I found this crime story on cnn at the following link:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/22/childporn.alamo.search.ap/index.html
Follower: Evangelist Alamo had 9-year-old bride
This story starts off being interesting by it's disturbing headline, describing a man taking a 9-year-old for a bride. It them moves into the most current news about Alamo, his trial date and what he's being charged with. After that, the story kept my attention by giving the perverse story of Alamo, who apparently would paddle his followers and sleep with and marry pre-pubescent girls.
It has a few different witnesses and voices in the piece: Decker, Sprinkle, and Ondirseck were the witnesses, along with the prosecutor, the mayor, and the judge. It had mutliple direct quotes, and it did use some descriptive language. When Decker was asked if paddlings were used as punishment, he "paused before saying yes." Which is a good example of providing enough for a picture without getting to flowery, like, "Decker paused, looking down grimly, before he answered" or something.
It has a quick ending that gives Alamo's real name and the sentences his charges carry.
Overall, the story is about a twisted guy and it's written clearly enough to make it interesting without going overboard.
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