April Balascio always had a suspicion that there was something odd about her father, Edward Wayne Edwards. Apart from the frequent moves they did as a family when she was a child, her father also kept tabs on murder cases by collecting newspaper articles. He had a bad temper, and Balascio’s mom was often the target of abuse. As reported by People, Balascio started researching her father in 2009 when she learned about a cold case that was reopened. In 1980, two teenagers — Tim Hack and Kelly Drew — went missing after attending a wedding reception at the Concord House in Wisconsin (via The Cinemaholic). They were later found dead 8 miles away from where they were last seen alive.
Balascio was familiar with the location where the teens went missing. It was where her father worked as a handyman, and the town was one of the places where she lived as a child. She remembered her father telling the family to pack up their belongings just a few days after the crime, as they were going to move somewhere else.
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Balascio’s online research combined with her memories led to her suspicions that he was a murderer. “There were dead bodies. Someone was always murdered wherever we lived,” she told People. She called the authorities and told them what she knew, and it was confirmed via DNA evidence. Although she had a strong hunch, Balascio still hoped that she was wrong about her father. She said had a panic attack when she learned the truth.
