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Mark and Delores Stepp with Francine Stepp (L) and Francine in prison (Discovery+/Oklahoma Department of Corrections)
Content Warning: Violence Where Murder Lies is the latest series to be released by Discovery+ among its true-crime programming. Compared to other true-crime offerings, Where Murder Lies focuses on cases that are not as well known in the country, but nevertheless, remain just as intriguing. The series focuses on exposing murder investigations as one truth after the other is revealed, laying out a terrible betrayal of trust or a shocking indiscretion.
The second episode of Where Murder Lies focuses on the 1988 murder case of Mark and Delores Stepp, whose daughter ran to a neighbor screaming that her parents were killed in Stillwater, Oklahoma. On the outside, the Stepps seemed like the average American family Mark worked at the Sooner Power Plant in North Central Oklahoma as an Instrument and Controls employee, and Delores worked on the thi
Who is William BJ Snyder?
BJ was Kelley Jo s Mr Perfect after she was out on many dates searching for love and the right fatherly figure for her children. Her son, Ty Snyder, recalls the strong bond he shared with BJ and said he became a father figure to him. However, all the happiness was short-lived.
On April 5, 2015, Snyder strangled his wife during a physical altercation. The affidavit stated his wife OD d on hydrocodone and nerve pills. After he realized she was dead, he put the body in a sleeping bag and left it in the Halls Run State Park next to a stream. However, an April 11 interview saw him dish out a completely different version of events - the couple argued, Kelley Jo threw a can at him and hit him in the chest. BJ grabbed her by the arms, got behind her, and had his arms around her neck.