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In the last episode of the Feeney family murders, we laid out the crime scene and the possibility that it could have been staged.

And there's a lot of sickness in murder, particularly a murder like this,

because it was just so strange and creepy and staged.

I said all the pictures were turned towards the wall,

pillows over their heads.

That isn't a tell-tale sign of somebody that had had a relationship.

Now, I want to know why someone would do this, and most importantly who. This is the Feeney Family Murders, an Ozark's true crime story, and I'm your host, Anne Roderick Jones.

I think now it might be a good time to tell you about who the Feeneas were.

I should note that throughout this series, we're going to talk a lot about the Feeney's, John in particular.

We're going to examine him in his life, not only because he's a complicated man, but because he was the one and only suspect in this case. Ultimately, we want to know if it's possible that he committed

this crime. Cheryl Lynn Hash and John Edward Feeney were married on June 6, 1981, at the Camden

Church of Christ. John's father officiated the wedding. The announcement

says that Cheryl wore a traditional white dress, trimmed with chantilly lace, and carried roses,

carnations, and valley lilies. Her three bridesmaids were sky blue and carried blue and white flowers.

Steve Chodrick was the best man, along with two other

groomsmen. If you remember, Steve was the one who was with John the day they found out about

the homicides. At the time of the wedding, John was a senior at Oklahoma Christian College,

and Cheryl had just graduated from nursing school. They had met a decade earlier

at a trauma center where John was an attendant and Cheryl was a receptionist. He said in an interview

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