If you're looking for a true crime book with a unique angle, I recommend 'Six Days in Aspen.' It tells the story of Bundy's escape and the subsequent manhunt from the perspective of the police, sheriffs, and other officials in Aspen.

I can't imagine living in Aspen back then. Has anyone else read it? The book just came out last month and I would love to discuss it with others.

February 4th, 6:45, San Antonio officer John Lee arrives at the Wood Hollow Apartments at the north side of the city. Called to assist arresting 36 year old Antronie Scott who had warrants out for drug possession. Undercover agents are already at the parking lot waiting for Antronie. Seconds after pulling in, he steps out of the car and shouts for Antronie to put up his hands before a shot rings out. Lee fires a single shot into Antronies chest, later admitting he mistook his cell phone for a gun. Antronie would later die from the injury.

Police Chief William P McManus originally supported terminating John, placing him on indefinite suspension immediately. However after an internal investigation of the SUV video footage and fellow officers accounts he backtracked to training and probation. It shouldn’t surprise many that of the San Antonio police unions thousands of members, 97 percent voted that they had no confidence in his leadership. In 2022, the Scott family settled the wrongful death lawsuit against the department for 450,000. A measly 150k split between his son, wife and mother. John Lee would later leave the force on his own while on suspension.

Footage is available of the shooting, viewer discretion is advised. The footage is out of view from the shooting but audio clearly shows Antronie had no time to react to the officers instructions. A large amount of cocaine was found in Antronies car and his record shows he had a history of addiction and possible dealing. What his record doesn’t show is any history of violence. John’s record had 4 incidents including mishandling of arrests and accidents while on duty.

John Lee died at the age of 41 in February 2020 from heart complications.

Sources:

https://www.sacurrent.com/news/trust-issues-can-san-antonio-build-trust-between-police-and-policed-2577222

https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/antronie-scott-video-lawsuit-san-antonio-police-city-settlement/273-75368f13-2e49-49ce-b5a3-e0565486e373

https://sanantonioreport.org/family-unarmed-black-man-shot-sapd-450000-settlement-san-antonio/

https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/city-agrees-settlement-family-man-shot-and-killed-by-san-antonio-police-officer/273-df2da5d3-8636-4ff1-8f23-2b705d1113f0

In memory of Antronie Scott, loving father who enjoyed life.

Police repeatedly failed to protect a disabled Iranian refugee as neighbours waged a violent seven-year campaign of hate that culminated in his murder by a misguided vigilante, a report has concluded.

Avon and Somerset police officers may have been biased against Bijan Ebrahimi because of his race, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said.

The watchdog revealed that Ebrahimi made 85 calls to the force between 2007 and July 2013, when a neighbour punched and kicked him to death before setting fire to his body outside his Bristol home.

In 73 of the calls, Ebrahimi reported allegations including racial abuse, criminal damage and threats to kill, but police failed to record a crime on at least 40 of those occasions. Rather than seeing him as vulnerable, he was dismissed as a nuisance, the report said.

In the days before his death Ebrahimi called the police to say his neighbour Lee James had barged into his home and attacked him. Police did attend but arrested Ebrahimi, 44, rather than James. Neighbours, who wrongly believed he was a paedophile, cheered as he was led away.

Ebrahimi was allowed home and later called police to tell them a mob had gathered outside, pleading with them to send help. Hours later James murdered him.

The report highlighted a catalogue of separate errors in the way Ebrahimi was dealt with in the years leading up to his death and the hours before the murder, adding that there were systemic problems within the force.

Killer Lee James. View image in fullscreen Killer Lee James. Photograph: Mark St George/Rex It said that while James bore immediate responsibility for Ebrahimi’s death, the police “missed a significant number of opportunities” to step in.

IPCC commissioner Jan Williams said: “The constabulary failed Bijan Ebrahimi on a number of levels, over a number of years. This failure was at its worst at the very time that his need was greatest.

“Our investigation identified a series of poor police service responses that spanned at least seven years, and that exposed the constabulary’s failure to identify Bijan Ebrahimi as a vulnerable man in need of protection and support.

