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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maanya Sachdeva

Family Feud contestant who joked about his marriage is found guilty of his wife’s brutal murder

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Timothy Bliefnick has been found guilty of murdering his estranged wife - three years after he made an unsettling joke about his marriage on the game show Family Feud.

A jury returned its verdict on Wednesday following a week-long trial in Illinois, during which prosecutors alleged Bliefnick, 40, broke into Rebecca “Becky” Bliefnick’s home on 23 February and shot her 14 times.

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