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14 July 2004
14 July 2004
"An accused panty thief who has come under suspicion in the Corvallis disappearance of 19-year-old Brooke Wilberger once told college buddies he could 'kill at will and not face sanctions from Christ' because he was 'one of Christ's angels.'" Yes, another story of an accused murderer claiming God's sanction, served up in gruesome detail by Katie Willson of the McMinville, Oregon News Register. As true crime goes, it's interesting journalism; but we think it's time crime beat reporters talk to their friends on the God beat. Are killers who claim Christ's support crazy? Probably. But that doesn't mean their religion isn't real, and scary...

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