A Louisiana Baptist minister was found murdered in his Blanchard
home Jan. 5 – and his wife is hospitalized with injuries sustained in an
attack on the couple.
A man and woman have been charged with the crime.
A Louisiana Baptist minister was found murdered in his Blanchard
home Jan. 5 – and his wife is hospitalized with injuries sustained in an
attack on the couple.
A man and woman have been charged with the crime.
Julian Brandon, 70, apparently died as many as three days prior
to his discovery. He was a former Louisiana Baptist pastor and was serving as
minister to senior adults at First Baptist Church of Blanchard.
Brandon and his wife, Alice, 69, were found after friends became
concerned with their absence from a Sunday night Bible study, said Betty Tyler,
secretary at First Baptist Church of Blanchard.
Concern had not been raised before because the couple often
were gone to a nearby daughters house or guests at another church on weekends,
she explained.
News of the attack and Brandons death stunned church
and community members, Tyler acknowledged. “Things like this just dont
happen in Blanchard,” she said.
A man and woman have been arrested and charged in the attack
– and apparently have confessed to the crime. Tyler said it was a pair
who lived nearby and recently had done some work for the Brandons.
“And we cant imagine anybody who knew him (Julian
Brandon) or talked to him for 10 minutes would do anything to him,” Tyler
continued.
“He loved everybody and loved the Lord. If they had wanted
anything, hed have carried it to the car for them.”
Brandon is survived by his wife, one daughter and two sons.