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48 Hours has an exclusive interview with an Illinois man accused of murdering his
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estranged wife back in February now this case you may remember because it made headlines because of a comment that he
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made on the game show Family Feud years earlier now he maintains his innocence and he's speaking out for the very first
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time to 48 Hours correspondent Aaron Moriarty here's an early look at Aaron's 48 Hours report
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Tim believed Nick was arrested and charged in March 2023 with murdering his estranged wife Becky believe neck the
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nurse and mother of three was found shot multiple times in her Quincy Illinois home after the arrest an answer he gave
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on the game show Family Feud years earlier got people talking the question was what is the number one regret that
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people have from their wedding day and you said I said saying I do it was supposed to be funny
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prosecutors Josh Jones and Laura Keck say it wasn't the game show it was other evidence that led them to Tim blifnick
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the couple had been going through a contentious divorce and Becky had told family and friends that she feared to
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might harm her the idea of murdering someone let alone the mother of my kids is not any part of who I am
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there was this surveillance video of a person riding a bike in the direction of Becky's house right before the murder
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and in the opposite direction right after a person was also captured on video near her house about 24 hours
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before the crime prosecutors believe it's Tim bleefnik but there's one big problem I mean you can't see whether
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it's male female it's terrible it's the video is terrible that's not Tim in that
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video you can't tell who it is Casey schnock is Tim bleafnick's defense attorney there were Prowlers in the area
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it wasn't a random Prowler it was an execution wow Aaron you know that's one of those
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stories if you think it's Tim then that looks like Tim if you don't then you really can't tell it's absolutely true
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but isn't this a perfect example and what it means when they say your words come back to haunt you yes because even
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though that was not evidence at the trial it made everybody pay attention the game show Answer the game show but a
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lot of people answered that question that way I didn't think it was the second most popular answer and he said
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it was a joke and when you know the prosecutors believe that the divorce was the issue because she was killed one
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week before this divorce and normally they don't go on trial but this one was going to trial wow um but he said I'm
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the one who filed I wanted this divorce but on the other hand he says it could be a Prowler the problem is she was shot
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14 times that's normally somebody that is really mad at you one minute I can't even believe it could happen in one
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minute and nothing was taken so that most problems it's normally someone who knows you too if if they're going to be
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that that violent it was so jarring though in your pieces see this smiling picture of Steve Harvey in the middle of
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all this but we see how that factors in to this story on Family Feud where he made the answer and this is why this
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case has gotten so much attention but he's in jail now he's in prison he's got life without parole
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um why do you want to talk then I think the main reason because he hasn't been able to see his three sons since he went
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he was arrested realize this happened this year he's already been on trial because he got a speedy trial and he
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hasn't seen the kids and I think he really wanted to say that he didn't do this it's a case of the kids losing both
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parents that's the real trust which is the most unfortunate thing that's a very good tease for Saturday night thank you
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very much Aaron Moriarty as sad as it is you can see Aaron's full report it's called the game show and the murder
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tomorrow night at 10 9 Central right here on CBS and on Paramount Plus