Cottage Grove man indicted in murder for hire case
Opening arguments have begun in the trial of Stephen Allwine, the United Church of God minister accused of poisoning and then shooting his wife.
The River Falls Journal reports:
Washington County Attorney Jamie Krueser described Amy Allwine as a loving mother, dog lover, business owner and a woman of faith — not the type of person who would die by suicide."Who would want to do this?" Kreuser said of the woman's alleged murder. "Someone who didn't want to be married to her anymore."Stephen Allwine wrote sermons and counseled married couples at a Newport Church where he served as a deacon and later a church elder.Through those capacities, Krueser said, Stephen learned about Ashley Madison, a dating website catering to married people seeking affairs.Investigators, according to the criminal complaint, identified at least two women Stephen Allwine met through the website.Devore acknowledged Stephen Allwine's relationships with other women, but said having affairs doesn't mean he killed his wife "or even didn't love his wife."Krueser said Stephen Allwine's role as an elder and longtime congregant at the church could have kept him from divorcing his wife, despite wishes to end the marriage. Trial begins for Cottage Grove man accused of murdering his wife
The Star Tribune is reporting that the prosecution has started off with this:
On other Facebook pages, some United Church of God members are claiming this is just an attack from Satan mean to demean the United Church of God and its mission. As shocking as this may seem to some, this is not a unique belief in the Church of God. Any time a minister has ever been accused or something, some members start spreading the rumor that it is an attack from Satan.Bilked by would-be assassins he tried to hire on the dark web, Stephen Carl Allwine shot and killed his wife in their Cottage Grove house and disguised her murder as a suicide, jurors were told Tuesday as his trial began in Stillwater.Amy Allwine died in November 2016 because her husband was having extramarital affairs and didn’t want to stay married, Washington County prosecutor Jamie Kreuser said in her opening statement.“He was seeing other women but he didn’t want to divorce her because of his position in the church,” said Kreuser, referring to the defendant’s role as an elder in the United Church of God. Cottage Grove man killed wife after failing to hire assassin, prosecutor says
Some UCG members are extremely excited to hear Allwine's attorney say the following as validation of their beliefs:
These same people cheered on Allwine's parents when they bailed him out of jail the first time.But defense attorney Kevin DeVore refuted those allegations, telling the jury that the case was full of “red herrings and distractions” and the prosecution had no evidence that Stephen Allwine committed a crime.“Just because he had an affair doesn’t mean he killed his wife,” DeVore said, countering that the death scene was “contaminated” because police officers removed a 9-millimeter handgun to unload it before photographs were taken.“It sounds like an amazing story, but it’s not a TV show or a movie,” he said.
The Church of God mantra is that one must never forget that we are in the end times Satan is ANGRY at United Church of God for preaching such a forceful message! Satan knows his time is short and will do all he can to discredit the church.
Yes, brethren, that record is still skipping in the same spot for decades. The end is nigh and Satan is pissed. Sigh...
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