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牧师杀妻并冷冻她的尸体，而且乱伦，兽奸+ j! W" H2 A. k" T# M+ k
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Preacher convicted of killing wife, freezing body
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By MELISSA NELSON, Associated Press Writer Melissa Nelson, Associated
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MOBILE, Ala. – An Alabama evangelist who terrorized his family while 1 a- Z, Y- z0 C5 l
impressing audiences at revivals was convicted Friday of murdering his & L8 R6 l& y1 x, J3 _* P
wife and storing her body in a freezer for years." E$ ~* H# C1 I1 B$ a: |
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People who heard Anthony Hopkins' sermons in rural towns around the ' x0 H. `$ e6 V4 C8 b* n
South sometimes called him a psychic or even a prophet. Yet a prosecutor " ~, j1 V8 Y% c
told jurors that Anthony Hopkins terrorized his wife and young children,
# k; z; z) z% \+ l6 Cisolated them and used the Bible to manipulate them.+ c6 [& B0 t; W0 o: Y0 c( p
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"He was the supreme commander of his own little army," said Assistant ) T, I% }. l" j
District Attorney Jill Phillips.. w. l% m( X f, _7 m" L" s3 b
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After deliberating for 1 1/2 hours, the jury in Mobile also found 39-
t9 }% u, M! v9 S2 ^5 v* Y' Oyear-old Anthony Hopkins guilty of rape, sodomy, incest and sexual abuse & K* e1 v( K& ^; |9 _
of a child between the ages of 12 and 16.
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6 k- u. t2 k* \ s' t5 Q! oHopkins was arrested in 2008 while preaching at a revival on charges 1 @+ j T. k l5 _( I8 g/ o% T
that he killed 36-year-old Arletha Hopkins. Authorities said they were & C$ _$ p# \0 E; x' F$ \. t
led to the body of his wife by a teenage relative that Hopkins had
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Investigators say Hopkins killed his wife in a violent fight in 2004 ; x9 ~. _ S- I- g
after she caught him having sex with the teenager. They said he then 7 v' o! r/ f/ g* P \0 P
stuffed the wife's body into a freezer at the Mobile home he shared with
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! _7 y4 n& w5 b( f6 x4 v, LHopkins showed no reaction on Friday as deputies handcuffed him and led ! E) ]; K) T4 I, ?0 \6 A+ K0 v/ D7 O
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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1 Y S1 U/ N$ C"There is nothing pleasing about any of this, it is all very
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number of children have been harmed and the chances of them fully
# \- e' E5 I4 h* yrecovering are slim."
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1 i" K% Y! j) d7 FDefense attorneys left court without answering questions.+ G9 R9 v3 q) ]9 f0 T" T5 y
. p: S1 Z2 B5 t2 RHopkins told jurors Friday that he came home on a December evening in " X+ K9 X5 V/ h. D9 f
2004 and found his wife dead on the floor, with the youngest of her
8 m# O% M3 t# T( I3 Y0 ?4 ^8 Teight children, an month-old infant, beside her.
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+ P; c3 D0 J f) @* N) `% J"I was shocked and I began to shake her, and I was like 'Letha, Letha
6 \1 }2 w; `+ z1 [5 M3 E6 E }are you alright?' I began to shake her, tilt her head back and do CPR,"
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Hopkins served in the U.S. Army in Kazakhstan in the late 1990s and
' d+ {; U# H- I. B& Xearned a medal for his service. Hopkins was arrested in Saraland, near # p7 @5 W2 {) t. T: Y( \
Mobile, in 1998 for being absent without leave from the U.S. Army in
/ y/ Q8 e: S, e' x' T6 L4 K5 iFort Bragg, N.C., from June 15, 1995, until April 6, 1998.1 R% k, @' O" f/ K( {* q
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He testified Friday that he decided to leave the Army after he got
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! {/ ^5 t! ?) N; C+ y" FIt was then he said that he had a calling to become an evangelist and , N/ S% l- a- X! [6 d- U! J1 X
began preaching at churches and revivals around the rural South. He & @4 p$ r6 h3 z9 D$ ?" v1 e
developed a following because many who heard him preach considered him a 2 Z7 V1 p% x% z. G) R- h' r5 N
prophet who could see the future.
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* f; c! m& @# P' E0 I, xSix of the children who lived with the couple have been sent to live $ G4 n) s# w3 W" o# H
with in Georgia with Arletha Hopkins' stepmother Mary Best, who ; M3 K# i- o8 n: |; a n7 z: V
commended the jury.
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"They saw the same thing I did because it didn't take them long to
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