'Passion' leads to ultimate confession

Posted Friday, March 26, 2004 at 9:39 AM Central

by John Couture

Mel Gibson's latest film The Passion Of The Christ has accomplished many feats that have blown its critics away, but this latest accomplishment may take the cake.

In Fort Bend, Texas, a repentant man confessed to killing the woman that was carrying his baby after viewing the controversial movie about the last hours of Jesus Christ's life. The woman's death was initially ruled a suicide by the coroner and the police when it was apparent that she had killed herself.

Jeannie Gage, a Fort Bend County Sheriff's Department spokesperson, explained the bizarre turn of events, "He mentioned that speaking with a friend and seeing the movie The Passion of Christ made him feel remorse."

Police initially released the man and reopened the investigation into the death. The man was arrested on Tuesday after a Grand Jury indicted him.