APD LOOKS INTO CHURCH STABBINGS MOTIVE

 

ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE BEGINNING TO GET MORE INFORMATION FOR A POSSIBLE MOTIVE IN SUNDAY'S FREAK STABBINGS AT A WEST SIDE CATHOLIC CHURCH. A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT SAYS THE SUSPECT … 24 YEAR OLD LAWRENCE CAPENER … ALLEGEDLY STABBED THE CHOIR DIRECTOR AT ST. JUDE THADDEUS CHURCH BECAUSE HE THOUGHT ADAM ALVAREZ WAS A MEMBER OF THE MASON'S FRATERNAL ORDER.

CAPENER IS ALSO SUSPECTED OF VANDALIZING A MASONIC TEMPLE IN ALBUQUERQUE BEFORE THE STABBINGS. HE APOLOGIZED FOR STABBING THREE OTHER PEOPLE AT THE CHURCH SUNDAY AFTER POLICE READ HIM HIS RIGHTS AND HE AGREED TO TALK TO THEM.

A JUDGE INCREASED CAPENER'S BOND FROM 45 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO 250 THOUSAND DOLLARS.