When you think of southern literature, authors like Truman Capote, Harper Lee, William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor come to mind. Each in his or her own way wrote about the extreme characters found here in the Deep South. A story that broke overnight in Mobile might have interested all of them.
It has to do with a murder. Not your usual, all-too-common murder. Just consider the elements of the story:
- The suspect's name is Anthony Hopkins.
- The body of a woman was found in a freezer in his home.
- It might be the body of his wife, who disappeared three years ago, but was never reported missing.
- He's also accused of sexually abusing a family member.
- And, police arrested Hopkins in Jackson, Alabama where he was in the middle of hosting a revival.
I can't wait for the New York Times to get a hold of this story.
UPDATE: As if those details aren't enough, after watching Renee Dials' story tonight about Hopkins appearing with his children as a musical ensemble, something clicked that sent the story climbing up the creepy-meter for me.
I introduced Anthony Hopkins during an event.
He and his children provided musical entertainment for a non-profit group for which I served as the MC. I remember the family, dressed neatly and behaving perfectly, and the story of how he was raising the children after his wife "died at childbirth", as we were told.
