NO BOND FOR PREACHER IN BODY-IN-FREEZER CASE

No Bond for Preacher in Body-in-Freezer CaseA small-time south Alabama evangelist was denied bond on a murder charge in the 2004 death of his wife, whose body was found early this week in a freezer at the family's home.Anthony Hopkins, 37, remains in jail Thursday after a brief Mobile County court appearance, where he made no comment in connection with the case, and his trial attorney will be appointed later.Click here for photos.The father of six children, Hopkins also is charged with rape, sodomy, sexual abuse and incest in a related case involving a female relative who is pregnant with his baby, authorities said. Her disclosure of that sexual abuse led police to find the body in the freezer Monday.Assistant District Attorney Ashley Rich said Arletha Hopkins, 36, apparently was killed in November 2004. Investigators believe she was killed when she discovered the sexual abuse, according to a court document used to obtain a search warrant.The wife's stepmother, Mary Best of Wadley, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Thursday that she knew something was wrong when she was unable to reach Arletha Hopkins on her cell phone. She said the couple had separate cell phones and "her phone got cut off."