Moronic Murderers

Murder of Barbara Jean Fry

8 November 1979 / Route 441 and a cornfield off Franklin Road, Manor Township, Pennsylvania

Victims

Accused and outcomes

As told in the episode, on 9 November 2024.

Outcome

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1. 1937 name withheld here is born, son of Cyrus Strickler Fry and Helen Mary Fryabout 0:11:16
2. November 15th, 1938 Barbara Jean Shank is born in Manor Township, daughter of Benjamin and Ada Dombachabout 0:11:52
3. October 1956 a covered name Fry and Barbara Jean Shank marry; she is 18 and he is 19about 0:13:08
4. the late 1950s Their son Kevin is bornabout 0:13:15
5. 1960 Twin sons Wendell Lee and Wesley are bornabout 0:13:22
6. 1969 Both covered name and Barbara go to work for the Turkey Hill companyabout 0:13:30
7. 1974 Barbara is selected as Turkey Hill manager of the yearabout 0:14:27
8. 1977 Their son Wendell is killed at 17 when the truck he is driving crashes at high speed on Route 441 in Conway Township (Route 441)about 0:15:59
9. 1978 Barbara is manager of the year again while working at the Wrightsville location (Turkey Hill Minute Market)about 0:14:53
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11. May 1979 a covered name Fry meets covered name through their Turkey Hill workabout 0:40:09
12. about three months before the murder name withheld here suggests that a covered name should 'waste' his wife and names a price of $5,000about 0:42:21
13. 1979 covered name persuades Barbara to give him $5,000 as an advance on the divorce settlement; she writes a cheque drawn on the Colonial Savings and Loan Association (Colonial Savings and Loan Association)about 0:44:07
14. October 29th, 1979 A $1,000 payment to name withheld here is recorded in his ledgerabout 0:54:13
15. November 2nd, 1979 A second $1,000 payment to a covered name is recorded in his ledgerabout 0:54:13
16. November 4th, 1979 The couple separate and covered name moves out of the house into a trailer a few miles away (Rod Fry's trailer)about 0:17:52
17. November 7th, 1979 Wesley sees his mother at about 11 p.m. before they go to bed (Fry house)about 0:18:18
18. November 7th, 1979 name withheld here meets a covered name at his trailer around 11 p.m. and is told Barbara's schedule and route to work (Rod Fry's trailer)about 0:45:19
19. November 8th, 1979 Barbara leaves home at about 4.30 a.m. for the Turkey Hill Minute Market in Wrightsville (Fry house)about 0:18:52
20. November 8th, 1979 covered name and name withheld here pull Barbara over on Route 441 using red police-type lights (Route 441)about 0:51:43
21. November 8th, 1979 Barbara refuses to wind down her window, is beaten and bitten, and a covered name shoots her in the chest with a .44 calibre revolver (Route 441)about 0:52:49
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