Keith Holt (Blackwell Police Department).
A pastor briefly lost his cool after police investigators interrogated him for allegedly abusing eight children in his home.
Keith Lynn Holt, 58, of the city of Blackwell’s House of Prayer muttered to himself, leaned back in his chair, sighed, and crossed his legs in obvious frustration.
“Wife turned against me. You’re the one who caused it,” he whispered while all alone in the room.
He currently faces a trial set for Feb. 25, 2025, in Kay County, Oklahoma, for three counts of child abuse and one count of child neglect.
Below, you can see excerpts of police on Jan. 17, 2024, interrogating him and his wife, Candy Denise Holt, 53.
Police claim the children in the home suffered substantial abuse. For example, one girl suffered bruises across her legs and arms as well as a black eye. A boy claimed Keith Holt had punched him and thrown him downstairs.
Records show Candy Holt pleaded no contest to three counts of enabling child abuse and one count of child neglect. She was sentenced on Dec. 13 to 10 years behind bars, but the judge suspended nine, so she only has to serve one year in the Kay County Jail with credit for time served. She is also on the hook to “testify truthfully,” records show.
