Felony Friday - The Good Father
Added 2021-10-29 02:53:12 +0000 UTCOn April 12th, 2016, 71-year-old Father Rene Robert failed to show up to officiate a funeral he was asked to proceed over. For those who knew and were closest to the St. Augustine, Florida priest, it was highly unusual for him to miss any such event. As the St. John’s County Sheriff’s Office began investigating Father Rene’s disappearance, they found that he had been in the company of 28-year-old Steven Murray, a troubled young man who often came to the priest when he was in need of money, food and shelter. The search for Father Rene would lead investigators on a high speed chase, a helicopter search through a heavily wooded area, and a manhunt that spanned three states.
Written by Ryan Williams, Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway.
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Written/Audio Sources:
- Where There Is Darkness
- Aiken man gets 40 years in Pickens slaying
- Tormented Family
- Father Rene Robert 5 Fast Facts
- Steven Murray details his mental and moral descent
- Declaration of Life - WTID
- “I could’ve gotten away with murder if I kept my mouth shut”
- Suspect in missing priest case being returned to Florida
- Man sought by Florida police in disappearance extradited
- Deputies say man arrested in Aiken led them to body
- Body of missing priest found in Georgia
- Rene Robert Obituary
- Steven Murray indicted in death of St. Augustine priest
- Family of man serving life in prison without parole release documentary detailing life
- The Death of Father Rene Robert Part I
- The Death of Father Rene Robert Part II
- Steven Murray speaks to AP on plea deal
- Steven Murray Apologizes As He Pleads Guilty
- It’s life in prison for St. Augustine priests tormented killer
- Murray to spend life in prison
- Steven Murray begins his life sentence
- Father Rene Robert
- SJSO press conference about the disappearance of Father Rene Robert
- Manhunt for person-of-interest in priests disappearance
- Steven Murray | Locked Priest In Trunk Then Murdered Him | Police Interrogation
- Faith remains in death penalty case of Steven Murray
- Steven Murray Guilty PKG
Music & Sound Effect Sources
- Opening Track: An Abyss Of Sadness - Jon Björk
- Closing Track: Mourning You - Jon Björk
Music & Sound Effect Sources
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Comments
Why is that the good and decent priests are the ones to die young while the molesting priests live to be old as dirt? I don't buy into the "buybull" God mythos and this is just one more reason why I don't. Also that POS father of their's needs to be imprisoned for what he did to his own kids and who knows how many children he raped and made his boys rape when they were just children themselves. Absolutely a waste of flesh piece of human garbage. Glad some of them were able to break their cycle of violence. I hope they can/have also find their peace within themselves, that is the hardest part to achieve and took me about 20 years to find mine after my childhood and early adulthood.
Joy Milligan
2022-02-09 03:02:47 +0000 UTCI was raised Catholic... I consider myself a "former Catholic" but they will always be "my people".... I just attended the funeral of my last Aunt... The last of my Mom's sisters... My Mom was the first to die at the age of barely 55.. I was only 20. She fought cancer for 15 YEARS to see me grown. I gave her permission to leave me. At my Catholic Confirmation when I was 14 we had to choose a Saint. I chose Saint Francis... He is the Saint of Animals. I chose him because, honestly, I care more about animals than I do people. I am a Registered Veterinary Technician aka Animal Nurse because that is my calling. I find it appropriate that we end with a quote from Saint Francis... Because throughout my 43 years on this earth, a childhood that once made my therapist actually say "Holy Shit" when I was in my thirties... We are ALL animals!!! I have had to euthanize hundreds of animals in my career... I injected them with the drugs, held them, talked to them, felt the last beat of their hearts, held their owners as they sobbed, and I have honestly wept more for the owners who actually loved their pets. It's truly a gift to end the suffering of a beloved family pet. I feel more for them than anyone else on this planet. I have lost both of my parents to agonizing cancer. Euthanasia is a gift reserved for those we love the most!!!! I chose Saint Francis as my Saint at my Confirmation when I was 14. Because animals are innocent and often the product of their upbringing. I now have 2 teenagers of my own. I have done my best and given them the opposite of my childhood. I learned to break the cycle. But humans are also animals... That's very difficult to grasp sometimes when we hear of such heinous acts...My Aunt was hit by a drunk driver... I don't know his story and I don't want to. But, when it comes down to it... We're all animals... It just seems appropriate to end this episode with Saint Francis. I'm a "fallen" Catholic. But I attended my Aunt's wake last week, prayed the rosary, took communion, blessed myself with Holy Water, and didn't burst into flame upon entering the most beautiful Catholic church in Memphis. Saint Francis.. the Saint of Animals...started me on a path when I was just a child...and I have helped hundreds if not thousands of animals, 2 legged and 4...And I'm not even sure in what I believe...but I know what my calling is...and I do my best every single day!
Empathy
2021-11-01 01:16:18 +0000 UTC
