Scott Roeder, charged with abortion doctor George Tiller's murder, says more violence is coming
(nydailynews) -- The Kansas City man charged with assassinating abortion
doctor George Tiller in his church a week ago warned Sunday that more violence
is coming.
"I know there are many other similar events planned around the country as long
as abortion remains legal," Scott Roeder said in one of two phone calls to the
Associated Press from prison.
He also complained about the "deplorable conditions in solitary," worried about
catching pneumonia because his cell was cold and said he needed his sleep
apnea machine.
Tiller, 67, one of only three American doctors who performed late abortions
on women with deformed fetuses, was gunned down inside his Wichita
church as he chatted with a fellow usher about taking his grandkids to Disney World.
He had been targeted for years by anti-abortion protesters and demonized
as "Tiller the baby killer" by conservative TV pundits. He often wore
body armor - but not to church.
Roeder, 51, a mentally ill, unemployed anti-abortion activist from Kansas City, Mo.,
was charged with first-degree murder.
On Friday, the Justice Department opened an investigation into whether Roeder,
who had enough money to stalk Tiller for years despite having little or no
income, had help from accomplices.
Anyone who played a role in the killing will be prosecuted "to the full extent
of federal law," said Loretta King, head of the Justice Department's civil rights division.
A funeral was held Saturday for Tiller at Wichita's large Methodist church to
accommodate crowds that would not fit in his own, the Reformation Lutheran Church.
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