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牧师杀妻并冷冻她的尸体，而且乱伦，兽奸( Y& H9 j, _ A& H A4 h
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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
: C* C( p( `5 P, c# Rimpressing audiences at revivals was convicted Friday of murdering his
: l9 U4 x# n) l1 c9 T+ O$ ^wife and storing her body in a freezer for years.
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People who heard Anthony Hopkins' sermons in rural towns around the
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: {, A8 v+ q0 n4 C' c( Mtold jurors that Anthony Hopkins terrorized his wife and young children, 8 S( _1 Q1 A+ y8 R2 j) Z0 X
isolated them and used the Bible to manipulate them.: Q( W( M6 X8 [, i a3 g& a
/ {- d( A3 |! O/ i6 _1 M) T, Q"He was the supreme commander of his own little army," said Assistant ; W3 D8 a$ R3 j5 }
District Attorney Jill Phillips.
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After deliberating for 1 1/2 hours, the jury in Mobile also found 39-
6 [. s0 L$ `2 Byear-old Anthony Hopkins guilty of rape, sodomy, incest and sexual abuse
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l( Q/ x/ n0 e/ G2 O5 O: XHopkins was arrested in 2008 while preaching at a revival on charges & F( j0 H! q3 C: q
that he killed 36-year-old Arletha Hopkins. Authorities said they were
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abused and impregnated.
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Investigators say Hopkins killed his wife in a violent fight in 2004 6 j+ a+ ~: Q+ o* R6 j& X) A" o
after she caught him having sex with the teenager. They said he then
3 V2 p% ?8 g$ g- N% c. H0 E2 v* Kstuffed the wife's body into a freezer at the Mobile home he shared with
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Hopkins showed no reaction on Friday as deputies handcuffed him and led 0 |6 k9 B. J5 w( }
him from the court.
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Children who grew up in his home and who had testified against him stood . }! x( o* |- V+ D
in front row and hugged each other and cried as the verdict was read.: p/ S+ o1 n# I3 h2 J
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number of children have been harmed and the chances of them fully & u$ S! U) r6 \$ [( W- e- t: }
recovering are slim."0 ]9 \# V4 U) M; v
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Defense attorneys left court without answering questions./ s r! J' X7 r& U( Z2 T
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Hopkins told jurors Friday that he came home on a December evening in ( `: {. D w' S" G; b8 `" a
2004 and found his wife dead on the floor, with the youngest of her
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"I was shocked and I began to shake her, and I was like 'Letha, Letha
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Hopkins testified.
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0 c5 }( K* F& L# h3 _earned a medal for his service. Hopkins was arrested in Saraland, near
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He testified Friday that he decided to leave the Army after he got
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1 P. q2 K; H) p- u8 i+ AIt was then he said that he had a calling to become an evangelist and 9 D$ u* A) a& Q6 _! n3 X
began preaching at churches and revivals around the rural South. He & X, R5 A' P/ x b
developed a following because many who heard him preach considered him a
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Six of the children who lived with the couple have been sent to live 3 _- E$ U' n/ t" \4 g
with in Georgia with Arletha Hopkins' stepmother Mary Best, who
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"They saw the same thing I did because it didn't take them long to
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