Family Feud Contestant Kills Wife

[alaskanseminole]

Did we miss this one, HROTers?

Quincy, IL, man and former 'Family Feud' contestant Timothy Bliefnick gets life for wife's

A judge sentenced a former contestant on the television game show "Family Feud" to life in prison after he was convicted of first-degree murder and other charge

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Quincy, IL, man and former 'Family Feud' contestant Timothy Bliefnick gets life for wife's murder​

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by The Associated Press
Tue, August 15th 2023 at 11:04 AM

QUINCY, Ill. (AP) — A judge sentenced a former contestant on the television game show "Family Feud" to life in prison after he was convicted of first-degree murder and other charges in the slaying of his estranged wife in western Illinois.

Timothy Bliefnick, 40, showed no reaction as Adams County Circuit Judge Robert Adrian read the sentence Friday, news outlets reported.

A jury in May convicted Bliefnick of murder, home invasion, and use of a firearm to commit first-degree murder in the Feb. 23 shooting death of Rebecca Bliefnick, 41.

Her body was found by a family member inside her Quincy home after she failed to pick up her children from school.

She had been shot multiple times.

The couple was separated and going through a divorce.

Bliefnick's attorney did not immediately respond to a phone message seeking comment.

In 2020, Timothy Bliefnick and some of his family members appeared on ABC's "Family Feud," KHQA-TV has reported.
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.

 

[IAFB2021Champs]

I recall hearing about this. No idea of it was on here though.

 

[NDallasRuss]

Kind of a weird, random aside to throw into an article about a guy that killed his wide - then to go into further detail and include the comedic elements into what should be closure for a tragic story.

I get that WE do stuff like that all the time, but in a news story I wouldn't think you'd be as likely to see that.

 

[NoleinATL]

Kind of a weird, random aside to throw into an article about a guy that killed his wide - then to go into further detail and include the comedic elements into what should be closure for a tragic story.

I get that WE do stuff like that all the time, but in a news story I wouldn't think you'd be as likely to see that.

I appreciated them pointing out his answer to "What was the biggest mistake you made at your wedding?" of I Do was second to Getting Sloshed when he appeared on the Fued.

 

[alaskanseminole]

Kind of a weird, random aside to throw into an article about a guy that killed his wide - then to go into further detail and include the comedic elements into what should be closure for a tragic story.

I get that WE do stuff like that all the time, but in a news story I wouldn't think you'd be as likely to see that.

Ya, the whole thing played like the Onion. I saw the reel, then quickly googled it to see if it was actually true only to find out that it was.

Illinois nurse who was terrorized by her ex turned to the court for help. She was dead a year later.

Tim Bliefnick, 40, who joked as a contestant on "Family Feud" that marriage was a mistake, was sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting his ex-wife this year.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[QChawks]

 

[jasonrann]

No more ham sammies for that guy.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

I don't get what the feud was about?

If only Richard Dawson from the dating game was there, none of this would have happened.