On This Day in UB History: April 30 (Pelley Murders) On April 30, 1989, Pastor Robert Pelley didn’t show up for church at Olive Branch UB in Lakeville, Ind (just south of South Bend) Eventually, two men went next door to the parsonage They knocked several times, but got no response
Jeff Pelley: The Horrific Homicide Case of Family Members - GudStory Senter, the Policeman, says Jeff Pelley attended the prom night after shooting his father, mother and step sisters Moreover, it was shocking for church members who saw the Pelley family murdered This case also shook the Police Senter, who did see the family lying in the pool of blood
Murder in the Family, All for the Prom - ABC News The day after prom night, on Sunday morning, the Rev Bob Pelley and his family did not show up for worship at the Olive Branch Church -- it was an anomaly for the pastor
Prom Night Murders: Why convicted quadruple killer Jeff Pelley is . . . Pelley was sentenced to 160 years in prison for the murder of four family members Now his legal team hopes the evidence gets heard by a different jury ST JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind — It was the Sunday after prom night in 1989, and the pastor at Lakeville’s Olive Branch Church had not shown up for morning service
Man convicted in 1989 Pelley murders seeks retrial - WNDU In 2006, a jury in St Joseph County found that Jeff Pelley was guilty of the shotgun murders of his father, stepmother and two stepsisters under the age of 10 The Olive Branch Church