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DISTURBING details have come to light in the case of a churchgoing woman who killed her husband so she could start a new life with her lover, the couple’s pastor.

Nearly eight years ago, on February 18, 2015, Cindy Henderson Reese shot her husband, Michael Reese, at her home in Morris, Alabama.

Cindy Henderson Reese killed her husband in her Alabama home in 2015

Murder

She married Michael Reese in 2009 but eventually began an affair with her pastor
The murder took place after they picked up fast food after a late-night church service, AL.com reported.

Reese then went shopping at a grocery store. When she returned, she overturned her coffee table in an attempt to stage a robbery.

Investigation

It didn’t take long for investigators to realize that she was lying to them about the circumstances surrounding her husband’s death.

Less than a month later, Reese and her pastor’s boyfriend, Jeffery David Brown, were charged with murder.

Investigators found out that they were having an affair and conspired to kill Michael so they could be together.

Reese’s relationship with Brown began in 2013, just four years after she married Michael.

She worked at Sardis Baptist Church in Boaz, Alabama, where Reese was the music minister.

When investigators turned up the pressure, Reese and Brown quickly butted heads.

Reese’s case went to trial, where a jury convicted her and a judge sentenced her to 40 years in 2017.

Reese will be eligible for parole in 2030.The investigation that led to the arrest of Cindy Henderson Reese will be featured on the February 4 episode of Dateline. The show will air at 9 p.m. by NBC.

Michael,s Family

But in 2019, law enforcement and Michael’s family members were dismayed to discover that Reese had been transferred to a low-security work program just a few miles from where her murder occurred, AL reported. .com.

She had served less than three years of her sentence.

Many in the community were upset that Michael’s family and local police were not notified of Reese’s return to the area.

The Alabama Department of Corrections ended up transferring Reese back to Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women, a maximum-security facility that houses Alabama death row inmates.

While a spokesperson for the department told AL.com the change to the work release program was temporary, they added that the public outcry also played a role in her decision.