
Happy Davy and Amanda Blackburn before her savage rape/murder
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Negro killer of White pastor’s beautiful pregnant wife ‘watched her bleed,’ court document says
By Niraj Chokshi and Michael E. Miller November 23
A three-man crime spree on the morning of Nov. 10 ended in the murder of an Indianapolis pastor’s pregnant wife, according to a newly released legal filing.
Officials on Monday announced murder charges against two men—Larry Jo Taylor, Jr., 18, and Jalen Watson, 21—in the shooting death of Amanda Blackburn in the Indianapolis home she shared with her husband Pastor Davey Blackburn. A third man, Diano Gordon, 24, faces related burglary charges.
The Marion County prosecutor’s office announced the charges on Monday, hours after police announced Taylor’s arrest. He and Watson also face charges for felony burglary, theft, robbery and auto theft.

Larry Taylor. (Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department booking photo)
“Though everything inside of me wants to hate, be angry, and slip into despair I choose the route of forgiveness, grace and hope,” Blackburn said in the statement posted Monday morning on the Resonate Church’s Facebook page.

“Though it does not undo the pain we are feeling, I was extremely relieved to get the news of the arrest made last night of Amanda’s killer,” he said. Investigators told him that they have a strong case, Blackburn said, adding that he was thankful for their “compassion and professionalism.”
“If there is one thing I’ve learned from Amanda in the 10 years we were together, it’s this: Choosing to let my emotions drive my decisions is recipe for a hopeless and fruitless life,” he said.

Jalen Watson. (Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department booking photo)
In the nearly three years that followed, they filled their church and their house. They had a baby boy together and, this fall, Amanda learned she was pregnant again. Even without an official test, they were “sure” it was a girl, according to NBC News.
But on the morning of Nov. 10, the couple’s seemingly perfect life shattered.
Sometime before 5:30 a.m., police say, Watson, Taylor and Gordon embarked on a small crime spree in search of money that would end at the Blackburn residence.
They allegedly broke into an apartment miles away from the Blackburns where they stole an iPhone from the sleeping occupant’s bedroom, car keys, a laptop and a wallet, according to an account provided to the police by an unnamed “cooperating individual” and outlined in a probable cause affidavit...
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