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“We were all in bed when dad came around stabbing everyone and we all ran outside.” Police say this is what one of Matt Richards’ children said about him as detectives tried to sort out exactly what happened in the Richards home in the overnight hours of September 16, 2023.

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https://www.bcu.ac.uk/news-events/news/characteristics-of-family-killers-revealed-by-first-classification-study

https://johnsoncountypost.com/2025/03/28/ex-shawnee-youth-pastor-sentenced-256108/

https://johnsoncountypost.com/2023/09/27/shawnee-matthew-richards-family-case-214062/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbxxhaFMP84

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA6a_cbGBcM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZgafNLWJ_A

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/matthew-richards-pastor-shawnee-kansas-b2419047.html

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/dad-why-do-you-have-the-knife-youth-pastor-who-called-himself-a-monster-stabbed-wife-and-5-kids-because-of-looming-eviction-financial-troubles-affidavit-says/

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/youth-pastor-stabbed-family-set-house-on-fire-to-hide-financial-troubles-affidavit-says/3236716/

https://www.kshb.com/news/crime/pending-eviction-prompted-shawnee-youth-pastor-to-stab-family-burn-house-affidavit

https://www.kmbc.com/article/shawnee-kansas-pastor-matthew-richards-attacked-family-eviction-plea/63757738

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=685054206988157&id=100064507517820&set=a.220311766795739

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2051&version=NIV