Displaying items by tag: Marita Harrell

On 25 May, a pastor in Atlanta was horribly murdered. Rev Marita Harrell had been living and serving in the city for thirty years. According to police, she had been mentoring and counselling a 27-year-old man who had recently left prison.' The 57-year-old was visiting the home as part of an outreach programme to ex-prisoners. Investigators believe the man stabbed her at his home and then dumped the body in a minivan which he later abandoned. He has now been arrested on suspicion of murder and arson. A Facebook post read, ‘Please keep her husband and two daughters in your prayers. May God's comforting arms envelop her family, friends, and loved ones.’