Update: 9/01/09

According to reports, police found Pastor Carol Daniels lying naked behind the altar with her arms outstretched.

Authorities said her clothes were taken from the scene and a dissolving liquid was sprayed around her body.

It is also believed that Daniel’s hair was either singed or burned.

Original story

Authorities in Oklahoma City said that the person who killed a pastor inside her church “staged” the body into an unnatural position after the murder.

Investigators declined to say how the body of 61-year-old Carol Daniels was positioned inside Christ Holy Sanctified Church.

According to local police, an unnamed visitor became concerned after seeing the pastor’s car in the church’s parking lot around noon on Sunday.  The visitor tried to open the front door but found it locked.

Authorities said the person then walked to a nearby police station and notified officers, who discovered Daniels’ body.

A convenient store surveillance camera showed the pastor arriving at the small church around 10:00 a.m.

A preliminary autopsy found that Daniels, who traveled 60 miles every Sunday from her home in Oklahoma City to the small Anadarko church, died of multiple sharp force injuries.

Detectives warned pastors in Anadarko on Wednesday to take security precautions at their buildings.

Authorities are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

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