of the trail went cold.
1:48.0	I'm your host Robin Warder and on today's episode we're going to be covering a case involving the murders of a mother and her two children, the 1995 murders of the Feeney family.
1:59.0	I've had this one on my list of case suggestions for nearly three years, as it was originally sent to be by a listener
2:04.7	named Rachel, but I've only recently got around to digging into it and I find it surprising that the case is not
2:10.7	more well known. After Cherylfini and her two children were all found brutally murdered inside their home,
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