A woman who murdered a North Texas minister during a robbery in 2020 has been sentenced to life in prison without a chance of parole.
Khennedi Thorton, 21, was convicted and sentenced last Friday for the capital murder of Reverend Roman Caldwell in Cedar Hill, Texas, according to court records.
Thornton had targeted Caldwell’s home for a robbery in July 2020. However, the attempt turned into a fatal shooting, another court record informes. Court records show that Thorton had pleaded not guilty to the charge.
De acuerdo a News Radio 1080, Thorton was offered the chance shorten her sentence but turned down a plea deal from prosecutors.
Pastor Caldwell, known affectionately as Rome Zone, was well known and beloved in the area for his work with children with autism and helping single mothers, according to a Go Fund Me página set up in his honor.
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While he resided in Cedar Hill, the page said he spread the “good word of God and the joy of the Lord” around Dallas. He also had a “a smile on his face as contagious as any virus.”
Caldwell was a self-published author who focused on creating poetry, stories, and rap lyrics.
“Well known throughout the country, Roman’s spirit burned brighter and hotter than all those around it,” the page said. “His mission was to spread the love and light of the Lord, on any level and at any location the Lord led him to. His personal philosophy was to always present God with his best in thought, word, deed, and presentation. His dedication to God allowed him a clarity that few possess and the ability to bless everyone he came in contact with.”
Erica Green commented on the fundraiser, saying that Caldwell stood by her side after her son was killed in December 2020. She described how close Caldwell was to her son, continually meeting and connecting with him.
At the candlelight service for her son, Caldwell was the reason she and her daughter were able to be strong throughout it, she said. He loved her children “like they were blood,” Green wrote.
The Go Fund Me page reported that more than $2,600 was raised to help send Caldwell to his “heavenly home.”
Freelance journalist Liz Lykins escribe for WORLD Magazine, Christianity Today, Ministry Watch, and other publications.
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