Monday Wallace's wife Brooke returned to the Ahimbisibwe's on Strey Lane in the Memorial City-area apartment complex and alerted the manager who opened the door for the Houston Fire Department to investigate. When they did, the firemen were met with a grizzly find. Fr. Ahimbisibwe, 51, his wife Dorcus, 47, were found bludgeoned to death, and their five-year-old son Israel, Jr. (Jay) was found stabbed.

The Ahimbisibe's oldest son, 19-year-old Isaac Tiharihondi, was nowhere to be found. A third son, 17-year-old Emmanuel, was away attending a California boarding school. In an instant, he became an orphan.

At 2:30 Wednesday morning, two days after the discovery of his parents' deaths, Isaac Tiharihondi was arrested at a motel in Jackson, Mississippi. The FBI tracked the teen to Mississippi after going through New Orleans. He allegedly was using his father's credit cards. He has been jailed in Mississippi and charged with capital murder in the death of his family. He will be extradited to Harris County, Texas to face justice since the crime occurred in Houston.

"While I am relieved authorities have found Isaac, I am heartbroken that he has been charged with capital murder," said Bishop Andrew Doyle (IX Texas). "This only adds to the tragedy of their deaths and raises more questions than it answers."

Houston's KHOU -TV 11 News reported: "Court documents show Tiharihondi used a lamp, baseball bat and a hammer to kill his parents and he stabbed his little (half) brother with a kitchen knife."

Allegedly, Isaac Tiharihondi, who was graduated from Memorial High School last spring, told people that he had enlisted in the Marines. This news distressed his parents who valued higher education.

The Houston Chroniclereports that the last time Emmanuel (the middle son) spoke with his mother "she told him that she and her husband believed Tiharihondi was lying about enlisting and they were planning on confronting him."

Police have not found any military records indicating that Tiharihondi had enlisted and was scheduled for boot camp.

Fr. Ahimbisibwe was a beloved vicar of the historic Houston Redeemer Episcopal congregation.

"Our beloved vicar, the Rev. Israel Ahimbisibwe, his wife Dorcus, and their five-year-old-son Jay were found murdered in their west Houston apartment February 2, 2015," the Church of the Redeemer website posted. "Their bodies were found Monday after repeated attempts by church members to contact the family went unanswered. Father Israel had failed to show up for church services on Sunday."

"This is a horrific and awful tragedy," said Bishop Andrew Doyle. "They were an incredible example and loved everyone. People's lives were truly changed by his ministry."

"Please keep the Ahimbisibwe family, both here and abroad, in your prayers during this difficult time," the Redeemer website continues. "We at Redeemer are devastated by this loss."

Fr. Ahimbisibwe was ordained in his native Uganda. He was vicar of the Church of the Redeemer and a chaplain at the University of Houston; he had previously served as an assistant at Holy Spirit Episcopal Church in Houston. The priest and his wife were highly educated. He studied at Princeton Theological Seminary and Harvard Divinity School. He also did graduate research at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and earned his master's and doctoral degrees from Rice University in Houston. His wife studied at Mbarara University of Science and Technology in Uganda.

Church of the Redeemer in Houston is an historic Episcopal congregation with strong charismatic ties. It was best known during the heyday of the Episcopal Charismatic Movement when the late Rev. Graham Pulkingham was rector. At that time, the church was packed drawing its congregation from far and wide. Redeemer was the nucleus for the Community of Celebration and the travelling Fisherfolk worship ministry.

However, the congregation dwindled in size and parishioners were no longer able to sustain the massive aging edifice. The reinforced concrete building took on water in 2008 during Hurricane Ike; it became too expensive to repair, maintain, and upkeep. In 2011, the congregation abandoned their historic building and started sharing worship space with Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELCA). The last rector at Redeemer Episcopal was the Rev. Nan Doerr. By the time Fr. Ahimbisibwe came along, the parish had been reduced to a mission with a baptized membership of 75 and an ASA of 50.

Funeral plans are still pending, but Fr. Ahimbisibwe and his family were remembered at several memorial services during the week.

"I was at the service on Monday night," Redeemer's former rector noted. "Fr. Israel was a real was a friend. It's very sad. He was a very special person."

Mary Ann Mueller is a journalist living in Texas. She is a regular contributor to VirtueOnline