Not strange at all. Most likely the victims “Racial Reconciliation” church ran a halfway like program for downtrodden minorities, specifically blacks.
Seeing as Cleothas 20 year stint put him on the street with little to no skills he would be a prime target for the churches brand of “Woke” doctrine aka “White Guilt”
The victim most likely was brought to Cleotha by the church and she had him doing minor yard work. Fingerprints on the hedge trimmers would tie Cleotha to the victim.
The woman is dead and the church is complicit.
“The victim most likely was brought to Cleotha by the church and she had him doing minor yard work.”
Wouldn’t surprise me if that happened. Still within the realm of possibility that hubby was involved, since they were going through a divorce.