Wife of Alabama pastor and member of church choir is found brutally murdered on couch in family home

The wife of an Alabama pastor has been found brutally murdered on the couch of the family's home. Karen Louise Shahan, 52, who was married to Reverend Richard Shahan of First Baptist Church in Birmingham, was discovered lifeless at 11:15 a.m. on Tuesday after she failed to show up to work. Police have not divulged how the grandmother, who for years sang in the church choir, was killed but said it was clear she had been murdered and the Homewood house was in 'disarray' when officers arrived.

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