James Eric Crisp, 37, a father of two, suddenly came to his senses and decided to contact Monroe County Sheriff’s investigators. Crisp served jail time after being arrested in a drug bust in 2019, but before that incident he did something that has haunted him ever since – he killed another man. His drug addiction led him to get into a fight with 48-year-old Roger Lord Taylor that turned deadly. Taylor’s remains were never found. This week, Crisp was relieved of the weight weighing on his mind and went to the police to tell everything. “James Eric Crisp came into my office, of his own free will, and confessed to killing Mr. Taylor,” Sheriff Kevin Crook said, writing with an air of disbelief. Mississippi pastor James Eric Crisp, 37, has confessed to police how he killed a man during a drug bust and dumped his body at an as-yet-undisclosed location. Crisp admitted fighting with 48-year-old Roger Lord Taylor, pictured. Taylor, a father of two daughters, was reported missing in 2019 Taylor was listed as missing after his car was discovered abandoned. In the years since his release, Crisp enrolled in a Christian drug treatment program and worked to get sober before serving as a pastor, teacher and counselor for the same program that saved him. It was while in rehab that Crisp had a life-changing encounter. “By his own testimony he was saved three years ago, he was in a recovery center, we sent him there, now he’s a teacher and preacher in this program,” Sheriff Crook said. “He made the decision to risk his physical freedom to regain his mental freedom, and hopefully that will help bring closure to this case for his sake and the Taylor family’s,” the sheriff said. “We’re glad that Mr. Crisp got it off his chest so he can continue to minister wherever the Lord has planned, but that doesn’t close the case for us,” the sheriff’s office explained. Crisp has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and remains in custody on $150,000 bail. Crisp is a father of two with whom he vowed to have a renewed relationship after his release from prison in 2019 Crisp, a far-right activist, was arrested and jailed in 2019 as part of a drug ring. After release, he entered a rehab center called God’s House of Hope His arrest was reported on the program’s Facebook page after a woman suggested his photo be removed “Investigators for the MCSO will review this new evidence and determine if there should be additional charges or new suspects.” In 2019, Crisp was part of a drug ring and was jailed after Monroe County sheriff’s deputies seized more than 200 grams of methamphetamine, thousands of dollars in cash, ecstasy pills, marijuana, a rifle and handgun, along with drug paraphernalia. At the time, the drug ring was one of the largest in the region. Crisp was charged with trafficking in a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell. But after his release from prison, Crisp entered a drug rehabilitation program known as God’s House of Hope and soon began working there helping others. After his release from prison, Crisp entered a drug rehabilitation program known as God’s House of Hope and soon began working there helping others and even giving an interview to a local television station His arrest was reported on the program’s Facebook page after a woman suggested his photo be removed. “No ma’am, we will not change our photo! we are very grateful for this man’s confession, God is in this story!” the organization said. Crisp has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and remains in custody on $150,000 bail. He is now helping the police with their enquiries, including the search for Taylor’s remains, whose family had wondered what had happened. Several members of the House of God’s Hope ministry team spoke during Crisp’s bond hearing in support of Crisp. “We know God is a just God and he forgives, but we also have to take action on our responsibilities, but today we’re asking for God’s mercy and whatever steps we need to take for Eric to deal with,” said Amy Coyle . , of the House of God’s Hope. Even Sheriff Cook seemed sympathetic. “As a believer, I hate it for the guy, in the physical realm, he has to deal with the choices he made, but on the spiritual side, you’re excited for the freedom he found to do that. And then you hope there’s healing for the family through that process as well.” The night Taylor went missing, he and his wife were arguing and he drove from Alabama to Mississippi to look for her – but she disappeared in his car The missing man Crisp admitted to killing, Taylor, lived in Alabama and was driving to Mississippi to visit his daughter, Alyssa. After he disappeared in 2019, she told investigators how he had called her to say his car had broken down. “It was bad for him not to know, not to know where he is, if he’s okay, if he’s dead or alive or anything else that could have happened to him,” she told WCBI that year. “It was horrible.”
On the night Taylor went missing, he and his wife were arguing. After the argument, Taylor’s second oldest child, Tiffany Taylor, drove his wife from the couple’s home in Lamar County, Alabama, to her home in Monroe County, Mississippi. Shortly thereafter, Taylor left his home in Alabama to hunt them down. “I understand that my father had gone to get Kitty back, his wife and she went missing,” Alyssa explained. After crossing state lines, Taylor texted his daughter to say he was lost. He was never heard from again. His car was found a few days later near his daughter’s house. “He was thought to be trying to get to Tiffany’s house, trying to go get his wife,” Alyssa said. “There were some tracks around the vehicle and it looks like they disappeared. They are supposed to be my fathers, but there is no way to verify that.’ Investigators then spent over a week searching the area where Taylor’s car was found, but no trace of him was found. “To be able to wrap my arms around my dad’s neck again and tell him I love him, or to be able to lay my dad to rest and have somewhere to visit him, would bring me great closure and great comfort because that doesn’t Knowing is horrible,” Alyssa said. “I wouldn’t wish that on anyone.”