Scott Roeder was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in the shooting death of late-term abortion provider Dr. George Tiller in church.This morning's Los Angeles Times featured a front-page story on Roeder, "Suspect in Kansas Abortion Doctor's Slaying Reportedly Belonged to Anti-Government Militia."
The 51-year-old Roeder appeared at a brief 4 p.m. EDT hearing in a Wichita, Kan., court via video from jail in the doctor's killing.
Roeder is accused of gunning down Tiller on Sunday as the doctor served as an usher at his Lutheran church in Wichita.
Roeder also is charged with aggravated assault for allegedly threatening two people who tried to stop him.
The Kansas City Star reported that Roeder's mental health and anti-government activities were factors in a custody battle in 2003 involving a girl in Pennsylvania.
Earlier Tuesday, Roeder's former wife said his family life began unraveling more than a decade ago when he got involved with anti-government groups, and then became "very religious in an Old Testament, eye-for-an-eye way."
"The anti-tax stuff came first, and then it grew and grew. He became very anti-abortion," said Lindsey Roeder, who was married to Scott Roeder for 10 years but "strongly disagrees with his beliefs." He moved out in 1994, and the couple divorced in 1996. They have one son, now 22.
"He started falling apart," Lindsey Roeder told The Associated Press on Monday. "I had to protect myself and my son."
But check Michelle Malkin on the dearth of media attention on the William Long military recruiting murder, "Obama Condemns Muslim Attack on Arkansas Army Recruiters … Not."
Michelle links to Newsbusters, "To the Media, Some Murders Matter More Than Others." More at Memeorandum.
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