Posted on 03/08/2011 1:48:55 PM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
The alleged killers of the minister found dead inside his own church 'laughed' while watching a news report about the case on television, court documents said.
Pastor Clint Dobson, 29, of NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington, was suffocated with a plastic bag and his assistant Judy Elliott, 67, was severely beaten, they said.
Steven Nelson, 24, and Anthony Springs, 19, were ‘laughing and making inappropriate comments about Dobson’s death’, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
‘When confronted about this behaviour (Springs) produced an item he claimed belonged to Dobson,’ it said.
They made the comments at a friend’s house in front of two women who contacted police the next day to say what they had heard, reported the Dallas Morning News.
Police said soon after the death last Thursday that a motive of robbery may have been behind the physical assaults, as some items were missing from the church.
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if only
Boys, remember these words, because if there’s any justice on this terrestrial plane, your capital appeals counsel will hear them:
“We close at five.”
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Guess who is at work here...
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