Important Takeaways:
- Twelve-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray was walking to a convenience store in Houston when she disappeared, police say; she was found dead in a creek earlier this month.
- Two undocumented men from Venezuela are accused of killing the girl and both are facing charges of capital murder in her death, according to the Houston Police Department.
- It is also the latest case to bring immigration to the forefront as a critical issue this election year, as the two men were in the country illegally, according to the US Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- Where and when they entered the country is unclear, the spokesperson said, but each had been apprehended near El Paso by US Border Patrol – Martinez-Rangel on March 14 and Peña Ramos on May 28 – and released with a notice to appear in court in the future.
- The family will have a celebration of life for Jocelyn on Thursday afternoon in Houston.
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Important Takeaways:
- A previously deported illegal alien, identified as Brandon Ortiz-Vite, was arrested and charged with the murder of 25-year-old Ruby Garcia in Kent County, Michigan.
- The illegal from Mexico was charged with felony murder, open murder, carjacking, carrying a concealed weapon, and felony possession of a firearm for the March 22 incident.
- With the news of the arrest still so recent, Whitmer is taking heat for her program, which provides $500 per month for housing assistance to private homeowners who agree to take in migrants.
- Tudor Dixon, who ran for governor as a Republican in 2022, blasted Whitmer, saying that she is “enabling Joe Biden’s open border policies by handing out cash to anyone who will take in unvetted illegal immigrants, undoubtedly risking the safety of our neighborhoods and communities,”
- “After the murder of Ruby Garcia less than a week ago, Whitmer should immediately cancel this program and demand Biden secure the border for the good of Michigan citizens,” Dixon added
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Important Takeaways:
- Around 73 million induced abortions take place worldwide each year. Six out of 10 (61%) of all unintended pregnancies, and 3 out of 10 (29%) of all pregnancies, end in induced abortion (1).
- Comprehensive abortion care is included in the list of essential health care services published by WHO in 2020. Abortion is a simple health care intervention that can be effectively managed by a wide range of health workers using medication or a surgical procedure.
- [Do some simple math: what’s the number in ten years’ time? 730 million abortions. What’s the number in 20 years’ time? 1.5 billion Abortions. What would history say about us? World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history. An estimated total of 70–85 million people perished, or about 3% of the 2.3 billion people that comprised the global population in 1940.]
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Important Takeaways:
- The topic of abortion is very personal to me—not just because I am a pastor, but because I myself was not planned. I was conceived as a result of a one-night stand, and could have become another abortion statistic. Thankfully, that did not happen.
- God Planned Our Lives Before Birth
- Though it took me a while to discover it, my life was planned by God:
- Psalm 139:13–16 KJV – “For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.”
- Jeremiah 1:5 KJV – “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.”
- Notice that God says, I formed you in your mother’s womb. God doesn’t say, I waited until you were born to have a plan for you, because you were not yet really a human, but only a mass of tissue.
- Each child is created by God and is granted the gift of life at conception
- God has a plan for every single baby conceived, regardless of the circumstances. There is no such thing as an illegitimate child. Illegitimate parents, perhaps, but not children.
- We read Paul’s words in Galatians, “But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace” (1:15)
- Since the passing of Roe v. Wade in the early 1970s, an estimated 63 million+ babies have been aborted.
- The abortion industry creates revenue in excess of $4 billion in the United States alone.
- Despite the fact that Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, many states have continued this practice, under the banner of “woman’s rights.” The truth is that abortion takes the life of an innocent child in the womb. It is, plainly speaking, murder.
- I think one of the reasons abortion has persisted is because we are so desensitized to murder. Our culture today is awash in violence. Everywhere we look, we see it: on our television screens, in theaters, in music, and in video games. But it’s sin. It’s the Sixth Commandment: “You shall not murder” (Exodus 20:13).
- Our Pro-Life Role as Christians
- With all the emotion and passion about this topic, let’s do everything we can to help any woman who finds herself pregnant to make the right decisions, so she doesn’t have to struggle with the aftermath of a wrong choice.
- Let’s also do everything we can to care for families who need it. Caring for moms and children should be a priority of the Church more than ever before.
- To refrain from voting is irresponsible and bad stewardship. Scripture tells us, “To him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin” (James 4:17 NKJV). We should vote for the candidates and policies that best reflect the values we find in Scripture, and that includes voting pro-life.
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Important Takeaways:
- Lewiston, Maine mass shooting suspect Robert Card wanted on murder charges, with 18 dead
- Maine State Police Col. William Ross said Thursday an arrest warrant for fugitive Robert Card has been issued on at least eight counts of murder as the victims are still being identified from a series of mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, Wednesday night.
- He said eight people were killed at Schemengees Bar and Grill while seven were killed at the Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley, while another three died after being transported to local hospitals.
- A massive manhunt is underway to find 40-year-old Card of Bowdoin, who has been identified by authorities as the suspect.
- Maine Gov. Janet Mills said there were 18 people dead in the shootings and 13 injured.
