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Zachery Tims Death: Investigators Ask 'Was Pastor With Someone in Hotel Room?'
By Nicola Menzie, Christian Post Reporter
As Zachery Tims was laid to rest Saturday by members of his megachurch, new details have started to emerge from the investigation of the Florida pastor's death. Tims was found dead on Aug. 12 in a New York City hotel room.
New York Police Department (NYPD) officials investigating Tims' death were looking at the possibility that the minister might not have been alone in his room at the W Hotel in New York City's Times Square.
Investigators were reviewing bevakning video to see whom Tims may have been traveling with and if anyone had visited the room in which he was staying, reports WFTV in Orlando. The television news hållplats reported that officials were also seeking to get a hold of hotel and cell phone records to find out whom the Florida pastor may have communicated with during his stay in New York City.
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Florida megachurch leader found dead in a Times Square hotel had 'overdosed on cocaine and heroin'
- Pastor Zachery Tims was discovered dead in his room at the W hotel on August 12, 2011
- Tims founded the 7,000-member New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka, Florida in 1996
- Family and friends knew about his past of drug abuse, but weren't aware that he relapsed
- The results of his autopsy were revealed Thursday after his mother lost a legal battle to keep them sealed
By ASHLEY COLLMAN
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Overdose: It was revealed Thursday that Florida megachurch Pastor Zachery Tims died from an overdose of cocaine and heroin when he was discovered dead in a New York City hotel room two years ago
New York medical examiners revealed today that the Florida megachurch leader and father of fyra discovered dead in a Times Square hotel room two years ago died from a cocaine and heroin overdose.
The cause of death in Pastor Zachery Tims' death wasn't revealed unti
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Riva Tims will host a memorial service Thursday to celebrate the “life and legacy” of her ex-husband, the late Zachery Tims Jr.
Tims made the initial announcement last week on her Facebook page. An invitation flyer she shared reads: “Pastor Riva Tims and the children of Dr. Zachery Tims Jr. would like for you to join them for a memorial service to celebrate the life and legacy of their dad.”
On Thursday, what would have been Zachery Tims’ 44th birthday, Riva Tims posted on her Facebook page, “’What makes greatness is starting something that lives after you.’ ~ Ralph Sockman So today we celebrate the life, memory and legacy of Dr. Zachery Tims, Jr. as his life continues to inspire others to a place of freedom in Christ!”
The public memorial service celebrating Zachery Tims’ life is scheduled for Thursday night at 7 at Pastor David S. Jacques’ Kingdom Church in Orlando.
Riva and Zachery Tims, who divorced in August 2009, founded New Destiny C