Body in freezer as man preached

[Psephos]

Source: Press-Register (Alabama)

Anthony Hopkins of Mobile is charged with murdering his wife and sexually abusing his eldest daughter, who tipped off police
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
By ROBERT McCLENDON
Staff Reporter

While Anthony Hopkins was leading a revival in a small church on the outskirts of Jackson, Ala., Monday night, the body of a woman, presumed to be his wife, was stuffed in a freezer at his house in Mobile, waiting to be discovered by police.

Acting on a tip given by Hopkins' daughter, the eldest of eight children, police said they knew where to look and what they were likely to find when they searched the Rylands Street house.

Clarke County Sheriff's deputies found Hopkins at the church a short time later, still preaching and ministering to people in the crowd, according to the pastor of the congregation hosting the revival.

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Mobile Police Chief Phillip Garrett said it could be a few days before the body is positively identified, a delay caused principally by the condition of the corpse, which he said looked like it had been in the freezer for "quite a while."

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Read more: http://www.al.com/news/press-register/index.ssf?/base/news/1217409343125180.xml&coll=3&thispage=1

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More info here: Body Found in Freezer was Mother of Eight. http://www.abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/WireStory?id=5480234&page=1

The topic of the sermon he was preaching when he was arrested was "Forgiveness."

[maseman]

1. It just keeps getting weirder and weirder

These fundie-nuts are so WEIRD. You kill your wife, stuff her in a freezer and hop in your car to go down to the ol' sanctuary to spread the Word of God. Huh.

[BadGimp]

2. I will resist my urge to make light of this...a woman is dead

May God rest her soul

[dysfunctional press]

7. and apparently freezer-burnt.

there, i did it for you.

[sofa king]

12. That guy's gonna be waiting for you in Hell!

But then again, I'll be waiting there too, to give you a high-five.

[dweller]

3. "Et lacrimatus est Iesus"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_wept

dp

[CoffeeCat]

4. Scary, the guy was a child sex abuser as well...

Just a side note, but it is interesting and relevant.

Men who sexually abuse children come from all socioeconomic backgrounds, and there is no "typical"
child predator profile--because of the variance in their jobs, income levels, education and other
social factors.

There is only ONE trait that is "typical" for a child sex abuser, and that is that the abuser--more
often than not--defines himself as "religious" and often attends religious services once a week.

I find that utterly frightening, and evidence that religion has completely gone astray in this
country.

I hope the children mentioned in this article get the therapy and the peace that they deserve.

So tragic.

[TrogL]

9. They're members of "faith alone" religions

It doesn't matter what they do wrong, as long as they "believe" their sins are forgiven.

[JDPriestly]

5. Isn't Anthony Hopkins the name of an actor who plays villainous parts?

[dysfunctional press]

6. he played hannibal lecter in silence of the lambs...

and hannibal(?)

[Vanje]

8. and Nixon

in NIxon.

[enuegii]

10. Eight kids, sexually abusing one, stuffed his wife's dead

body in the freezer, busted while "preaching and ministering." The really depressing thing about this, for me, as a native of this damned state, is that my first reaction on seeing the headline and seeing where it took place was "yeah, well, that figures."

I think they put something other than DDT in the water here...so much really insane shit goes down.

[fasttense]

11. A True Christian.

:sarcasm:

[B3Nut]

13. But no true Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge!

Oh wait.....

:yoiks:

[Syrinx]

14. Let me guess. This shit was moved by a moderator to the Alabama forum.

What the fuck?

:shrug: