David K.
Love, a former Baptist minister in Independence, was jailed on a murder warrant Tuesdayin Spartanburg, S.C.
Love was rector of the New Hope Baptist Church, attended by Randy Stone, an insurance agent found shot to end in his Independence office on March 31.
Neither the Independence Police Department nor the Jackson County Prosecutors Office would comment Tuesday night on the South Carolina development.
Jail records indicate that Love, 50, was living in Boiling Springs, S.C. He too is listed as a fugitive from justice, and a jail official said the case involved a Missouri murder charge.
At Stones memorial service, Love spoke of their friendship, developed over the 10 years the Stone family attended New Hope. Love left the church later in April.
Investigators carried out a search warrant in April at the church at 18000 E. Lexington Road and questioned persons of interest. The church issued a press release Tuesday evening, saying it has fully cooperated.
Anytime someone in leadership is accused of wrong, it can get the faith of others, it noted, but it asked that everyone know that the church was full of good Christian families.
At the time of his death, Stone, 42, was in the process of leaving Farmers Insurance and setting himself up as an independent agent. He too had left New Hope, according to Shannon Bell, his sister.
Bell said Stone had been very active at New Hope, attending Sunday and Wednesday services. He drove one of the Sunday school bus routes and traveled with his wife and two children to help others working to gain new churches.
Bell said her brothers spirituality clearly had grown during his years at the New Hope with Love.
David was a good preacher, down to earth, she said.
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