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Becky Bliefnick was shot 14 times in the bathroom of her home on Feb. 23 but was still alive for several minutes as she bled to death, according to testimony given Friday morning during the Tim Bliefnick trial in Adams County Circuit Court. #bliefnicktrial

 
Jones described the crime scene, alleging Tim Bliefnick did not commit “the perfect crime” and 27 shell casings in his home matched eight shell casings found beside Becky Bliefnick’s body on Feb. 23.

Tim Bliefnick’s attorney, Casey Schnack, used her opening statement to call Jones’s statement “a good story, but that doesn’t make it evidence or true” and the evidence will come from the witness stand so the jury can determine what is true and what isn’t true.

“This case is dripping with reasonable doubt,” Schnack said, but saying that didn’t include fingerprints or DNA on a bicycle that was allegedly used to transport someone to Becky Bliefnick’s house to kill her.

Jones discussed neighborhood videos that show someone bike riding in the area between Tim Bliefnick’s house and Becky Bliefnick’s house in the days leading up to Becky’s murder. He was also looking up license plate reports as Becky was seeing a man named Ted Johnson and Tim was allegedly looking him up.

Jones said the same bike rider was following the same route to and away from Kentucky Road during the timeframe of Becky’s murder. Jones admits you can’t tell who is riding the bike in the video, but it was found a half block from Tim Bliefnick’s home.

Becky Bliefnick’s father, Bill Postle, was the prosecution’s first witness. He found his daughter’s body in the early afternoon of Feb. 23.

Assistant State’s Attorney Laura Keck questioned Postle about a text he received from Tim Bliefnick on the day of Becky’s death. In a text, Tim Bliefnick wrote to Postle and said he hadn’t heard from Becky and was wondering who was going to pick up the boys. Tim said Becky had told him she was sick before she supposedly didn’t respond to Tim.

That’s when Postle decided to go check on his daughter.

Postle said he went to the Kentucky Road house, found the front door wide open and Becky’s car in the garage. After walking through the bedroom, he found Becky’s body on the bathroom floor.

“She looked like she was dead,” he said. “Rigor mortis had already set in.”

The jury then saw Becky’s body on the projector screen for the first time. There were open mouths and wide eyes among the jurors.

Postle then testified he had forgotten his phone, so he couldn’t call 9-1-1.


Rolla Wike, a neighbor of Becky Bliefnick, is the next witness. That’s who Postle contacted to make a call as Postle didn’t have his cell phone.

Wike said Postle said “I need to use your phone to call 911 because Becky is dead.”

Wike offered to go pick up Postle’s wife, Bernadette. Postle gave her directions to their house and she picked her up.

Schnack then asked Wike if she heard anything at the house on the night of Becky’s murder and she said she hadn’t. She also said she heard Tim sound surprised on the phone with Bernie and said “WHAT?” when she called him to tell him Becky was dead.

Roberta Hutson, secretary at St. Peter School, then testified that she didn’t call Tim Bliefnick about the children, but he called the school to say he couldn’t contact Becky, so he would pick them up instead of walking home. She said neither of the Bliefnick’s had ever called to make arrangements for picking up the boys. She said Tim arrived at St. Peter an hour before dismissal and waited for the boys so they would not walk home.

After seeing the video of Bliefnick’s car in the parking lot, Schnack asked Hutson about the school policy of picking up kids in a timely manner.

“If parents have issues picking up kids, don’t you appreciate parents calling ahead,” she asked.

Hutson said “yes”, but Jones crosses with asking if Tim Bliefnick had ever called to make arrangements regarding the boys before Feb. 23 and she said “no”.

 
Tim Bliefnick's murder trial will resume on Tuesday morning.




QUINCY, Ill. (KHQA) — The murder trial of Tim Bliefnick, which is underway at the Adams County Courthouse, has captured the attention of not only Quincy but also the nation.

Bliefnick is on trial for killing his estranged wife, Becky Bliefnick, on Feb. 23, 2023. She was shot 14 times, and her father found her lifeless body the next day in her home.
 

Updated: May. 25, 2023 at 5:25 PM EDT



Updated: May. 26, 2023 at 1:48 PM EDT
 

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5.30.2023

The murder trial of a former "Family Feud" contestant accused of killing his wife enters its second week Tuesday in Quincy, a historic city in downstate Illinois that overlooks the Mississippi River.

Adams County prosecutors say Tim Bliefnick, 39, killed his estranged wife Rebecca Bliefnick, 41, in February at her house, located just minutes away from his own. Her body was found shot 14 times, officials said.
 

Bliefnick murder trial: Day 6​


QUINCY, Ill. (KHQA) — 8:45 AM: Tuesday is the sixth day of the Bliefnick murder trial in the Adam's County Courthouse. The trial begins at 9 a.m. after a three-day weekend.

Click here to catch up on the case or follow along. We are in the courtroom and will provide live updates throughout the day.
 

A Quincy jury returned the verdict of guilty on all counts in the Timobhty Bliefnick trial Wednesday.

5/31/2023
 

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One of the questions asked by host Steve Harvey was, “What was the biggest mistake you made at your wedding?” Bliefnick answered “I do.” He immediately told Harvey “not mine to say, not mine to say. I love my wife.” He also said, “I’m going to get in trouble for that, aren’t I?” Harvey responded, “It’s going to be a lot of hell to pay at your house.”

Bliefnick’s answer was second on the board with 20 out of 100 people polled giving the same answer. Getting “sloshed” was No. 1 with 30 answers.
 
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Bliefnick’s internet search history included “How to open my door with a crowbar,” “How to make a homemade pistol silencer,” “Can you wash off gunpowder residue” and “What is the average Quincy police department response time,” Quincy Police Department detective Eric Cowick testified.

 
We're getting a closer look at the recently unsealed files in the Bliefnick case including orders of protections filed by both the convicted killer and his victim, Rebecca Bliefnick.



Fri, June 2nd 2023, 7:30 PM EDT

QUINCY, Ill. (KHQA) — When now convicted killer Tim Bliefnick was arrested on March 13, 2023, all the court records regarding Bliefnick and his estranged wife, Becky, were sealed by the court including divorce files and restraining orders.

The court was criticized for keeping the documents sealed ahead of the trial.

After Bliefnick was found guilty on Wednesday of murdering Becky Bliefnick back in February, those documents were unsealed.
 

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