PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) - Authorities say the wife of a Petersburg pastor who disappeared last week died of blunt force injuries to her head and neck.
The medical examiner released the cause of death of 76-year-old Minnie Woodard to local news media outlets on Friday. Police tell news outlets they plan to charge 32-year-old Kristopher T. Jones with murder.
Woodard’s body was found last week behind a vacant home in Chesterfield. She went missing after police say Jones forced her husband, Alfred Woodard, at gunpoint to drive his car to a bank to get money. Police say Alfred Woodard told a teller he was under duress and Jones fled.
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Police have already charged Jones with abducting Alfred Woodard and related charges. An attorney for Jones didn’t immediately return a message left at his office.
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