Overview

• Adam Christopher Sheafe admitted in jailhouse interviews that he crucified 76-year-old Pastor William Schonemann in his New River home on April 28.
• He revealed a nationwide plot targeting 14 other clergy whom he believed were misleading their followers.
• Sheafe described fashioning a crown of thorns from desert materials and framing the killing as a divine commandment to purge evil.
• The suspect expressed no remorse and insisted on the death penalty to validate his belief in the righteousness of his actions.
• Authorities are holding Sheafe in Coconino County Jail pending extradition to Maricopa County, where he will face murder charges.