Killa City: Parents of dead baby were IHOP members

Over the weekend, I read the Kansas City Star story about the parents of Jeremiah Candler, the 4-month-old baby who starved to death in mid-November. The Jackson County Medical Examiner ruled the baby’s death a homicide, and the baby’s parents, Nick and Rebecca Candler (pictured), were charged with their son’s death. But I was struck by the Star’s mention of the couple’s “blog.” I found it, but it’s more Web site than blog. The Candlers’ call it PrayerCovering.org and say the site is their “Official Ministry Site.” Under the heading “Our Love Story,” the Candlers tell how they fell in love while protesting at an abortion clinic and became interns and devout members of the International House of Prayer.

“While standing in front of one of the abortion clinics Rebecca was

trying to pray for babies, and kept getting interrupted with thoughts

about marrying Nick,” the site says.

The couple met up again in Indianapolis, where “Nick built up the confidence to call and ask her [Rebecca] to attend a kick-off meeting for 24-7 prayer at his church.” Aww. A romantic.

“The next night Nick was trembling inside when he asked her to go out and pray over a certain part of Indianapolis called Broad Ripple.”

This is starting to sound dirty.

“At the end of the night he took Rebecca to her apartment.”

Uh, oh — he asked her to marry him. They were married on January 7, 2006. Almost two years later, their baby starved to death.

Yesterday, the Candlers plead not guilty to the murder of their child.