Former Crossroads Christian Church children’s pastor, Matthew Lee Richards, who was arrested and charged with attempting to murder his wife and children and burn down their foreclosed home in Kansas because he didn’t want them to discover they were being evicted has pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder. #CrossroadsChristianChurch #MatthewLeeRichards #Kansas #Guilty
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Fmr.CrossroadsChristianChurchpastorpleadsguiltytoattemptingtomurderfamilyByLeonardoBlair,SeniorReporterWednesday,February12,2025FormerCrossroadsChristianChurchChildren’sPastorMatthewLeeRichards.|Screengrab/YouTube/CrossroadsKidsShawneeFormerCrossroadsChristianChurchchildren’spastor,MatthewLeeRichards,whowasarrestedandchargedwithattemptingtomurderhiswifeandchildrenandburndowntheirforeclosedhomeinKansasbecausehedidn’twantthemtodiscovertheywerebeingevicted,haspleadedguiltytotwocountsofattemptedmurder.
Richards,43,whoinitiallyfacedfourchargesofattemptedfirst-degreemurder,onechargeofattemptedcapitalmurderandonechargeofaggravatedarson,enteredt
