According to African Sun Times, the Houston community has been left in shock after the bodies of Israel Ahimbisibwe, his wife, and their 5-year-old son were discovered in their apartment. Ahimbisibwe was the pastor of Redeemer Episcopal Church of Houston and resided in the 800 block of Strey Lane, south of Memorial City Mall.
Firefighters found the bodies after concerned church members, Keever and Brooke Wallace, called them to request a welfare report. Wallace grew alarmed when the pastor and his family did not appear at church on Sunday. He and his wife visited the apartment on Sunday evening, but received no response. When they still could not reach Ahimbisibwe on Monday, they contacted the Houston Fire Department.
“He didn’t show up for church yesterday afternoon, which is totally out of character for them not to let us know, and didn’t respond to text or phone calls,” said Wallace.
The Houston Fire Department found the gruesome scene of Ahimbisibwer, Dorcas, and their little boy, Jay, beaten to death. There was no evidence that someone had forced their way into the apartment.
“I will say that they did suffer some type of unknown wounds,” Houston Police Department spokesman Victor Senties reported to a local news station. “It is being investigated as a homicide.”
“This is a horrific and awful tragedy,” C. Andrew Doyle, Bishop of Texas, said in a statement released by the Episcopal Diocese of Texas. (The African Sun Times).