Woman Pastor Stabbed to Death in Great Barrington
Great Barrington (USA), SVM News, June 11, 2007: The dinamic pastor of the Clinton AME Zion Church Rev. Esther Dozier, 65, stabbed to death in her Railroad Avenue home on Monday, the 11th of June., Her husband, Henry E. Dozier Sr., has been arrested and charged with her murder.
"Esther Dozier appears to have been stabbed multiple times. Her body was found early Monday morning," Police Chief William Walsh said.
Henry Dozier was spotted by Lenox Police as he was driving north on Route 7, and was arrested in the parking.
"He was taken to Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, after telling police that he had ingested a poison substance," David Capeless, District Attorney of Berkshire County told to the Salem Voice Ministries (SVM) News Service.
Prosecutors have not said how Esther died.
Esther Dozier moved to Great Barrington from Alabama in the 1960s. She had been pastor of the Clinton AME Zion Church since 2000.
Anthropologist David Levinson said in a book about history of the church that Esther Dozier helped create an African-American Heritage Trail that extends through the Berkshires from Pittsfield to the Connecticut line.
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"Esther Dozier appears to have been stabbed multiple times. Her body was found early Monday morning," Police Chief William Walsh said.
Henry Dozier was spotted by Lenox Police as he was driving north on Route 7, and was arrested in the parking.
"He was taken to Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, after telling police that he had ingested a poison substance," David Capeless, District Attorney of Berkshire County told to the Salem Voice Ministries (SVM) News Service.
Prosecutors have not said how Esther died.
Esther Dozier moved to Great Barrington from Alabama in the 1960s. She had been pastor of the Clinton AME Zion Church since 2000.
Anthropologist David Levinson said in a book about history of the church that Esther Dozier helped create an African-American Heritage Trail that extends through the Berkshires from Pittsfield to the Connecticut line.
SALEM VOICE MINISTRIES NEWS SERVICE (SVM NEWS)
Web: http://salemvoice.org/ Contact: ciniraj@asianetindia.com
News items and headlines: http://salemvoice.org/news.html
Center for Persecuted Christians:
http://salemvoice.org/center4persecuted.html
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