Man who killed Maryville pastor seeks supervised release from mental health center

EDWARDSVILLE — A man who shot and killed the pastor of a Maryville church preaching a Sunday-morning sermon in 2009 and was found not guilty by reason of insanity is seeking supervised release from the Alton Mental Health Center.

A hearing is set for 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 17 in front of Circuit Judge Kyle Napp on whether Terry Sedlacek, 44, should receive “increased privileges,” specifically supervised off-grounds release from AMHC.

Sedlacek shot and killed Fred Winters, the pastor of First Baptist Church of Maryville, on March 8, 2009. Two parishioners who tackled Sedlacek suffered knife wounds, and Sedlacek attempted to cut his own throat but survived…

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