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    'Evil Acts': Son Of Sheriff's Deputy Is Chief Suspect In Louisiana Church Arson Cases

    Police investigating three recent attacks on historically black churches have arrested Holden Matthews, 21, a white male who is the son of a St. Landry Parish sheriff's deputy.
    by Sasha Ingber Apr 11, 2019 2 minutes
    Holden Matthews, 21, has been identified and arrested in connection to the burning of three black churches in Louisiana. He was booked into the St. Landry Parish Jail on three counts of simple arson of a religious building.

    Updated at 12:55 a.m.

    Police have arrested the son of a Louisiana sheriff's deputy as a suspect in connection with three historically black churches that were torched in recent days.

    Officials identified the suspect as Holden Matthews, a 21-year-old white male from St. Landry Parish, a small community about an hour west of Baton Rouge.

    "I don't know what this young man's motive was, I don't know what was

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