GUILTY MO - Randy Stone, 42, murdered, Independence, 31 March 2010

Okay, there' something truly weird, wrong here... it's one thing for a pastor to have shot somebody, but as a suspect/perp, he shouldn't even be allowed to attend the funeral, much less preside over it. Talk about lack of respect for the victim!!!:banghead:
 
Okay, there' something truly weird, wrong here... it's one thing for a pastor to have shot somebody, but as a suspect/perp, he shouldn't even be allowed to attend the funeral, much less preside over it. Talk about lack of respect for the victim!!!:banghead:

I don't think anyone knew at the time of the funeral that the pastor was responsible. But the lack of respect from the pastor who knew he was responsible......holy cow! That's balsy.
 
Ex-pastor accused of killing church member returns in cuffs
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[David K.] Love, 50, allegedly shot [Randy] Stone, 42, to death March 31 in Stone’s Noland Road office.

Days later, Love gave the eulogy at Stone’s funeral, saying that Stone had treated him like a best friend.

“Randy made it his business to love people and to be loved by them,” Love told The Star the day before the funeral. “He did it in a fun, loving way. He just had this magnanimity, a way of drawing people close to him.”
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more at
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/12/02/2492924/ex-pastor-accused-of-killing-church.html
 
SPARTANBURG, SC (AP) - A former Missouri pastor being held in South Carolina has been indicted in the shooting death of one of his parishioners.

http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13478579

Former pastor David Love charged with murder of Independence businessman
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"Stone’s family members say Love was having an affair with Stone’s wife."
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http://www.nbcactionnews.com/dpp/ne...arged-with-murder-of-independence-businessman

I hope people didn't take his sermons seriously!! :eek: It's unclear in the last article if he's out on bond or not? I hope not he skipped town once already.

What an ironic last name for this Jackass!
 
Randy Stone's homicide attracts 48 Hours Mystery and Dateline NBC
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David Love, the former pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in Independence, made his first appearance in court yesterday since his extradition from South Carolina on a charge of first-degree murder. Love, 50, allegedly shot and killed Stone on March 31. Rumors are that there's a "bidding war" between the two most salacious true-crime shows, Dateline NBC and CBS's 48 Hours Mystery, for the inside track on all the nasty details.
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[Indepencence police spokesman Tom] Gentry is careful to add that he can't characterize the rivalry between media sources on the Stone case as a bidding war. "There is nothing to bid on as far as we are concerned," he writes. "We do not have anything for sale. We treat national and international media the same as the local media. If they show up for a news conference, or receive a news release through the Associated Press, they get the same information the local media gets."

http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2010/12/randy_stones_homicide_dateline_48_hours.php

BBC's already come calling as well.
 
Man allegedly slain by pastor was passionate dad, optimist

Randy Stone kept a self-help manual that asked the reader to list his or her most influential person.

Stone wrote his pastor’s name: David Love.

Stone’s memorial service in April attracted an overflow crowd at an Independence funeral home.

Love preached at it.
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“We come to the word of God to try to reconcile the difference between man’s point of view that death seems so permanent and God’s point of view that death is precious,” Love said that day in remarks captured on a recording.

“We sit here and we weep not just because of the separation from our loved one but because of all the questions that death brings, questions like ‘Why?’ ‘Why him? ‘Why now?’

“Without answers, death seems so cold.”
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lengthy KC Star article here:
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/12/12/2515547/slain-man-was-passionate-father.html
 
Man allegedly slain by pastor was passionate dad, optimist

Randy Stone kept a self-help manual that asked the reader to list his or her most influential person.

Stone wrote his pastor’s name: David Love.

Stone’s memorial service in April attracted an overflow crowd at an Independence funeral home.

Love preached at it.
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“We come to the word of God to try to reconcile the difference between man’s point of view that death seems so permanent and God’s point of view that death is precious,” Love said that day in remarks captured on a recording.

