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Already Gone Podcast

The murder of Susan Petric

Already Gone Podcast

Nina Innsted

True Crime, Mystery, Missing, History, Murder, Truecrime, Unsolved

4.64K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

On October 20, 2007 shots rang out inside the Petric home.

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0:00.0

Jennifer Vanished sometime in the overnight hours.

0:04.4

Right now there is no trace.

0:06.0

The investigators say evidence leads them to believe that she's dead.

0:09.8

Stick my nose back in that trail. That's all I can do.

0:13.0

This is already gone.

0:16.0

Already gone.

0:17.0

Already gone.

0:19.0

Welling, Tanohayo is a quaint village around 40 miles southwest of Cleveland, Ohio.

0:30.0

It's surrounded by rolling fields.

0:32.0

In 2007, it was the scene of a grizzly crime that would cause irreversible damage to a well-known and well-loved family.

0:40.0

And, in its aftermath, would reignite the debate over teenagers and violent video games.

0:49.0

It was on the evening of Friday the 20th of October 2007, with local police were called to a modest three-bedroom branch-style home.

1:08.0

This was the home of the Patrick family, which consisted of 45-year-old Mark, 43-year-old Susan, and their children, 21-year-old Heidi, 17-year-old Holly,

1:18.0

and 16-year-old Daniel.

1:21.0

Before moving to Wellington, the petriks were youth and associate pastors at Eastgate Assembly of God, a church located near Columbus.

1:30.0

They had worked as house parents for troubled teens at the choice place boys' home in Ashland.

1:36.0

Then, in 2003, the family moved into a home on seven acres of land in Wellington.

1:46.0

Here, Mark took up the role as pastor of the New Life Assembly of God, as hell-styles a member of the church said,

1:54.0

Mark and his family were easy to love. They were just like the rest of us.

2:00.0

Susan was described as the perfect pastor's wife. She was known for always wanting to help people, but friends all said she also had a mischievous side.

2:10.0

Capy-styles, a member of the church, recalled how, on one occasion, Susan brought along a woopy cushion to a lady's auxiliary meeting, which led to lots of laughter among women in the audience.

2:23.0

Susan also worked at a Wellington area nursing home as a bookkeeper. Those who knew her best said that she was a sensitive woman with a deep compassion for children, and often filled in for the Sunday school class.

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