Three years before an Illinois man was charged Monday with killing his estranged wife, he appeared on the TV game show, “Family Feud” and joked that a person’s biggest wedding “mistake” could be getting married at all.
As part of the show, host Steve Harvey asked Timothy Bliefnick, 39, to predict people’s most common response to the question: “What’s the biggest mistake you made at your wedding?”
The bow-tied Bliefnick, competing on the show with his family, quickly addressed his wife, Rebecca Bliefnick, saying, “Honey, I love you.” He then replied cautiously, “Said, ‘I do?’”
His response evoked laughter and gasps from the crowd but a blank stare from Harvey, the Daily Mail said.
#FamilyFeud contestant #TimothyBliefnick who allegedly murdered estranged wife #RebeccaBliefnick joked with host #SteveHarvey three years before crime that his biggest mistake at their wedding was getting MARRIED https://t.co/revPfUunsz via @YouTube
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Fast forward to late last month, Feb. 23, when Rebecca Bliefnick, 41, was found dead inside her home in Quincy, Illinois. A family member found her, after she didn’t pick up her three children from school, local TV station KHQA reported. She had suffered multiple gunshot sounds.
About a week later, police searched Bliefnick’s home and arrested him Monday, charging him with breaking into his estranged wife’s home and killing her. The couple, who married in 2009, was in the process of getting a divorce and living apart, KHQA reported. Court records show that Rebecca Bliefnick, or a local domestic violence agency working on her behalf, filed restraining orders against Bliefnick and his father, the news outlet reported.
Now people are looking critically at the”Family Feud’ episode, which was recorded in the fall of 2019 but aired in the spring of 2020, the Daily Mail said.
Former ‘Family Feud’ contestant charged with murder of estranged wife
Rebecca Bliefnick, 41, was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in her Quincy home.https://t.co/2wE2YME1bQ
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Following Bliefnick’s response to the question about people’s biggest wedding mistake, he became aware that Harvey was looking at him judgmentally, the Daily Mail said.
“Not my mistake, not my mistake. I love my wife,” Bliefnick insisted. He then joked, “I’m going to get in trouble for that aren’t I?”
“It’s going to be a lot of hell to pay at your house,” Harvey joked back.
Bliefnick is now in custody on two counts of first-degree murder and one count of a home invasion, Quincy Police Chief Adam Yates said Monday when announcing his arrest. “Today’s development is a significant step forward in the search for justice for Rebecca Bliefnick,” Yates said.
Bliefnick’s LinkedIn page showed that he had worked in business development at a local farm products company, while his late wife worked as a nurse at a local hospital, KHQA reported. They shared three sons.
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