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- A former Emporia minister who killed his wife in 1983 and solicited the murder of the husband of his church secretary soon will be a free man. The Kansas Parole Board on Friday granted parole to Thomas Bird, who has served 20 years of a life sentence for killing his wife, Sandy, while having an affair with his secretary, Lorna Anderson.
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In 1982, Tom Bird, an ambitious and charismatic Lutheran minister in American's mid-west, falls in love with one of his parishioners, Lorna Anderson, and together they make plans to start a fresh life in New Mexico. Within a short space of time both Bird's wife and Anderson's husband are dead.
- Crime Drama
- How Did Martin Anderson Die?
- Who Killed Martin Anderson?
- Where Are Lorna Elridge and Tom Bird Today?
Martin Kenneth “Marty” Anderson was born on December 8, 1948, in Wellington in Sumner County, Kansas, to Kenneth and Maxine Anderson. He graduated from Wellington High School in 1966 and Southwestern College at Winfield in 1970 before earning his degree from Hutchinson Hospital School of Medical Training. On June 23, 1973, Martin married Lorna Eldr...
One of the most tragic parts was that at least one of Martin’s four daughters witnessed the brutal shooting of her father. Investigators decided to question his wife, Lorna, about the fateful incident in the late hours of November 4, 1983. She said that the family had been driving back to Emporia from Fort Riley when she had some ice cream in the c...
Lorna was charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, whereas Tom was convicted of plotting Martin’s death and first-degree murder of his wife, Sandra Bird. The authorities had initially ruled her July 17, 1983, death as an automobile accident. Afterward, the case was re-opened, and Tom was charged with first-degree murder in Sandra’s ca...
May 3, 1987 · Emporia, Kansas minister Tom Bird takes up an affair with his floozy secretary, played by JoBeth Williams. They pray that God will let them be together by getting rid of their spouses for them. When God doesn't cooperate, they decide to give God some help and murder their spouses.
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- Crime, Drama
- Mike Robe
- 1987-05-03
May 25, 2004 · The Kansas Parole Board on Friday granted parole to Thomas Bird, who has served 20 years of a life sentence for killing his wife, Sandy, while having an affair with his secretary, Lorna Anderson.
In this true story, Rev. Tom Bird (Terry Kinney) and his secretary, Lorna Anderson (JoBeth Williams), have fallen in love and want to run away to start a TV ministry.
- Mike Robe
- Drama
- Keith Carradine
Murder Ordained. Based on the sinister true story of Reverend Tom Bird (Terry Kinney, "Oz"), who decided that getting rid of his wife and his secretary's husband was the will of the Lord.
Adultery and murder... the true story of Reverend Tom Bird. Overview. Murder Ordained is a television miniseries which originally aired for CBS in 1987, starring Keith Carradine, JoBeth Williams, and Kathy Bates. The telefilm was directed and co-written by Mike Robe.
