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牧师杀妻并冷冻她的尸体，而且乱伦，兽奸/ e2 f8 O, V! T
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Preacher convicted of killing wife, freezing body2 G9 n7 |+ ]7 Q# U, C
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By MELISSA NELSON, Associated Press Writer Melissa Nelson, Associated : p5 p+ {+ ^6 Z1 j
Press Writer – Fri Apr 9, 11:02 pm ET0 A( K$ o1 {4 E; x
MOBILE, Ala. – An Alabama evangelist who terrorized his family while
3 ?0 p( q) Q8 ?impressing audiences at revivals was convicted Friday of murdering his
8 Q8 J$ L- H, W- [( mwife and storing her body in a freezer for years.1 L4 @+ N8 g2 J% d0 V6 r. T
6 Y; |7 P) s) a7 I) |5 LPeople who heard Anthony Hopkins' sermons in rural towns around the
2 Y' U4 |3 a5 f9 q! C/ f6 n4 Q5 BSouth sometimes called him a psychic or even a prophet. Yet a prosecutor
# X- c$ _+ u4 {4 Rtold jurors that Anthony Hopkins terrorized his wife and young children,
" u" P* P/ J/ F; y' l9 aisolated them and used the Bible to manipulate them.
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"He was the supreme commander of his own little army," said Assistant
& v4 k- ?0 L7 ~ G& x; i& DDistrict Attorney Jill Phillips.
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After deliberating for 1 1/2 hours, the jury in Mobile also found 39-
4 C1 U' H' y0 {# j5 S3 Q% gyear-old Anthony Hopkins guilty of rape, sodomy, incest and sexual abuse
7 ^, }8 l$ A+ d1 lof a child between the ages of 12 and 16./ O( z8 W5 w3 F8 A
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Hopkins was arrested in 2008 while preaching at a revival on charges
9 l3 J. L2 i( B! z, N: Bthat he killed 36-year-old Arletha Hopkins. Authorities said they were / {/ P7 u% I9 y" ~4 w/ X+ [. n
led to the body of his wife by a teenage relative that Hopkins had ' A" x- _7 D3 F- \7 B+ D, F6 i
abused and impregnated.
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Investigators say Hopkins killed his wife in a violent fight in 2004
( E# r0 P) n. s. ~+ N: W, ~3 Gafter she caught him having sex with the teenager. They said he then
' v6 w9 Z' H: F3 }- h/ Gstuffed the wife's body into a freezer at the Mobile home he shared with % c; N; j$ V2 a# S3 c& _. V
her, the couple's six children and two of her children from a previous
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Hopkins showed no reaction on Friday as deputies handcuffed him and led
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& ?7 C! S5 z1 J/ }( I& w% iChildren who grew up in his home and who had testified against him stood
! h' q7 N3 S# z; i3 [in front row and hugged each other and cried as the verdict was read.
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1 K8 C* z9 t) s, _. h' H"There is nothing pleasing about any of this, it is all very
( \4 ]" e9 K, m9 M" Xdisturbing," Ashley Rich, the prosecuting attorney, said afterwards. "A
1 t0 B9 V0 W: [# Q4 y0 l& f0 \- Inumber of children have been harmed and the chances of them fully Q$ e5 a3 f* {
recovering are slim.". r, s. ~7 Y" u. S+ b! l! S
, E% y; d8 x) H! ^5 JDefense attorneys left court without answering questions.
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Hopkins told jurors Friday that he came home on a December evening in
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9 _. [' q; w6 c! A- x+ T"I was shocked and I began to shake her, and I was like 'Letha, Letha
5 \$ }) E$ B4 j' d b0 }) mare you alright?' I began to shake her, tilt her head back and do CPR," 4 t* ?# o+ v$ @3 J
Hopkins testified./ F; Y5 z( L5 m9 w' X- T1 p7 _
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Hopkins served in the U.S. Army in Kazakhstan in the late 1990s and
2 g3 @/ |. l; A/ K0 q9 l: o! jearned a medal for his service. Hopkins was arrested in Saraland, near / e3 {% W+ M' M* e8 T
Mobile, in 1998 for being absent without leave from the U.S. Army in
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He testified Friday that he decided to leave the Army after he got
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It was then he said that he had a calling to become an evangelist and
6 Q- s! j' [; f8 Q0 P& E* Hbegan preaching at churches and revivals around the rural South. He
( M7 d9 u( K* ideveloped a following because many who heard him preach considered him a
8 M: f: f0 k' d% ?( qprophet who could see the future.( A" e! l6 g$ I5 K* R4 U E9 e
& G9 H! V& J3 b \# c: {& `Six of the children who lived with the couple have been sent to live
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5 ~; j% @7 X8 F0 d, A% Q; c"They saw the same thing I did because it didn't take them long to 3 {: Z+ V* K: ?5 u; w& _
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