Cops hunt for killer after Arizona pastor, 76, is found murdered on his bed with his hands pinned to the wall

The Maricopa County aesculapian examiner has determined the decease of a fashionable assemblage pastor successful his Arizona location was a homicide.

Bill Schonemann, 76, was recovered dormant connected his furniture successful New River astir 7:30 p.m. connected Monday.

According to sources that spoke to FOX 10, “Pastor Bill,” long-time caput of the New River Bible Chapel, was recovered with his arms dispersed retired and his hands pinned to the wall. The sources besides said the pastor appeared to person suffered important injuries.

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has not publically revealed galore details astir the death. No suspects person been arrested, and nary motive is publically available.

"Our thoughts are with Mr. Schonemann’s loved ones arsenic we proceed our efforts to bring justness successful this case. MCSO detectives are actively investigating and pursuing each leads," the sheriff's bureau said successful a quality release.

Investigators judge the execution was an "isolated incident,” and that there’s nary menace to the community.

Mike Anders, a neighbour who lived adjacent to the pastor for 12 years, said Schonemann was friendly, ever unfastened to conversation, and had a passionateness for gathering trucks.

He told FOX 10 that the deficiency of accusation astir the execution has near the assemblage connected edge.

"I mean, we locked our doors past night. It’s conscionable thing that we are conscionable not utilized to doing. Until we cognize what’s going on, we don’t cognize if it was a household member, oregon ... we don’t cognize what, who could bash this to him," Anders said.

A erstwhile congregation member, Zane Sharpe, told ABC 15 that the quality of the pastor's decease was crushing.

“My bosom conscionable dropped,” helium said. “It dropped to my core. Like what a saccharine guy, a pastor, too. Everyone holds pastors successful precocious esteem, but this feline genuinely lived what helium spoke.”

The pastor’s son, Randall Schonemann, said successful a statement: “Our dada had specified a affirmative interaction connected radical everyplace helium went. We volition miss the loving guidance and patience, the happiness helium showed conscionable getting to locomotion astir an airdrome getting his steps in.”