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牧师杀妻并冷冻她的尸体，而且乱伦，兽奸
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- J+ J3 f: ~- t+ K9 N) W+ L# I* IPreacher convicted of killing wife, freezing body9 l( R6 r. f* g& E! J
) y1 T0 F$ w. v; K' a* WBy MELISSA NELSON, Associated Press Writer Melissa Nelson, Associated / \2 D7 F; k& s1 k3 u0 [9 O+ O2 W$ Z
Press Writer – Fri Apr 9, 11:02 pm ET+ x# t9 {. R0 F3 p9 l. _+ c
MOBILE, Ala. – An Alabama evangelist who terrorized his family while
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People who heard Anthony Hopkins' sermons in rural towns around the , ?* c% x X; m L4 w1 |( q
South sometimes called him a psychic or even a prophet. Yet a prosecutor
7 v: N. |: @- }& z9 n( p1 ^, Dtold jurors that Anthony Hopkins terrorized his wife and young children,
( i# _; N q$ K+ G# x& Fisolated them and used the Bible to manipulate them.
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"He was the supreme commander of his own little army," said Assistant ) f% }5 S7 o: |- z
District Attorney Jill Phillips.
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After deliberating for 1 1/2 hours, the jury in Mobile also found 39-3 L! f( C$ M: j. |1 }% p. k
year-old Anthony Hopkins guilty of rape, sodomy, incest and sexual abuse , M3 v8 Q+ |2 E) G# L
of a child between the ages of 12 and 16.; a. y$ n$ k2 ^9 Y
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Hopkins was arrested in 2008 while preaching at a revival on charges $ t* o% j! M+ D( ]
that he killed 36-year-old Arletha Hopkins. Authorities said they were 1 [& Y) l0 r3 Y3 S
led to the body of his wife by a teenage relative that Hopkins had 0 M& D9 r a/ ]8 a
abused and impregnated.# B/ Z' \6 Y1 J4 }9 o
4 L; } F( L( A0 ^* J6 R9 m. G. mInvestigators say Hopkins killed his wife in a violent fight in 2004 : `+ L- l1 g2 ? F: z2 R
after she caught him having sex with the teenager. They said he then
8 I2 v- Q5 Q2 [. w' @) Estuffed the wife's body into a freezer at the Mobile home he shared with
4 w/ a+ b" ~8 a* s7 o/ U/ a: rher, the couple's six children and two of her children from a previous 7 L9 i7 y a7 x: @4 Q5 d2 v; n( {
relationship.
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/ y, }0 b& }, g" s3 q, F9 RHopkins showed no reaction on Friday as deputies handcuffed him and led 8 @0 Z* R% ~3 w* k6 n+ r$ [' m# L
him from the court.
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Children who grew up in his home and who had testified against him stood
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$ O. m/ W* j" X) @2 a7 k1 _ J7 @# j"There is nothing pleasing about any of this, it is all very ( ], t0 N% @9 d2 s4 d
disturbing," Ashley Rich, the prosecuting attorney, said afterwards. "A
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recovering are slim."
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Defense attorneys left court without answering questions. v/ v( k/ ?! y7 m0 N7 L
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Hopkins told jurors Friday that he came home on a December evening in 5 O% Z2 Q# P2 X5 T/ o) Z0 H
2004 and found his wife dead on the floor, with the youngest of her - R6 S5 H4 G% B! U
eight children, an month-old infant, beside her.& J+ y* b0 b0 T8 j1 Z
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"I was shocked and I began to shake her, and I was like 'Letha, Letha ( l/ ]4 y9 B- N* g7 R2 }9 l! z F
are you alright?' I began to shake her, tilt her head back and do CPR," % h& j8 z/ b: l" X# L! g& b* ]1 Z
Hopkins testified.% F2 Y* E' Y; ?- e# L1 R
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Hopkins served in the U.S. Army in Kazakhstan in the late 1990s and " _$ v' Z4 s& n6 S
earned a medal for his service. Hopkins was arrested in Saraland, near
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: c% B3 S/ i6 V. R; \Fort Bragg, N.C., from June 15, 1995, until April 6, 1998.
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He testified Friday that he decided to leave the Army after he got * |0 r: a* @: A9 I1 P" b- c' X
orders to serve in Korea and could not take his family with him.; A/ w) O/ @; n8 b: _, M. u4 U Q
3 j3 i% y" h1 P5 h7 RIt was then he said that he had a calling to become an evangelist and
* I I1 U' V& G6 Z3 U" F$ zbegan preaching at churches and revivals around the rural South. He ) I9 x6 I" U2 j; {3 t H% i, Z
developed a following because many who heard him preach considered him a
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Six of the children who lived with the couple have been sent to live 5 ?7 M9 x' o9 C* r9 X U
with in Georgia with Arletha Hopkins' stepmother Mary Best, who
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