Episode 16 – Originally Published in 2016
Trigger warning – discussions about abuse and murder
For those who celebrate Christmas, it’s a time for joy, a time for family celebrations and traditions. On Christmas Eve in 2002 in Middletown, Pennsylvania, Jean Wholaver and her daughters, 20 year old Vicky and 15 year old Izzy, packed Jean’s car for a trip to visit family for the holidays. They never made it to Jean’s parent’s house.
Their estranged husband and father, Ernest Wholaver, who was just a month away from a trial for allegedly sexually abusing his daughters, devised a plan to prevent his family from testifying against him. Instead of being tried for assault, Ernest Wholaver was tried for murder.
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