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James Wayne Armstrong

Case from Sash, TX dated Aug 28, 2005

Victim Details

James Wayne Armstrong

Male

Sash

TX

2005-08-28

42

James

Wayne Armstrong

07/13/2026

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James Wayne Armstrong was a 42-year-old male pastor serving at the Sash Assembly of God church in Sash, Texas. On August 28, 2005, he was outside speaking with his wife and several congregants when a confrontation erupted with a man identified as Freddie, also known as A.P. Cranshaw, who was in his mid-50s. Witnesses recalled that the suspect began shouting obscenities, and James Wayne Armstrong, a 42-year-old male, asked him not to use such language in front of the women present. The confrontat ...
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