--- description: Police have arrested an 18-year-old in connection to the killing of an Indianapolis' pastor's pregnant wife. title: Teen Arrested in Murder of Pastor's Wife Amanda Blackburn image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaad6d74fb74eaa78/69887262524fc07e47df59ca/pastor-wife-slain.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Teen Arrested in Murder of Pastor's Pregnant Wife by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 23, 2015 1:21 PM CUT  This frame grab from a surveillance video provided by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department shows a possible suspect walking in the neighborhood where an Indianapolis pastor's wife was shot on Nov. 10, 2015. This frame grab from a surveillance video provided by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department shows a possible suspect walking in the neighborhood where an Indianapolis pastor's wife was shot on Nov. 10, 2015.Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department—AP by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 23, 2015 1:21 PM CUT Police have arrested an 18-year-old male in connection to the killing of an Indianapolis pastor’s pregnant wife. Amanda Blackburn was shot in the head during what is suspected to be a home invasion. Her husband, Pastor Davey Blackburn, found her at their home when he returned from the gym. Larry Taylor, 18, was arrested on Sunday with a preliminary charge of murder, [ABC News reports](http://abcnews.go.com/US/teen-arrested-killing-pastors-wife-indianapolis/story?id=35366994 "undefined"). There are two other suspects in custody for parole violations and a possible connection to the murder, [The Washington _Post_ reports](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/11/23/ind-police-arrest-teen-for-rape-murder-of-pastors-pregnant-wife-amanda-blackburn/ "undefined"). The Blackburn’s one-year-old son was also home at the time of the shooting but was uninjured. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4124087/amanda-blackburn-pastor-pregnant-wife/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4124087/amanda-blackburn-pastor-pregnant-wife/"},"headline":"Teen Arrested in Murder of Pastor's Pregnant Wife","datePublished":"2015-11-23T13:21:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:50:37.477Z","description":"Amanda Blackburn was pregnant when she was killed","url":"https://time.com/4124087/amanda-blackburn-pastor-pregnant-wife/","keywords":["Murder","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaad6d74fb74eaa78/69887262524fc07e47df59ca/pastor-wife-slain.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaad6d74fb74eaa78/69887262524fc07e47df59ca/pastor-wife-slain.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pastor's Wife Slain","caption":"This frame grab from surveillance video provided by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department shows a possible suspect walking in the neighborhood where an Indianapolis pastor's wife was shot on Nov. 10, 2015.","creditText":"Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4124087/amanda-blackburn-pastor-pregnant-wife/","name":"Teen Arrested in Murder of Pastor's Pregnant Wife"}}]}] ```