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December 9, 2025 28 mins

This week we’re discussing a case that took place on Thanksgiving Day in 2009. The story centers around a beautiful family who had no idea that a black sheep relative would show up and turn their wholesome celebration into a deadly nightmare.


 

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Sources:

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/two-years-after-the-jupiter-thanksgiving-massacre/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/thanksgiving-massacre-witness-paul-merhige-ate-dinner-sang-songs-then-executed-family/

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna34227244

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/massacre-takes-sweet-makayla/18/

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/court-parents-not-negligent-in-thanksgiving-massacre/

https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/state/2009/12/03/suspect-in-jupiter-thanksgiving-killings-

still-at-large/31733085007/

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/thanksgiving-massacre-plea-deal-expected/

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2011/09/15/lawsuit-merhige-s-parents-did/74

86766007/


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