**The following contains graphic details surrounding religion and death. Viewer discretion is advised.** About a week after Easter in April, 'Pastor Bill' Schonemann was found killed in his New River ...

The small, sleepy town of New River has been left with more questions than answers nearly a week after the death of one of its beloved pastors. 76-year-old William Schonemann, who was locally known as ...

The Maricopa County medical examiner has determined the death of a popular community pastor in his Arizona home was a homicide. Bill Schonemann, 76, was found dead on his bed in New River around 7:30 ...

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We're staying on top of the latest happenings from across the Valley, state, and our nation for Friday, June 20; here’s what you need to know as you start your day: The Valley is facing one final day ...

NEW RIVER, Ariz. (Scripps News Phoenix) — About a week after Easter in April, ‘Pastor Bill’ Schonemann was found killed in his New River home. Adam Sheafe appears in court during a pretrial hearing.

The Rev. Bill Hay, a pastor in Homewood for 45 years, was also a Bible smuggler and missionary to South America and Soviet Eastern Europe who once traveled to Communist Romania with money sewn into ...