The Senseless Murders of Faith and Liberty Battaglia
This episode was originally released in 2021.
On May 2nd, 2001, Mary Jean Pearle dropped her two daughters, Faith 9, and Liberty 6, off for their weekly visit with their father, even though they didn’t want to go, Wednesday was his visitation night as stated in their divorce decree. Their father, John Battaglia, was a man who had a long list of domestic abuse charges on his record and probably some jail time was looming over him, several days following this visit.
Sources:
No Daddy Don't!: A Father's Murderous Act of Revenge by Irene Pence https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B009L82WRG&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_C1097Z555RCYX1J3B5SM&tag=crimeatoriu0e-20
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2018/02/02/john-battaglia-taunts-ex-wife-before-being-executed-for-killing-their-girls-while-she-listened-in-horror/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-execution/texas-executes-man-for-murdering-daughters-in-killings-wife-heard-on-phone-idUSKBN1FL4TL
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https://www.familyplace.org/home JDVDBattaglia.us.com
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