Bloody "Jesus" Showering at Health Club

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. - Police surrounded a local health club Tuesday evening after a frightened employee reported that a bearded man who appeared to be covered in blood had entered the club to use the facility's showers.

It turned out that man was Lee Backhaus of Alexandria who had just played "Jesus" in the annual Passion Drama presented by Zion Lutheran Church and Good Shepherd Lutheran in Alexandria.

Three Alexandria police officers responded to Racquetball Plus Fitness Center Tuesday, March 30th, on a report of a suspicious male with dark hair, bearded and bleeding. The caller had stated the suspicious man walked down to the showers.
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