Falsely
arrested for murder
On October 4, 1999 my wife was taken from me through a
brutal murder for which I was later accused of committing and subsequently
jailed for and informed that the State of Maryland was seeking the death
penalty against me for extenuating circumstances in their case.
In June 1999 I was told I was called and anointed by God
Himself to preach.
It gives me great pleasure to give this testimony in the
witness of God through Jesus Christ for whom I owe my life.
As earlier stated this testimony begins on October 4th, 1999
when my wife was brutally raped and murdered while I was nowhere near the rape
and murder scene nor aware that any violent acts had occurred.
On October 5th, I was picked up by the Prince George's County
Police and questioned for 33 hours straight about the matter and in the end the
police charged me with the murder.
During the time of questioning I never admitted the murder
and continued to stand firm that I had nothing to do with anything surrounding
their case. I loved my wife no matter what anyone said and wanted them to
believe me.
The Prince George's County Police twisted my words and added
some of their own where they saw fit and concluded that I had given them a full
confession that I had in-fact given them what they needed to prosecute me to
the fullest extent of the law – THE DEATH PENALTY!
I then spent eight months in the Prince George's County
Detention Center on the charge of Murder in the First Degree – a crime I did
not commit and had nothing to do with. During my stay in detention I lost
everything I owned because the Police would not even let my Pastor, Pastor Randy
Gurley of The Tabernacle Church, remove my personal belongings and put them in
storage. This request was made shortly before they evicted me from my apartment
while I was still in jail and the apartment was still a crime scene.
During this entire ordeal I feel that I was severely
mistreated and that the Prince George's County Police showed absolutely no
respect for even the dead – my dead wife! I thought what kind of demons are
these people who affix their minds on one thing and loose sight of all other
possibilities? – why won't they believe me and look for the real culprit? – I
only knew that I had to make my stand with Jesus.
I continually prayed that Jesus would lead the police to the
real culprit of this heinous crime and that He grant me the strength to endure
my loss, my pain, my ill feelings, my resentment, etc
Then finally my walk with the Lord paid off – I was free –
they let me out of jail – but why? – the guards never told me anything – they
just came and got me and told me to pack my things that I was being released on
June 12th, 2000.
On November 17th, 2000, I was informed that the State of
Maryland had dropped all charges against me and that they had conclusive DNA
evidence against another person and had made another arrest in the case.
This is only a small portion of my testimony. I have more
for God's glory on this. All I had was the word of God and through His grace I
stood on it. God spoke to me! He revealed Himself to me in His word. He
delivered me from the mouth of the lion. In the name of Jesus, Amen!
Keith A. Longtin
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