• Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Shop
  • Newsletter
Faithfully Magazine
Saturday, June 3, 2023
  • About
    • Staff and Advisors
    • Advertise With Us
    • Submissions
  • Q&As
    John Blake photo by John Nowak for CNN

    CNN Reporter Talks Race, Faith and Reconciliation in Powerful Memoir ‘More Than I Imagined’

    Brown Baby Jesus author Dorena Williamson

    Author Celebrates Jesus’ Messy, Multiethnic Family Tree in ‘Brown Baby Jesus’

    KevOnStage and MrsKevOnStage in an interview with Faithfully Magazine.

    Interview: KevOnStage and MrsKevOnStage Talk Sex, Therapy, and Why ‘Marriage Be Hard’ (Video)

    Christina Edmondson and Ekemini Uwan on Truth's Table book

    ‘Truth’s Table’ Authors Talk Early Beginnings, Centering Black Women, and Inspiring One Another

  • Exclusives
    Karen Abercrombie

    After Award-Winning Role in Top-Grossing Christian Movie, Karen Abercrombie Is Leading Change From Within

    black women group

    ‘Righteous and Ratchet’ Black Women of Faith Embraced on Jemele Hill’s ‘Sanctified’ Podcast

    Josh McDowell

    Apologist Josh McDowell Backtracks After Claiming Black Families Don’t Value Education

    Christian author and preacher Dr. Voddie Baucham

    ‘Fault Lines’ Author Voddie Baucham Confused or Making Things Up, Richard Delgado Says in Response to Misquote on ‘Righteous Actions’ of Whites

  • Profiled
    Chris Broussard

    Sports Analyst Chris Broussard Uses Hoops and Christianity to Address Needs of Young Men

    Bishop Noel Jones

    Bishop Noel Jones: Engagement, Life, Family and Ministry (Profiled)

    nadine raphael

    From Prison to the Pulpit: Nadine Raphael on God’s ‘Greater Plan’ for Her Life (Profiled)

    lisa sharon harper

    Lisa Sharon Harper Is Her ‘Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams’ (Profiled)

  • Remember
    Rev. Dr. William Hiram Bentley

    Black Evangelicalism and the Reforming Influence of William H. Bentley

    Marie Bassili Assaad and Mother Irene

    Knitting Together the Community of Love: Lessons From Marie Bassili Assaad and Mother Irene

    Rev. Sutton E. Griggs

    The Complex Legacy of Sutton E. Griggs: From Respected Leader to Race Traitor?

    fannie lou hamer

    Fannie Lou Hamer: Forerunner of Faith-Driven, Pro-Life Democrats (Remember)

  • Opinion & Analysis
    migrants

    When Faith Says to Help Migrants — and the Law Says Don’t

    couple with child

    Missionary System That Brought US Man Accused of Abusing African ‘Orphans’ Was Always Deeply Flawed

    Civil Rights March 1963

    The Women Who Stood With Martin Luther King Jr. and Sustained a Movement for Social Change

    pile of books

    In New Jersey, School Segregation Didn’t End; It Evolved

  • Specials
    • All
    • Growing a Green Church
    clean energy

    Can Money-Making Microgrids Empower Black Churches to Close the Clean Energy Gap?

    laudato trees earthbeat

    Laudato Trees Planting Program Enlists Catholic Properties to Help Increase DC’s Canopy

SUBSCRIBE
  • Login
  • Register
No Result
View All Result
Faithfully Magazine
No Result
View All Result

Christian Counselor Who Got Away With Murder Turns Himself In After ‘Heavy Spiritual Conviction’

James Eric Crisp Walked Into a Local Mississippi Sheriff's Office and Confessed to Killing Roger Loyd Taylor

FM Editors by FM Editors
September 2, 2022
Reading Time: 3 mins read
James Crisp

James Eric Crisp. (Photo: Monroe County Sheriff's Office via WTVA-TV)

46
SHARES
ShareTweetPin It

A Mississippi man working at a Christian recovery center has helped police solve a cold case by making a shocking confession: he was the killer they had been looking for all along.

James Eric Crisp, 37, “walked into the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, [August] 30 and confessed to killing Roger Taylor,” according to WTVA-TV.

Taylor, of Alabama, was declared missing in March of 2019. Police, who conducted a follow-up search for him in 2020, had no clue as to his whereabouts — until Crisp showed up.

Crisp, who’s had prior run-ins with law enforcement, works at the faith-based recovery center God’s House of Hope in the town of Kilmichael. He reportedly turned himself in after experiencing a “heavy spiritual conviction while teaching and preaching” to men at the center.

“Crisp stated to Sheriff [Kevin] Crook that he was no longer the person he was in 2019, and it was becoming more and more difficult to talk to the men in recovery about the freedom found in Christ while carrying his secret,” the station reports, citing a release from the sheriff’s office.

Crisp confessed to having killed Taylor on March 10, 2019, and hiding his body. Despite his confession, Sheriff’s officials were still having difficulty finding Taylor’s corpse.