- “In memory of those we lost and in honor of those who were injured, President Biden and I have ordered all U.S. flags and state of Maine flags to be lowered to half-staff immediately for the next five days,” she said.
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Important Takeaways:
- Ethan Crumbley, the teen gunman who killed four students at Oxford High School, is eligible for life imprisonment without parole – the harshest possible punishment in Michigan, a judge ruled Friday.
- Crumbley, now 17, was 15 when he opened fire at the school on November 30, 2021. He has pleaded guilty to one count of terrorism causing death, four counts of first-degree murder and 19 other charges related to the deadly rampage.
- In addition to the four students killed, seven people were shot and wounded – including a teacher.
- The shooter’s parents, who were arrested days after the shooting and charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, remain in jail pending that case, in which Oakland County prosecutors say Jennifer and James Crumbley gave their son easy access to a firearm and disregarded signs he was a threat.
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Important Takeaways:
- Terrifying moment driver is carjacked by a coordinated gang of armed men driving SUVs in Democrat-led Chicago – as motor vehicle theft skyrockets 90% in just one year in crime-plagued city
- This is the terrifying moment a Chicago driver was carjacked by a gang of armed men who trapped him between two cars before tying him up at gunpoint.
- Surveillance footage, released by a local crime blog, shows several men in two vehicles ambush a parked car before kicking out the driver in the crime-addled city earlier this month.
- The clip shows a 2013 Audi A4 parked on the highway at night with its headlights on.
- Two more vehicles rapidly approach before coming to a halt at the front and rear end of the vehicle, hemming it in.
- The Audi rolls forward in the beginnings of an attempt to escape, but within seconds three men leap from the surrounding vehicles and approach the driver.
- One points a gun at his side window while two more drag him out of the car and throw him on the ground.
- The horrifying footage was captured on a night when eight people were robbed over a 30-minute spree in the same neighborhood, according to local reports.
- No arrests were made for any of the crimes, per local news, including some which involved armed break-ins.
- Chicago Police told DailyMail.com it deals with ‘a vast volume of crimes on a daily basis’.
- The Windy City has suffered an 86 per cent rise in motor vehicle theft rates over the last year – from 42,512 incidents reported in 2022 to 54,983 so far this year.
- Overall, this figure has rocketed by 227 per cent since 2019, when 35,711 motor vehicle thefts were reported.
- Murder rates have also risen by 19 per cent over the past four years under the disastrous reign of the last Chicago Mayor, Lori Lightfoot, while robberies are up 30 per cent.
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Mark 13:12 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.
Important Takeaways:
- Jury Finds Alex Murdaugh Guilty of Murdering Wife and Son
- A South Carolina jury on Thursday found disgraced former attorney Alex Murdaugh guilty of the double murder of his wife and son after a nearly six-week trial.
- Murdaugh reportedly stood still and did not speak or react as the judge read the jury’s verdict around 7:00 p.m. local time.
- In addition to the double murder conviction, the jury found Murdaugh guilty of two counts of possession of a weapon during a crime.
- Murdaugh “faces 30 years to life in prison without parole for each murder charge,” the Associated Press reports.
- Further, Murdaugh faces nearly 100 charges for various financial crimes, including fraud, money laundering, tax evasion, and forgery, as CBS News reported. Murdaugh is also accused of stealing more than $8 million from his former law firm and former clients and trying to hire an assassin to kill him as part of a $10 million life insurance scam.
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Mark 13:12 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.
Important Takeaways:
- How just half of all America’s murders get solved as homicide clearance rates slump to their lowest level in four decades from 71% in 1980 to around 50% in 2020
- Clearance rates are how many murders are solved of those committed
- America is now at risk of becoming the first developed nation where the majority of murders go uncleared, according to Thomas Hargrove, founder of the Murder Accountability Project, which tracks unsolved homicides in the US.
- Although US police have solved more murders than in any year since 1997, because of the increasing number of homicides, the clearance rate has dramatically declined to a little below 50 per cent.
- Researchers found that the top five homicide hotspots were Detroit, Michigan, St Louis, Missouri, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- Nationwide 30% spike in homicide rates in 2020 was WORSE in Democrat-leaning counties and had nothing to do with gun sales, new analysis reveals
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Mark 13:12 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.
Important Takeaways:
- Virginia ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ plead guilty to attempted murder of her ex after she sent him happy birthday texts
- “These two thought they were the modern-day Bonnie and Clyde, but now they’ll have to face the serious consequences people face when they commit violent crimes in Louisa County,” Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Alex Goodman said in a statement.
- Just hours before Ohse and Poindexter arrived at the home to kill the ex-boyfriend, investigators said Ohse had sent him text messages wishing him a happy birthday.
- Ohse pleaded guilty to a slew of charges, including attempted second-degree murder, malicious wounding, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, attempted armed burglary, and eluding law enforcement.
- Poindexter already pleaded guilty to many of the same charges in addition to possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
- Ohse faces up to 63 years in prison while Poindexter could face up to 70 years.
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