On May 2nd, 2001, Mary Jean Pearle dropped Faith 6, and Liberty 9, off for their weekly visit with their father. Even though they didn’t want to go, Wednesday was his visitation night as stated in the divorce decree. Their father John Battaglia, was a man who had a long list of domestic abuse charges on his record and he was looking at some probably jail time several days following this visit.
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No Daddy Don't!: A Father's Murderous Act of Revenge by Irene Pence
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201997185/john-david-battaglia
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68499998/mary-faith-battaglia
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68500063/liberty-mae-battaglia
https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/battaglia-john-david.htm
https://www.familyplace.org/home
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