Murdered for the perfect prom: New podcast details how 17-year-old slaughtered his pastor father, his stepmother and two young stepsisters in 1989 because he was banned from driving to the dance
Pastor Bob Pelley, his wife Dawn, and her daughters, Janel, eight, and Jolene, six, were found murdered at their home on April 30, 1989 in rural Lakeville, Indiana
Churchgoers went to the parsonage after Pastor Bob did not show up for service
Investigators suspected Bob s son, Jeff Pelley, then 17, who the pastor had grounded and would not allow to attend his prom s before and after events
Prosecutors contend this was Jeff s motive for shooting his father, and then he killed his stepmom and stepsisters in order to leave no witnesses to his crime