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Former Children’s Pastor Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder of His Family

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Matthew Lee Richards of Shawnee, Kansas, has pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder. The former children’s pastor was accused of attacking his wife and children with a knife before setting his home on fire.
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Former Children’s Pastor Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder of His Family

Matthew Lee Richards of Shawnee, Kansas, has pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder. The former children’s pastor was accused of attacking his wife and children with a knife before setting his home on fire.

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Children's Pastor Who Tried to Murder Wife, Five Children Over Money Woes Pleads Guilty

A former children’s pastor who was charged with attempting to murder his wife and five children has plead guilty to two counts of attempted first-degree murder. Matthew Lee Richards used to be the children’s pastor at Crossroads Christian Church in Shawnee, KS, until he attempted to take out his whole family by stabbing them to death and then burning down their family home. KCTV5 reports: .blockspare-7990dd7a-ca31-4 > .blockspare-block-container…

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Former Pastor Pleads Guilty to Trying to Kill Family, Burn Down House

A former Kansas children’s pastor pleaded guilty this week to two counts of attempted murder in an incident in which he tried to kill his family and burn down their house rather than tell them he had destroyed the family’s finances and they were being evicted. Matthew Lee Richards was initially charged with five counts of attempted murder and one count of aggravated arson with risk of bidily home for the September 16, 2023, incident, as CrimeOnl…

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Crime Online broke the news in on Thursday, February 13, 2025.
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