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CBS News Survivor continues to heal decades after her familys prom night murder More than three decades after the 1989 murders of her mother, stepfather and two sisters, Jessi Toronjo shares her emotional journey from a scared child to a woman intent on maintaining justice for her family. 2021 Jul 03 This story previously aired on August 15, 2020. Jessi Toronjo was just 9 years old when she returned from a sleepover at a friends house to find out her mother, ...

Healing continues decades after familys prom night murders Jim Axelrod This story previously aired on August 15, 2020. Jessi Toronjo was just 9 years old when she returned from a sleepover at a friends house to find out her mother, stepfather and two sisters were murdered in their Lakeville, Indiana, home. Police immediately suspected Jessicas stepbrother Jeff Pelley, but it would take 13 years to arrest him. The motive? Prosecutors say the then-17-year-old Pelley wiped out his ...

Murdered for the perfect prom: New podcast details how 17-year-old slaughtered his pastor father, his stepmother and two young stepsisters in 1989 because he was banned from driving to the dance Pastor Bob Pelley, his wife Dawn, and her daughters, Janel, eight, and Jolene, six, were found murdered at their home on April 30, 1989 in rural Lakeville, Indiana Churchgoers went to the parsonage after Pastor Bob did not show up for service Investigators suspected Bobs son, Jeff Pelley, then 17, who t...