{"id":81396,"date":"2026-03-15T10:04:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T14:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=81396"},"modified":"2026-03-15T10:04:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T14:04:05","slug":"deacon-killed-by-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/deacon-killed-by-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Deacon Killed By Son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>From WTVM:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gray-wtvm-prod.gtv-cdn.com\/resizer\/v2\/7HQ2MIMNTVFMFNHY5VXIYAIGHE.png?auth=2a46f153558cfc1b5fe16cecd4f9aaff7b23e1188128efc981a56a73c561bf97&amp;width=980&amp;height=551&amp;smart=true\" alt=\"Martin Zak mug shot.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">A man has been arrested in connection with the\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.wowt.com\/2026\/03\/12\/omaha-police-chase-vehicle-after-body-found-during-missing-person-investigation\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wowt.com\/2026\/03\/12\/omaha-police-chase-vehicle-after-body-found-during-missing-person-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">murder of his father<\/a>, a deacon at St. Peter\u2019s Catholic Church in Omaha.\u00a0Nebraska authorities say Martin Zak, 36, was booked into Douglas County Corrections on charges that include suspicion of criminal homicide in connection with the murder of John Zak, 69.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Omaha police took Martin Zak into custody Thursday following a vehicle pursuit tied to an investigation into his father\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1773569045\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Deacon Killed By Son\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; From WTVM: A man has been arrested in connection with the\u00a0murder of his father, a deacon at St. Peter\u2019s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-81396","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81396\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}