Woman denied bail the law of anias after He allegedly killed his father and shot his motherher ex-boyfriend and shooting her brother in Mobile.

On Wednesday, Judge George Zhogby ruled in favor of the state’s motion to deny bond to Charity Matthews, accused of carrying out a fatal shooting over the course of two days.

Aniah’s Law, passed in 2022, joins a list of serious crimes for which a defendant can be detained without bail before trial.

According to testimony at the hearing, on October 19 Charity initially shot her brother, Michael Matthews, while he was in his car and later that day she shot her ex-boyfriend, Samson Moore. He survived his injuries.

The next day, Charity shot her parents, Twinetta and Robert Matthews, resulting in Robert’s death and her mother being seriously injured. Robert Matthews was reportedly the pastor. of the Tabernacle of Joy Full Gospel Church.

After allegedly shooting his parents, Charity fled to a local hotel with her two children. where she was arrested early in the morning of October 21.

According to testimony from two law enforcement officers at the hearing, Charity believed “demons” were possessing her mother and ex-boyfriend and repeatedly referenced “Yahweh.”

Defense lawyer Tom Walsh asked Detective Rory Graves about his interview with Charity after her arrest.

Graves testified that Charity told him there was an “order from the gods” and that Moore was a “great demon.”

According to Graves’ testimony, Charity also said she thought Moore, the father of her two children, was sexually abusing the children.

Graves said Charity told him something similar about there being demons around Twinetta and that there was “demonic black magic” in her parents’ house trying to suffocate their daughter.

“She mentioned something like basically her mother or she believed there were demons,” Graves said. “And she referenced demonic black magic that would have potentially moved her daughter under her pillow.”

Charity allegedly confronted Twinetta with a gun and Robert intervened.

A struggle resulted in Charity shooting Robert before shooting Twinetta.

Corporal Phillip Morris also testified that after officers arrived at the hotel to arrest Charity, she allegedly locked herself in the room with her children for more than three hours.

During this time, Morris said officers heard her yelling at Yahweh continuously during the confrontation and even after she was handcuffed.

Morris testified that the children were unharmed.

The prosecution argued that Charity showed signs of mental instability, was a danger to the community and was a flight risk.

They said he could receive mental health resources at the Mobile County Metro Jail.

The defense argued that the jail did not have adequate resources to administer help for possible mental problems.

A preliminary hearing in the case is set for November.