MS man arrested after slaying of nun originally from Stoneham

“We mainly wanted to make sure everyone knew that this individual was off the streets”, Mississippi Department of Public Safety spokesman Warren Strain told the Daily News.

Meanwhile, in the poverty-stricken MS county where the two nuns were slain, many people were still mourning their loss.

And according to a nephew, David, Sister Merrill had been working with Sister Held for many years.

The sister of a nun who was killed in rural MS says her sister was called to “serve the underserved”.

Authorities have not released a motive or cause of death, but Plata said police told him the sisters were stabbed. For years, she would be seen darting between small towns and farms on her moped getting medical care to those who needed it the most. In their Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Vimeo video, one is struck by the endearing love, caring, and warmth the sisters and their supporters exuded daily.

He says the sisters’ work as nurses dignified the poor.

The order is also asking for prayers for all involved in the tragedy.

Morgan went to Lexington Medical Clinic where the sisters worked as nurses on Friday in hopes of talking to grieving staff members, but a handwritten sign in the front door says the clinic is closed until Monday.

Curtis called it a “beautiful visit”.

CBS News reported that the two nuns provided nearly all the care at the clinic and cultivated relationships with drug company representatives, who often left extra free samples, according to clinic manager Lisa Dew.

Dr. Elias Abboud, the physician who oversees the clinic in Lexington where the nuns worked, said Saturday that Sanders was not a patient there.

Friends say two nuns who were found slain in their MS home “would do anything for anybody”. Bishop Joseph Kopacz. stated “We mourn with the people of Lexington and Durant and we pray for the Sisters of Charity, the School Sisters of St. Francis and the families left behind.”, he added, “These sisters have spent years of dedicated service here in Mississippi”.

The Rev. Greg Plata, sacramental minister at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Lexington, said Saturday that he does not think people at the church knew Sanders.

On Friday it was announced that Rodney Earl Sanders of Kosciusko, Mississippi, had been arrested.

Sanders was arrested late Friday and is being held at an undisclosed location while he waits for an initial court appearance to be set.

Sanders was convicted a year ago of a driving under the influence offence, said Grace Fisher, a spokeswoman for the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

Authorities are offering a $30,000 reward for information after the pair were found dead in a home they shared.

The order of one of the nuns killed in MS has issued a statement that thanks the law enforcement officers who are working on the case.

Margaret Held was part of the School Sisters of St. Francis in Milwaukee (above, file photo).