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[Music] here we are so we're at olive branch the church that I grew up in for three years
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this is the house that I lived in this is probably not a door I want to open I just I don't I don't know if I could
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handle being in there knowing what happened my name is Jesse my hair is pink I decided to change my hair I also
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changed my name to Jesse Jessica I no longer wanted that name because she was a very sad lonely angry little girl and
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I just didn't want that anymore [Music] when I was a young child I lived with my
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mom and my dad and then there was me the oldest my middle sister Janelle and then
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there was my little sister Jolene my dad died when I was five years old after my
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dad had died my mom married Bob Pelle and Bob had become a minister because my stepdad was the minister of the church
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we lived in the parsonage Bob's kids were older than me and my sisters my first impression of Jeff was he was very
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tall skinny crazy big hair and Jackie she was a little more quiet reserved my sister Janelle and I had a best friend
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Stephanie Fagan she was like one of the family we played in the backyard we ran through the
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cornfields it was typical country girl stuff the Pelle family through my eyes seemed
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normal for the most part [Music] in April 1989 I was nine years old my whole world was shattered
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Jeff was planning to go to the prom that weekend Jackie was at a church camp I had planned to go to a friend's house so
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I ended up going to the sleepover by myself for the whole weekend my Sunday routine was we would usually arrive at
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church between 9:00 and 9:15 I would go over to the Pelley's because dawn usually had breakfast made eggs bacon
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whatever we wanted so I ran over there when the door was locked that was confused the doors were never
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locked and I went running back to the church and I said I don't know they must all be sleeping at this point in time I
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think the whole congregation was there they had a master key they went in scoped it out themselves and they came
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back and said everybody needs to run to the altar and pray I was super confused we drove up and I saw lots of people in
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the parking lot and there were cop cars everywhere there was yellow crime tape a
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police officer came up to the van and asked my friend's mom to get out and I could see them talking and I could see
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the tears just start streaming down her face so she came around and told me that
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my whole family was gone you