Rapper charged with killing Pastor in VA

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Richard McCroskey charged in slaying of VA pastor

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A California resident,  Richard McCroskey,  was arrested at the Richmond airport over the weekend,  and charged with the killing of a Virginia pastor and several people known to him.    McCroskey was an aspiring "hardcore violent" rapper.  

[q url=""]A California man who rapped about the thrill of killing has been charged in the slaying of a rural Virginia pastor found dead with three others inside the home of his estranged wife, a college professor, authorities said yesterday.

On Saturday, police charged Richard Alden Samuel McCroskey III with first-degree murder, robbery, and stealing the automobile of Mark Niederbrock, a pastor at Walker’s Presbyterian Church in Appomattox County.

Farmville police Captain Wade Stimpson said McCroskey will be charged with killing three others found in the home of Debra Kelley, a Longwood University professor, on Friday. The other victims are not expected to be identified until today.

Police arrested McCroskey, 20, of Castro Valley, Calif., at the Richmond airport Saturday. The aspiring rapper in the horrorcore genre, which sets violent lyrics to hip-hop beats, was found sleeping in the baggage area as he waited for a flight to California.

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