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Terry Sedlacek's day of death when he killed Pastor Fred Winters

by Amy Judd | March 10, 2009 at 03:12 pm

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Terry Sedlacek, the man charged with the death of Pastor Fred Winters at the First Baptist Church in Maryville, Illionois had marked the day as a 'day of death' in his notebook before he walked into the church with the intent to kill Pastor Fred Winters.

William Mudge, the Madison County State's attorney said words to that effect were in Sedlacek's day planner. Sedlacek has been charged with first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery, as he also stabbed Terry Bullard and Keith Melton, two church goers.

Winters had been preaching for a while when the gunman approached him, Melton told CNN.

"It just seemed a lot out of place for someone to be walking to the front to take a seat at that point in the service," Melton said.

When the two men confronted Sedlacek, he tried to fire his gun at them, but it jammed. He then tried to get away, but the church goers wouldn't let him.
Sedlacek is being treated in hospital for knife wounds.
It is still not known why he wanted to kill the Pastor, but he has been diagnosed with Lyme disease, however this is not known to cause violent behaviour.

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Uwe Paschen

at 17:11 on March 10th, 2009

Sad to see the worth of Humanity unfold still today in spite of all we know and learned.

david reame (not verified)

at 18:45 on March 11th, 2009

re "I worked with this kid at the Galaxy restaraunt and he was crazy
long before the tick got a hold of him. When he was around sixteen he
got drunk and suffered a head injury and was never right in the head
after that. He was later bit by a tick and it made matters perhaps a
little worse but he was crazy when I met him like 8 years ago."

if what rick says above is true, he should tell the New York Times and
all USA media about this.

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