RELATED POSTS

6-Year-Old Boy Survives But Loses Parents, Sibling in Allen Mall Shooting in Texas

Visions of Hell, Meeting Jesus, and Followed by Demons — This New Media Ministry Is *Not* Your Mother’s ‘I Am Second’

Will Smith’s ‘Emancipation’ Inspired by True Story of ‘Whipped Peter,’ Escaped Slave With Scarred Back

From a Life of Drugs to Leading Others to Christ

Crisp, a former drug addict, was highlighted by local media in August 2021 for his stirring testimony of leaving a life of drugs to serve God. He spoke about how being arrested in 2019 eventually led to his spiritual change.

James Eric Crisp talks with a reporter in August 2021
James Eric Crisp talks with a reporter in August 2021. (Photo: Facebook/God’s House of Hope of Kilmichael)

Just months after Taylor, 48, had been reported missing in 2019 Crisp was sent to prison on felony drug charges. Instead of spending 30 years behind bars as he had been anticipating, Crisp was instead sent to God’s House of Hope.

Crisp, raised by drug-addicted parents, told news station WCBI-TV that the hardest part of facing the consequences for his crimes at the time was losing his children.

“I was laying there in my rack in Monroe County Jail and I told Jesus, I said, ‘If this 30 mandatory years is what you have in your will for me to go do,’ I said, ‘I’ll do it,'” he said.

In that same 2021 interview, Crisp described his work as a counselor at God’s House of Hope of Kilmichael as “leading people to Jesus.” He and his two children reportedly had been living at the center.

Though it took Crisp three years to confess to killing Taylor, others at God’s House of Hope believed he was a changed man.

“God has radically transformed him just since he’s been here,” an October 2020 Facebook post declares. “Eric was bound by anger and doubt. We have seen Jesus set this man free!”

Officials at the center also sent letters to the judge overseeing Crisp’s manslaughter case, vouching for the former drug addict’s newfound character and faith.

The sheriff’s office charged Crisp with manslaughter for his 2019 crime, while the judge set his bond at $150,000. It was unclear how his former felony drug charges could impact his sentencing.


Share This Post

Share via

Share This Post

  • Digg
  • Tumblr
  • Flipboard
  • SMS
More
  • Report
46
SHARES
ShareTweetPin It
Tags: Cold CaseCrimeNews
FM Editors

FM Editors

Faithfully Magazine is a fresh, bold and exciting news and culture publication that covers issues, conversations and events impacting Christian communities of color.

Related Posts

Allen mall shooting in Texas makeshift memorial photo by Evan L'Roy for the Texas Tribune
Crime

6-Year-Old Boy Survives But Loses Parents, Sibling in Allen Mall Shooting in Texas

May 9, 2023
Emilia "Amy" Marin, a school staffer at Robb Elementary, speaks with ABC News' John Quinones about her struggles after the shooting

‘I Died That Day’ — Uvalde Teacher Falsely Accused of Propping Door Open for Gunman Speaks Out

November 4, 2022

Recommended Stories

More Bomb Threats at Jewish Schools and Community Centers

More Bomb Threats at Jewish Schools and Community Centers

February 28, 2017
stop asian hate

Recent Violence Shows the Need to Teach More Asian American History

May 4, 2022
confederate monument

Few Things Got Left Out of Daily Caller Report on Confederate Monument Rally

June 1, 2017

Popular Stories

  • stream movies laptop

    Free Christian Movies: How and Where to Watch Free Christian Movies Online

    462 shares
    Share 184 Tweet 115
  • Are Jesus and John the Baptist Cousins or Related in Anyway?

    417 shares
    Share 166 Tweet 104
  • Paige Hilken, Wife of North Coast Church Pastor Christopher Hilken, Dies by Suicide

    407 shares
    Share 163 Tweet 102
  • After 20 Years, Bishop Noel Jones Says He’s Finally Ready to Marry Partner Loretta Jones

    364 shares
    Share 146 Tweet 91
  • NYC Megachurch Pastor A.R. Bernard’s Son Dies After Losing Battle With Alcoholism

    285 shares
    Share 114 Tweet 71

Copyright © 2023 Faithfully Media, LLC. This website participates in affiliate programs.

No Result
View All Result
  • About
    • Staff and Advisors
    • Advertise With Us
    • Submissions
  • Q&As
  • Exclusives
  • Profiled
  • Remember
  • Opinion & Analysis
  • Specials

Copyright © 2023 Faithfully Media, LLC. This website participates in affiliate programs.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
Share via

Share This Post

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Reddit
  • Email
  • WhatsApp
  • Copy Link
  • Tumblr
  • Digg
  • Flipboard
  • SMS

Add New Playlist

Add to Collection

  • Public collection title

  • Private collection title

No Collections

Here you'll find all collections you've created before.

Are you sure want to unlock this post?
Unlock left : 0
Are you sure want to cancel subscription?
Send this to a friend