“We sit here and we weep not just because of the separation from our loved one but because of all the questions that death brings, questions like ‘Why?’ ‘Why him? ‘Why now?’

“Without answers, death seems so cold.”
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lengthy KC Star article here:
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/12/12/2515547/slain-man-was-passionate-father.html

Maaaaaaannnnnn, if he really did kill him that's cold!
 
Ex-pastor pleads not guilty in slaying of insurance agent

Former pastor David Love pleaded not guilty today to first-degree murder and armed criminal action charges in the 2010 killing of Independence insurance agent Randy Stone.
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As part of their homicide investigation, Independence police searched New Hope Baptist Church at 18000 E. Lexington Road. Stone had been active in the church, including driving a Sunday School bus.
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Prosecutors have not revealed the evidence that led them to Love.

Stone’s family has said that Love was having an affair with Stone’s wife.

Love’s next court date was set for Feb. 4.

more at
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/01/10/2574371/ex-pastor-pleads-not-guilty-in.html
 
Widow of slain Independence insurance agent indicted in his death (Kansas City Star)
Teresa L. Stone, the widow of an Independence insurance agent allegedly killed by her long-time lover, now stands accused of helping plan the crime.

A Jackson County grand jury indicted her with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in connection with the March 31, 2010, death of her husband, Randy Stone, in his Noland Road office.

The charge alleges that she conspired with David Love, a former Independence minister, to kill her husband, according to Jackson County prosecutors.
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much more, including mug shots, at kansascity.com link above; a sordid tale, this one
 
C'mon, WFG--you made this one up!
 
C'mon, WFG--you made this one up!

I can but quote the great Oscar Wilde:

"It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense."
 
David Love admits killing congregation member (Kansas City Star)

Former Baptist church pastor David Love pleaded guilty this morning to second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the March 2010 killing of Independence insurance agent Randy Stone.

A judge sentenced Love to life in prison, authorities said.

Love, who gave the eulogy at Stone’s funeral, was indicted last year on charges that he killed Stone, a member of his congregation. Stone’s family later said that Love was having an affair with Stone’s wife, Teresa. She was charged in May with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and is scheduled for trial in April. That case is continuing.
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more at link above
 
Teresa Stone admits helping plan husband’s murder in Independence (Kansas City Star)
Teresa Stone pleaded guilty this morning to helping plan the March 2010 slaying of her husband, Independence insurance salesman Randy Stone.

According to prosecutors, she conspired with her minister, David Love, who admitted last year that he fatally shot Randy Stone in his Noland Road insurance office. Love is serving life in prison in the case.

Teresa Stone pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder, a class B felony, with the understanding that her maximum sentence would be 10 years, officials said. Judge Marco Roldan set her sentencing hearing for June 15.
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more at the link above
 
Love triangle perhaps?
 
Teresa Stone sentenced to eight years for conspiring to kill husband (kansascity.com)
A Jackson County judge sentenced Teresa Stone this afternoon to eight years in prison for her role in her husband’s death — a 2010 killing in Independence that Stone plotted with her longtime lover and minister.

For the first time, prosecutors laid out details of the case against Stone and accomplice David Love, the Baptist minister who preached part of the eulogy at Randy Stone’s memorial service. The lovers had planned to marry, prosecutors said, after Love also killed his wife. He planned to break her neck and stage a car wreck to cover it up, authorities said. That part of the plan never happened, however.
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much more at link above
 
So the pastor gets life in prison, but wifey only gets 8 years. She will probably be out in 3 or 4. Doesn't seem right to me.
 
So the pastor gets life in prison, but wifey only gets 8 years. She will probably be out in 3 or 4. Doesn't seem right to me.

It definitely does not seem right.

They reported on the news tonight that her children testified today and asked for leniency for their mother because they didn't want to lose both parents. I thought that was pretty strange because I couldn't imagine the children being very old. I just checked and they are 18 and 21. For some reason, I was picturing young children.

http://www.kctv5.com/story/18799327...ntenced-in-connection-to-death-of-her-husband
 

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