Authorities have arrested a 46-year-old Kosciusko man in connection with the killing of two nuns in Durant earlier this week.Rodney Earl Sanders has been charged with two counts of capital murder.After an exhaustive interview Friday evening, Mississippi Bureau of Investigation agents were able to develop enough information to charge Sanders."Sanders was developed as a person of interest early on in the investigation," MBI Director Lt. Colonel Jimmy Jordan said. "With the cooperation of the Durant and Kosciusko police departments, Holmes County Sheriff's Department and the Attorney General Office, this heinous crime has been resolved."Sanders is being held in an undisclosed detention center awaiting his initial court appearance.A spokeswoman said Sanders has a criminal record and is currently on probation. Grace Simmons Fisher, a spokeswoman for the Mississippi Department of Corrections, said Saturday that Rodney Earl Sanders was convicted of a felony DUI in Attala County and sentenced on Feb. 23, 2015.He was later released from prison and is on probation.Fisher said Sanders was also convicted of armed robbery in Holmes County and served six years. He was sentenced Oct. 17, 1986 for that conviction.

Authorities have arrested a 46-year-old Kosciusko man in connection with the killing of two nuns in Durant earlier this week.





Rodney Earl Sanders has been charged with two counts of capital murder.

After an exhaustive interview Friday evening, Mississippi Bureau of Investigation agents were able to develop enough information to charge Sanders.



"Sanders was developed as a person of interest early on in the investigation," MBI Director Lt. Colonel Jimmy Jordan said. "With the cooperation of the Durant and Kosciusko police departments, Holmes County Sheriff's Department and the Attorney General Office, this heinous crime has been resolved."



Sanders is being held in an undisclosed detention center awaiting his initial court appearance.

A spokeswoman said Sanders has a criminal record and is currently on probation.



Grace Simmons Fisher, a spokeswoman for the Mississippi Department of Corrections, said Saturday that Rodney Earl Sanders was convicted of a felony DUI in Attala County and sentenced on Feb. 23, 2015.

He was later released from prison and is on probation.

Fisher said Sanders was also convicted of armed robbery in Holmes County and served six years. He was sentenced Oct. 17, 1986 for that conviction.