Va. Man Charged With Killing Missionary

Va. Man Charged With Killing Missionary
Va. Man Charged With Fatally Shooting One Mormon Missionary and Wounding Another
The Associated Press

CHESAPEAKE, Va. Jan 5, 2006 — A man was charged with killing a Mormon missionary and wounding another in a shooting that police believe occurred because the victims had witnessed a crime while they were discussing their religion door-to-door.

James Rickey Boughton Jr., 19, was arrested Wednesday at his Chesapeake home and was being held without bond, police said. He is charged with first-degree murder, and malicious wounding, among other counts.

The missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were shot Monday, and Morgan Winslow Young, 21, of Bountiful, Utah, died Monday evening. Police have not discussed why they believe the victims witnessed an earlier crime.
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Scott Heidbrink told The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk that his brother and Young heard shots just before a man ran up to them and started firing. The gunman fled, and Joshua Heidbrink ran to a nursing home for help, Scott Heidbrink said.
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1474219&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

I wonder what the earlier crime they witnessed was...surely it was something less than murder. What made him think trying to kill the witnesses was a good idea? He's in much more trouble than if he'd just ran.

which is why the law up to the death penalty is no deterrent.

The best we can do is catch and cage the predators when they act.

but still...sad stuff.