Attorney: Prayer Group Killing Confession Made Up An attorney for a Kansas City man charged with killing the wife of his prayer group leader said Wednesday that he made up his confession after other group members dropped him off at a police station. Attorney Melanie Morgan said 23-year-old Micah Moore was distraught over the death of 27-year-old Bethany Deaton when he confessed to killing her and made a series of stunning allegations detailed by police in a criminal complaint. Moore, who lived with Deaton and her husband, Tyler, in a communal home shared by male members of their prayer group, told police that several members had sexually assaulted Bethany Deaton and were worried she would tell someone. Moore said that's when Tyler Deaton ordered him to kill Bethany Deaton, according to the complaint. Moore, who has been charged with murder, was scheduled for a preliminary hearing Wednesday, but that was delayed when the prosecutor's office asked for more time to take the case before a grand jury. Afterward, Morgan read a statement recanting Moore's confession, which she described as "bizarre and nonsensical." She did not address his allegations that Bethany Deaton had been sexually assaulted or that Tyler Deaton had ordered his wife's death. Morgan also declined to take any questions. Jackson County prosecutor Jean Peters Baker has said Deaton is under investigation but declined to elaborate. Police have said Bethany Deaton's death initially appeared to be a suicide. It wasn't until Moore confessed on Nov. 9 that they announced a homicide investigation.