In the article Janitor Arrested in Killing of Priest in New Jersey by Nate Schweber of the NY Times, a church janitor stabbed Rev. Edward Hinds to death in the kitchen of the church's rectory. The janitor and the catholic priest were apparently having an argument until the janitor, Jose Feliciano, 64, pulled a knife of the priest. After killing him, Feliciano cleaned up the scene and took the priest's phone that Hinds used to call 911 before he died. The Emergency call center returned the call after it was disconnected, but unfortunately it was Feliciano who answered. The phone was later tracked by the police to Feliciano's residence. The interesting thing about this article is that it was constructed from a very interesting angle. People and journalists tend to lean and report to the side that generates the most sympathy, but Schweber chose to include a lot of statements that described Feliciano as a 'kind man.'
I'm pretty sure that Schweber meant to describe a scene where the most unsuspecting figure was the bad guy, but it didn't really come off like that at times. In fact, I actually felt sorry for Feliciano at certain points. I say 'at certain points,' because when Schweber describes Feliciano during the cover-up, he sounds maniacal. This is quickly overshadowed by ideas of a mentally ill Feliciano which was never confirmed yet Schweber decided to include it anyway.
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