Anniversary of Anadarko pastor’s slaying comes with few leads
ANADARKO — It's been a year since the body of an Anadarko church pastor was found mutilated behind the altar of the sanctuary where she preached Sundays to small congregations. Authorities still are waiting for a break in the investigation into the killing of the Rev. Carol Daniels. No arrests have been made, but Daniels' mother has not
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Priest, 80, found murdered in Mexican state of Oaxaca
GUADALAJARA, Mexico – An 80-year-old priest was murdered July 28 in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, where church officials say attacks on prelates have become distressingly common. Father Carlos Salvador Wotto, pastor of the Our Lady of the Snows Parish in the central part of the state capital,
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Nashville rabbi was target of failed firebombing
Abdul Hakim Muhammad returned to Nashville last year with a history of violence and the belief that he was a soldier of God. A convert to Islam, he was angry about the actions of American soldiers in the Middle East. He believed they had desecrated the Quran and wanted revenge. His target was a home
Authorities wrap up pretrial investigation of Chatham priest slaying
With most of the pretrial investigation finished, a Morris County assistant prosecutor is hoping to bring Jose Feliciano to trial in the winter of 2011 for the murder of Chatham priest the Rev. Edward Hinds. "Most of the loose ends have been tied up," with 4,000 pages of information provided
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Russian Pentecostal Pastor Shot Outside Church
The pastor of the largest Pentecostal church in Russia's predominantly Muslim region of Dagestan died Friday after being shot in the head outside his church. Artur Suleimanov, 49, himself a convert from Islam, was shot late Thursday by a gunman as the pastor got into a car outside Hosanna House
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Pastor Found Dead in Boyd County Church
UPDATE 7/14/10 @ 8 p.m. BOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ) — While Kentucky State Police are ruling several things out, they have not determined how the Rev. Terry Crowe died in his church in the Westwood community of Ashland. Crowe’s body was found Tuesday night at the Tri-State Gospel Assembly Church.
One Region 8 church is beefing up security measures
"When that was announced to the entire conference, it really hit home to a lot of pastors–I mean that's just too close," said First United Methodist Church Pastor Reverend John Sandine. Reverend John Sandine is talking about the brutal beating death of a Cross County woman inside
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Man’s Body Found in Boyd County Church; Investigation Continues
UPDATE: 7/14/10 @ 11:10 a.m. ASHLAND, Ky. (WSAZ)– An autopsy is underway on the body of a man found inside the Tri-State Full Gospel Assembly Church in Westwood. Kentucky State Police tell WSAZ.com that two troopers are attending that autopsy in Frankfort. Investigators expect to release more
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Court hearing for man charged in church killing
WYNNE — A Cross County circuit judge set a Sept. 20 court date for a Washington state man accused of murdering an 80-year-old woman in a church June 6. Circuit Judge Olly Neal Jr. of Marianna set the court date for Rene Patrick Bourassa Jr., 34, who was arrested on suspicion of capital murder
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Anadarko church where Oklahoma City pastor was killed is torn down
ANADARKO – Demolition crews tore down the church where a pastor was murdered last year. The body of Carol Daniels, 61, was discovered inside Christ Holy Sanctified Church last August. Church leaders decided to demolish the old church to make way for a memorial in honor of Pastor Daniels. "If
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Monk arrested in slayings of priest, nun in China
BEIJING — A Catholic monk has confessed to killing a priest and a nun whose bodies were found at the hospice in northern China where they worked, state media said Friday. The Xinhua News Agency report gave no details about the motive behind the stabbing deaths of priest Zhang Shulai and nun Wei
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Shooting Breaks Out At North Miami Church
A young man was shot and killed outside a North Miami church Friday night and police continue to search for the shooter. North Miami Police were dispatched to the Fraternity Baptist Church, located at 13300 NE 7th Avenue, upon hearing of the shooting at the end of a wake that took place inside. Officials
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Wheaton man sentenced for killing toddler with baseball bat in church
A man who accidentally killed a toddler with a baseball bat while attacking her stepfather in a western Minnesota church has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. David E. Collins, 51, of Wheaton, was sentenced Thursday by Traverse County District Judge Gerald Seibel in the death of Aundrea Brownlow,
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Turk suspected of planning to kill rabbis
Turkish police have arrested a young man on suspicion of planning to murder rabbis in Istanbul, Turkish daily Milliyet reported Friday. According to the report, the man has already been indicted. The man, a resident of the eastern city of Kars, was arrested by the police's counter-terrorism forces.
Sealed N.Y. case surfaces in accused priest killer Jose Feliciano’s past
The church janitor charged with stabbing the Rev. Edward Hinds to death last October in Chatham has another secret from his past — a court case that has been sealed in New York, it was disclosed in a Morristown courtroom Wednesday. Murder suspect Jose R. Feliciano, 65, was brought before Superior
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