The Clover Road Baptist Church is led by Pastor Lane Lawless and is not far from the home of Sandra Cantu in the Orchard Estates Mobile Home Park in Tracy, California.
Sandra Cantu's body was found on April 6, 2009 in an irrigation pond close to the church. Investigators searched the church on April 7, for clues to the murder.SF Gate: Police to Search Church... On April 11, 2009, Lawless' granddaughter Melissa Huckaby was arrested for the murder and kidnapping of Cantu.CNN: Sunday-school teacher arrested in killing of California girl (April 11, 2009)
Pastor Lane Lawless
Pastor Lane Lawless began leading the Clover Road Baptist Church in 1981, after having taken over the position from Elder A.A. Harris. Lawless' wife, Connie is the daughter of the former pastor. He and his wife were married in 1960 and have three children, Brian, Brett, and Joni, and nine grandchildren.Official Site: Clover Road Baptist Church
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Church address
11000 West Clover Road, Tracy, CA 95376
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Church phone number
(209) 836-4171
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Fact:
The Clover Road Baptist Church is the product of a merger between Victory and Sovereign Grace Baptist churches
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Church bible study is on Sundays at 10
45 a.m.
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Worship services are Sundays at 12
00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., and Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.
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Witnesses state that evidence was removed from the church during the night of April 6
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The pastor of the church lived in the Orchard Estates Mobile Home Park
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A home in the mobile home park was searched, but as of April 7, police have not identified the owner
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The church is not far from the drainage ditch, in which Cantu's body was found
