{"id":50545,"date":"2017-09-26T14:48:26","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T12:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=50545"},"modified":"2017-09-26T14:48:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T12:48:26","slug":"%d9%85%d8%aa%d8%b4%d8%b1%d8%af-%d9%8a%d8%b0%d8%a8%d8%ad-%d8%b2%d9%88%d8%ac%d8%a9-%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b9%d9%8a-%d9%83%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%b3%d8%a9-%d8%a8%d8%b9%d8%af-%d8%a3%d9%86-%d8%ad%d8%a7%d9%88%d9%84%d8%aa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d9%85%d8%aa%d8%b4%d8%b1%d8%af-%d9%8a%d8%b0%d8%a8%d8%ad-%d8%b2%d9%88%d8%ac%d8%a9-%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b9%d9%8a-%d9%83%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%b3%d8%a9-%d8%a8%d8%b9%d8%af-%d8%a3%d9%86-%d8%ad%d8%a7%d9%88%d9%84%d8%aa\/","title":{"rendered":"Widow of Somerset pastor was murdered by a cut to her neck"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The woman murdered in a Somerset church died as a result of a cut to her neck, according to a court document.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Ruthie Carolyn New, 70, was found Aug. 24 in a pool of blood in a storage closet at Denham Street Baptist Church, Somerset police said in a court document.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Detective Larry Patterson said in a sworn statement that New \u201cwas killed by a laceration to the neck.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n

Dwight Mitchell Bell, 41, has been charged with murdering New and stealing her car and personal items.<\/span><\/h2>\n

New, the widow of former pastor of the church, helped clean the building.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Witnesses told police they had noticed a man hanging around the church before the murder, and police identified him as Bell, according to the court record.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Documents filed in the case list an address for Bell on Loudon Avenue in Lexington.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Police arrested Bell in east Tennessee on Tuesday. Somerset officers traced him to that area by monitoring transactions on his food-stamp card, according to a document.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Bell confessed to killing New, Patterson said in his statement.<\/span><\/h2>\n

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