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
https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B009L82WRG&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_C1097Z555RCYX1J3B5SM&tag=crimeatoriu0e-20
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2018/02/02/john-battaglia-taunts-ex-wife-before-being-executed-for-killing-their-girls-while-she-listened-in-horror/
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68499998/mary-faith-battaglia
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https://www.newsweek.com/killer-john-battaglia-asked-am-i-dead-and-taunted-ex-wife-during-execution-797942
https://www.familyplace.org/resource/survivor-stories/inside_tfp/2020/04/07/program-highlight-faith-liberty's-place
https://www.familyplace.org/home
JDVDBattaglia.us.com
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“The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing they are doing in their life.”― Jaggi Vasudev
If you would like to support the show, you can buy me a coffee!
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Sources:
No Daddy Don't!: A Father's Murderous Act of Revenge by Irene Pence
https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B009L82WRG&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_C1097Z555RCYX1J3B5SM&tag=crimeatoriu0e-20
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2018/02/02/john-battaglia-taunts-ex-wife-before-being-executed-for-killing-their-girls-while-she-listened-in-horror/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-execution/texas-executes-man-for-murdering-daughters-in-killings-wife-heard-on-phone-idUSKBN1FL4TL
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://web.archive.org/web/20180704034551/http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/us-world-news/dallas-man-who-killed-daughters-set-to-die-thursday
https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/battaglia-john-david.htm
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/father-executed-for-killing-daughters-while-mother-listened/news-story/0fd8e8503cff2dc989ac766e03008a77
https://www.newsweek.com/killer-john-battaglia-asked-am-i-dead-and-taunted-ex-wife-during-execution-797942
https://www.familyplace.org/resource/survivor-stories/inside_tfp/2020/04/07/program-highlight-faith-liberty's-place
https://www.familyplace.org/home
JDVDBattaglia.us.com
Music by the brilliant, CO.AG Musichttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA
Calm Melancholic Expressive Piano by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8303-calm-melancholic-expressive-piano
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Lucid Nightmare by Tim KuligLink:
https://filmmusic.io/song/8492-lucid-nightmare
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Twitter - https://twitter.com/crimeatorium
“The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing they are doing in their life.”― Jaggi Vasudev
05/20/22 • 32 min
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