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Pastor accused of fatally shooting wife’s lover offered bail after 2-year wait

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More than two years after he was charged with first-degree murder for allegedly fatally shooting his wife’s lover after discovering their affair, Matthew Dedmon, the former pastor of Heritage Baptist Church in Rogersville, Missouri, has been offered bail.

Dedmon was offered a $30,000 bond, according to Law & Crime, after sitting in jail for more than two years without trial.

The Ozark Police Department reported on May 28, 2022, that they were called to the block of West Church Street at approximately 12:49 p.m. that day about a shooting. Officers found a man, later identified as 57-year-old Joe Newburn, in the roadway suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Newburn died upon arrival at Cox South Hospital in Springfield, and Dedmon was subsequently arrested and charged with his murder.

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