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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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2 L# {) e, X/ x( J" hPreacher convicted of killing wife, freezing body9 a6 Q$ U0 t" V: Z( v; c" [
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By MELISSA NELSON, Associated Press Writer Melissa Nelson, Associated ' z: Z$ J: N1 O$ v7 n3 Q& n f
Press Writer – Fri Apr 9, 11:02 pm ET% Q# `3 C* i( Y
MOBILE, Ala. – An Alabama evangelist who terrorized his family while
j* ?* L6 c% yimpressing audiences at revivals was convicted Friday of murdering his - F' {6 R% {* N2 b' }- T2 y
wife and storing her body in a freezer for years.% p8 |& ~9 O, A' s: `+ e
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People who heard Anthony Hopkins' sermons in rural towns around the
5 R) I: @) O) ], \" j. OSouth sometimes called him a psychic or even a prophet. Yet a prosecutor ( R" W% \2 v( T; {0 A3 Q
told jurors that Anthony Hopkins terrorized his wife and young children,
# b2 P/ S; [( w8 pisolated them and used the Bible to manipulate them.
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"He was the supreme commander of his own little army," said Assistant 2 V4 Z" A, G" d4 d& k
District Attorney Jill Phillips." `$ Z& M8 Z5 u$ N2 A7 V, @% S
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After deliberating for 1 1/2 hours, the jury in Mobile also found 39-7 i+ R% J: \) g' H, o8 \6 e
year-old Anthony Hopkins guilty of rape, sodomy, incest and sexual abuse / \5 i* R7 x- Y0 k: r6 k3 \
of a child between the ages of 12 and 16.
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Hopkins was arrested in 2008 while preaching at a revival on charges
8 R. r/ ]. P4 z: Gthat he killed 36-year-old Arletha Hopkins. Authorities said they were $ `( x+ c s. W; a9 L9 x
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 5 n: N: k1 C$ h
after she caught him having sex with the teenager. They said he then 8 n# r; }# s, _
stuffed the wife's body into a freezer at the Mobile home he shared with " V& d. a3 G- _8 X# k" z1 u% W/ G
her, the couple's six children and two of her children from a previous + C0 m+ W: L5 m" o
relationship.% a" R+ S2 Z2 B* c0 C$ U
- ]3 n" i4 B8 f1 u1 J4 C! d7 JHopkins showed no reaction on Friday as deputies handcuffed him and led
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6 ]5 P4 K, F, p* W" z, LChildren who grew up in his home and who had testified against him stood
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! N, [* C: S6 t2 p0 e" X7 O- Z"There is nothing pleasing about any of this, it is all very 2 M& d5 r# q" q, @& q# u. z1 K4 _
disturbing," Ashley Rich, the prosecuting attorney, said afterwards. "A
' U8 F5 m# T% }2 X) Snumber of children have been harmed and the chances of them fully
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Defense attorneys left court without answering questions.6 X: G2 G) u/ J6 ?9 F8 y
% {1 w E) _7 J" iHopkins told jurors Friday that he came home on a December evening in * `0 a A0 j: l3 F
2004 and found his wife dead on the floor, with the youngest of her
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9 @! r$ Y7 C2 H4 H6 q- {"I was shocked and I began to shake her, and I was like 'Letha, Letha
% u b6 ]5 J: h O& Y/ p7 Fare you alright?' I began to shake her, tilt her head back and do CPR," - {/ z) v: b8 Y7 l- O' d4 R' H( c
Hopkins testified.
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Hopkins served in the U.S. Army in Kazakhstan in the late 1990s and 1 p7 s) [. d ?! o3 R
earned a medal for his service. Hopkins was arrested in Saraland, near
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Fort 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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: ~% Z7 {& i9 P# yIt was then he said that he had a calling to become an evangelist and
0 R4 y! c9 z* d7 F. _began preaching at churches and revivals around the rural South. He + r. t/ F/ R9 A: _% w4 |$ H
developed a following because many who heard him preach considered him a 1 e3 b- E# E0 \. L3 V# n) R5 v
prophet who could see the future.3 C7 K& p( Q. c3 R/ x; g1 l
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Six of the children who lived with the couple have been sent to live # m. ]& `! O9 a. _) b
with in Georgia with Arletha Hopkins' stepmother Mary Best, who
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: l6 b' r+ v- m"They saw the same thing I did because it didn't take them long to
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