# 64 - John Battaglia

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Podcast: [Crime Will Tell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/crime-will-tell-6460169)
Published: 2025-11-30T23:59:45+00:00
Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/crimewilltell/2358665
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## Resource

It’s a parent’s worst nightmare: hearing your child screaming for help and not being able to get to them. When Mary Jean Pearle’s ex-husband, John Battaglia, wanted to punish her following their divorce, he shot and killed their two young daughters while he forced her to listen on the other end of a phone call.

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