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Episode 165: The Wife Swap Murders

Season 2 Episode 165

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In June of 2017, 25-year-old Jacob Stockdale, who’s conservative Christian family appeared on the ABC hit show “Wife Swap” nine years earlier, fatally shot his mother Kathryn and younger brother James at their family home in the rural township of Bethlehem, Ohio. He then turned the gun on himself, though he survived his head wound. So, what led to Jacob Stockdale to killing members of his immediate family and then trying to commit suicide?

References:

True Crime Society - The murder/suicide of the ‘Wife Swap’ Stockdale family

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The ‘Wife Swap’ Murders: What Led Jacob Stockdale To Kill His Mother And Brother? | by Elli Mac | True Crime With Elli Mac | Medium

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