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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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Preacher convicted of killing wife, freezing body1 ^" w5 V5 @ a" D8 g& |
% U0 W( N5 _- t. X' ?3 nBy MELISSA NELSON, Associated Press Writer Melissa Nelson, Associated 0 J! P4 R" r/ z/ P
Press Writer – Fri Apr 9, 11:02 pm ET
& P% \# u$ G. ]( f: u. [MOBILE, Ala. – An Alabama evangelist who terrorized his family while 5 X6 F6 E: D/ `8 p0 \
impressing audiences at revivals was convicted Friday of murdering his , F( h$ T9 |+ z8 d `) H
wife and storing her body in a freezer for years.
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People who heard Anthony Hopkins' sermons in rural towns around the
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7 G& W- D; q! k: xtold jurors that Anthony Hopkins terrorized his wife and young children, 2 ^7 D' o, e: J9 d! C% w( E+ z
isolated them and used the Bible to manipulate them.
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"He was the supreme commander of his own little army," said Assistant " ^5 r r( L! R) @: u
District Attorney Jill Phillips.
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After deliberating for 1 1/2 hours, the jury in Mobile also found 39-% m3 k O% V$ s4 y" l( m! F1 ^
year-old Anthony Hopkins guilty of rape, sodomy, incest and sexual abuse
/ s9 q. Y& k0 \, \( X. _of a child between the ages of 12 and 16.
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8 h6 e1 o8 K) C& q# }0 qHopkins was arrested in 2008 while preaching at a revival on charges
. b) e% |# m& b7 ]that he killed 36-year-old Arletha Hopkins. Authorities said they were
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# C9 d) F0 n& T5 G1 d# ~* ^! oInvestigators say Hopkins killed his wife in a violent fight in 2004
7 i' Y- ^9 B3 C5 h. Q8 J1 p' Tafter she caught him having sex with the teenager. They said he then , r6 \; [4 b% y5 t: I. p
stuffed the wife's body into a freezer at the Mobile home he shared with
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- I+ V3 [* L# K/ r, c+ _) E) v& qHopkins showed no reaction on Friday as deputies handcuffed him and led
~/ j: A9 G$ d/ N) E1 j. ohim from the court. D* O7 B* i! L) q4 _* O, u6 d6 W
4 r8 F. \2 ^3 u( p1 A8 m. T# G. }7 OChildren who grew up in his home and who had testified against him stood
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8 p8 W- D- w7 r% S% S"There is nothing pleasing about any of this, it is all very 8 H6 `- l" c9 m, q; A
disturbing," Ashley Rich, the prosecuting attorney, said afterwards. "A
3 E) w. e( j8 ]" M/ S- B4 C6 N# w$ Qnumber of children have been harmed and the chances of them fully 9 l2 z* N, ]: I: d0 X2 y0 O$ T
recovering are slim."+ Y( z+ m+ p0 F# T! L
7 g- f4 J1 ]' G9 K* {. X% PDefense attorneys left court without answering questions.! P3 v# j3 k; u. U7 p% V) X+ u5 g
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Hopkins told jurors Friday that he came home on a December evening in . x3 ^- u7 P, b5 H+ }8 S1 V& b% j2 [
2004 and found his wife dead on the floor, with the youngest of her
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x9 S1 }% Y+ D"I was shocked and I began to shake her, and I was like 'Letha, Letha
/ i2 E' S- F: }; ]9 T d" V: E# H7 v3 Sare you alright?' I began to shake her, tilt her head back and do CPR,"
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% W! e4 h V5 e! j$ n+ q1 h- BHopkins served in the U.S. Army in Kazakhstan in the late 1990s and - D) }- R* N6 K2 j; v
earned a medal for his service. Hopkins was arrested in Saraland, near 1 J; @' _4 ~7 o: _; _ w; m
Mobile, in 1998 for being absent without leave from the U.S. Army in
: a6 b4 R1 N, i- f* Q; M. h+ G3 qFort 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
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It was then he said that he had a calling to become an evangelist and ( \7 J( ~! u; u; \- Z, v8 \
began preaching at churches and revivals around the rural South. He
9 o5 i" I1 H, edeveloped a following because many who heard him preach considered him a * l* J9 o( s8 M. W' h
prophet who could see the future.6 L2 A( i9 x# s# p. S L
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Six of the children who lived with the couple have been sent to live
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2 i7 P4 J0 K: T( o"They saw the same thing I did because it didn't take them long to 9 ]4 a E9 @& t0 G2 N
convict him," she said after the verdict. |
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