Timothy Bliefnick jury reaches verdict in

Harris Marley

Global Courant 2023-06-01 03:25:27

An Illinois jury has found Timothy Bliefnick guilty of all charges in the murder trial of a former “Family Feud” contestant accused of murdering his estranged wife, a veteran nurse and fixture at her local church, amid a grueling divorce and custody battle.

Bliefnick, who lived about a mile from his wife after they split, was accused of breaking into Rebecca “Becky” Postle Bliefnick’s home through a second-story window and shooting her 14 times.

Prosecutors alleged that he researched ways to commit the crime on Google, rode a bicycle to her home, pried open the window with a crowbar, and shot her dead.

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In court, prosecutors revealed that investigators found dozens of shell casings in the basement that the state police lab found were fired from the same gun as eight found at the crime scene.

Police have not found the murder weapon, but Postle Bliefnick’s gun was missing, and forensic expert Vickie Reels of the Illinois State Police said it was one of several gun models that could match the shell casings recovered.

Tim Bliefnick, left, was a college football star and contestant on the “Family Fued” game show. Now he’s accused of fatally shooting his estranged wife, an award-winning nurse named Becky Bliefnick, right. (Adams County Sheriff’s Office, Becky Bliefnick/Facebook)

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