Preacher convicted of killing wife, freezing body

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MOBILE, Ala. – An Alabama evangelist who terrorized his family while impressing audiences at revivals was convicted Friday of murdering his wife and storing her body in a freezer for years.

People who heard Anthony Hopkins' sermons in rural towns around the South sometimes called him a psychic or even a prophet. Yet a prosecutor told jurors that Anthony Hopkins terrorized his wife and young children, isolated them and used the Bible to manipulate them.

No, not that Anthony Hopkins. Though it does make me lol that this guy shares a name with the guy who played Hannibal Lecter.

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Hopkins was arrested in 2008 while preaching at a revival on charges that he killed 36-year-old Arletha Hopkins. Authorities said they were led to the body of his wife by a teenage relative that Hopkins had abused and impregnated.

Well, I guess it's not just Catholic priests who molest children.

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It was then he said that he had a calling to become an evangelist and began preaching at churches and revivals around the rural South. He developed a following because many who heard him preach considered him a prophet who could see the future.

Then why didn't he see himself being convicted of murder, rape, and child molestation?

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Alabama

Oh look the South is still terrible.