ANNA, Ill. — An Illinois man faces charges of attempted murder in a brutal beating Sept. 28 on two women in a small-town Southern Baptist church. Willis Bates, 45, of Anna, is accused of attacking 69-year-old Mary Shepard and 76-year-old Leona Mount while burglarizing First Baptist Church, Anna. He is being held at Tri-County Detention Center in nearby Ullin on…
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