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REBEKAH GAY MURR: JOHN WHE, EX-MISTER, GETS 56-YEAR PRISON TERM FOR MICH. MOM'S SLAYG

John Whe was sentenced Thursday to at least 56 years prison for killg 24-year-old Rebekah Gay * rebekah gay mt pleasant *

Rebekah Gay. MomIsabella County Chief Circu Judge Pl Chamberla orred Whe to serve om 56 to 85 years behd bars the killg of Rebekah Gay, sayg he saw no reason why Whe, who had two prr nvictns for attackg women, should ever leave prison. Whe plead guilty last month to send-gree murr as a habual third offenr Gay's slayg last Halloween.

Police say Whe nfsed to killg Gay her Broomfield Township home bee he wanted to have sex wh a ad body. Whe was engaged to Gay's mother and regularly looked after Gay's young son while she was workg, acrdg to a member of the ty church he led, the Christ Communy Fellowship church Deerfield Township, which is about 60 north of Detro. Prosecutors say on the day of the killg, Whe drank several beers before gog to Gay's mobile home, where he repeatedly stck her the head wh a mallet and then strangled her wh a zip tie.

Whe dumped her body the woods, returned to Gay's home and drsed her son his Halloween stume before droppg him off wh his father.

MOUNT PLEASANT MURR OF REBEKAH GAY FEATURED 'SISTER MISTERS' PROGRAM; SEE VIO PREVIEW HERE

John D. Whe, an Isabella County pastor who admted to killg 24-year-old Rebekah Gay si her Isabella County home 2012, will be featured Invtigatn Disvery's "Sister Misters" televisn documentary airg on June 3. * rebekah gay mt pleasant *

Police said Whe had undrsed Gay's body, but he uldn't remember if he had had sex wh . As thori searched for Gay's body a ral area Isabella County, about 85 northwt of Lansg, Whe asked his roughly 14-member ngregatn to pray for her. "For 20 excciatg hours we prayed that Rebekah" would e home, her mother, Sally Gay, told Whe urt Thursday.

Sally Gay asked the urt to show the man she was once engaged to the same lack of mercy he showed her dghter.

REBEKAH GAY HOMICI: JOHN WHE SAYS HE WATCHED NECROPHILIA PORN BEFORE ATTACK

John D. Whe, who admted to strikg his neighbor, 24-year-old Rebekah Whe, over the head wh a mallet and stranglg her wh a zip-tie told police he watched necrophilia pornography and fantasized about killg Gay and havg sex wh her ad body for weeks before killg her. * rebekah gay mt pleasant *

Sally Gay said Thursday that Whe is not the person she knew before he killed her dghter, and that she thks he wanted to return to the stctured environment of prison. Rebekah's sister, Deborah Gay, said her fay wants to see the creatn of a registry for vlent offenrs such as Whe. Complete verage of Rebekah Gay on Crimir.

Rebekah Gay, 24, was a much-loved sgle workg mother wh a 3-year-old son, Conway.

Her mother, Sally Gay, and iends grew very ncerned.

REBEKAH GAY HOMICI: COMPLETE VERAGE OF TRAILER PARK SLAYG NEAR MOUNT PLEASANT

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Mount Pleasant murr of Rebekah Gay featured 'Sister Misters' program; see vio preview here .

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