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Holden Matthews, 21, has been identified and arrested in connection to the burning of three historically black churches in Louisiana. He was booked into the St. Landry Parish Jail on three counts of simple arson of a religious building.

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'Evil Acts': Son Of Sheriff's Deputy Is Chief Suspect In Black Church Arson Cases

4:06pm April 11, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

Police investigating three recent attacks on historically black churches in Louisiana have arrested Holden Matthews, 21, a white male who is the son of a St. Landry Parish sheriff's deputy.

Members of the St. Louis Fire Department inspect the outside of the New Life Missionary Baptist Church in north St. Louis on Oct. 20, three days after a fire was intentionally set. On Oct. 30, a man was charged in connection with setting the fire.

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Police Arrest Man In Connection With Recent St. Louis Church Fires

6:03pm October 30, 2015

by Joe Ruiz

David Lopez Jackson has been charged in connection with two of the church fires set this month in the St. Louis area.

A Seventh Church Is Set On Fire In St. Louis

2:44pm October 22, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

The latest fire at the Shrine of St. Joseph breaks the mold of the previous six, because it targeted a predominately white church.