Teen questioned after family's quadruple murder | Forensic Files

I guess what we want to talk to you about is when was the last time you were at about quarter till 5:00 Saturday
afternoon Saturday evening everybody was no home when you loved right was everybody there dad none and Janelle and
Jolene were there Jessica was at a friend's house and Jackie was in Huntington I was shocked
started crying it's stunned me I didn't know how it could happen I don't know why it would happen was there anybody
that family you really didn't get along with we didn't get along real well and we talked high by type thing but we
never really talked each other anything I mean I didn't I didn't hate or anything but we just we we tolerated
each other and how about your stepsister which once all three of them what about them oh I
got along with the girls great I just love the girls junior didn't even know we had a real good day Saturday we got
along rule Saturday we didn't argue at all he was really he said that I'd been doing a
pretty good job of shaping up and everything no I I really don't I don't I don't know who would want to did you
know I didn't know I didn't I made my father didn't get along sometimes and sometimes I'd be really
upset with him but we always worked things out I I could sit back later and see where he was coming from it did I
was I was upset and I kept trying to talk him into it and at first he kept saying no and then he finally agreed to
let me go

In the hours after four of his family members were found dead in their home in April 1989, authorities interviewed 17-year-old Jeff Pelley in the presence of his grandparents.

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Brief Summary

Family dynamics and emotional responses to conflict are discussed.

Key points

A Shocking Revelation. A sudden event leaves the speaker in disbelief.
Family Ties and Tensions. Exploring complex family dynamics and relationships.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I was shocked, it stunned me.

Expressing disbelief about a sudden event.

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