Church building where Oklahoma pastor was killed is torn down; memorial planned for site

Church where Okla. pastor was killed is torn down

ANADARKO, Okla. — Authorities have demolished the Oklahoma church where a pastor was killed last August, and they plan to build a memorial at the site.

The body of 61-year-old Carol Daniels of Oklahoma City was found Aug. 23 inside Christ Holy Sanctified Church in Anadarko. Her neck and throat had been slashed and she had been stabbed in the chest, back, stomach and hands.

No one has been arrested in her death.

The church has been closed since Daniels’ killing.

The building’s overseer, Ezra Randle, says investigators have turned it back over to church leaders, who decided to have it demolished so that a memorial to Daniels could be built in its place.

Randle says they are accepting donations to help pay for the memorial.

Information from: KFOR-TV, www.kfor.com