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Man Who Killed Local Pastor Gets Life In Prison

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published December 22, 2017 at 5:36 AM EST
Columbus Division of Police

A Columbus man convicted of beating and killing a local pastor last March has been sentenced to life in prison. Prosecutors say 43-year-old Rickey Skinner killed Joseph McDowell as he was robbing the pastor in order to obtain money to buy drugs.  McDowell had allowed Skinner and his girlfriend to live in a garage behind the pastor's Southard Drive home.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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