“Bijan Ebrahimi self-identified as a victim of race hate crime, but was never recognised as a repeat victim of abuse who needed help. Instead, his complaints about abusive neighbours were disbelieved and he was considered to be a liar, a nuisance and an attention seeker. Neighbours’ counter allegations were taken at face value and accepted.

“The constabulary’s failure to challenge unfounded rumours that Bijan Ebrahimi was a paedophile was to form the backdrop to the fatal events of 14 July 2013.

“We found evidence that Bijan Ebrahimi had been treated consistently differently from his neighbours, to his detriment and without reasonable explanation. Some of the evidence has the hallmarks of what could be construed as racial bias, conscious or unconscious.”

Two men, beat manager PC Kevin Duffy, and community support officer Andrew Passmore, were both jailed over how they dealt with Ebrahimi after being found guilty of misconduct in a public office. They and two other constables, Leanne Winter, 38, and Helen Harris, 40, who arrested Ebrahimi, have been dismissed from the force.

Avon and Somerset police conducted misconduct proceedings against 17 officers and civilian staff. The report said there had been a “range of outcomes” and two other officers receiving final written warnings.

The IPCC report said during the days before his death Ebrahimi was treated with “disrespect, prejudice and even contempt”. He was subject to “inappropriate arrest, humiliating and degrading treatment in custody and subsequent return home, without any meaningful risk assessment”.

PCSO Andrew Passmore (left) and PC Kevin Duffy of Avon and Somerset police View image in fullscreen PCSO Andrew Passmore (left) and PC Kevin Duffy of Avon and Somerset police were jailed after being found guilty of misconduct in a public office. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA It pointed out that after his arrest when Ebrahimi told Harris, one of the officers was sacked,that she was being racist, she told him he was being racist towards her and her colleagues because they were white.

When a call handler told beat manager Duffy that Ebrahimi wanted to speak to him, he replied: “I’ve no intentions of taking any calls from Bijan Ebrahimi… I will speak to him at my convenience.”

If the police had acted properly, a dispute between two neighbours might not have morphed into a neighbourhood-wide paedophile hunt, the report said.

Ebrahimi had been forced to leave a previous address because neighbour wrongly believed him to be a paedophile and his home was set on fire. Over the years he reported threats to kill, assault, being struck by a car, racial abuse, being spat at and punched. In one attack he was scalded when a housemate threw hot water over him.

The report said: “Police consistently failed to apply their own hate crime policy, which would have triggered serious investigation. Police failed to take action against named offenders.”

Ebrahimi’s family believe he was the victim of institutional racism. In a statement they said: “The IPCC’s report speaks to the institutional racism that lies at the heart of Bijan’s murder and immolation. Had the authorities not colluded in the race hate crime that Bijan suffered in his council flat over all those years, he would be alive today.”

The IPCC report briefly made the point that other agencies knew of the problems Ebrahimi was suffering. His family called for Bristol city council to take responsibility for what they see as its failings in the case.

Avon and Somerset chief constable Andy Marsh apologised to Ebrahimi’s family. He said: “We failed him in his hour of need and I am unreservedly sorry for the pain his family have suffered.

“It’s clear that we had opportunities to change the tragic outcome for Mr Ebrahimi and we failed to take them. Some of these failings were systematic but it’s important to acknowledge that the actions of a very small number of individuals had a catastrophic effect.”

Marsh said measures and new ways of working had been introduced, including a new call handling systems, services designed to identify and protect vulnerable people and leadership programmes.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/05/police-failure-protect-bijan-ebrahimi-murder-ipcc

As the title suggests, would like to know the limitations of the genetic genealogy technique and whether it's failed or led to wrong identification or a victim or perpetrator??

I’ve recently been watching the FX dramatization of the events following the Murders of Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman. I’ve just finished the scenes depicting the Bronco Chase, and I’m just thinking that, to me, it doesn’t seem likely that OJ’s intentions were genuinely to end his life at this time. I think that that was just a manipulation tactic, but I’ve considered whether his intentions were to flee and avoid arrest or if perhaps he thought he could manipulate them into no longer pursuing him. I’m curious to hear what others think about how the Bronco Chase would have ended if OJ Simpson had it his way.

Asian horror? folktale? gangs? stalkers? government conspiracies? What are topics that everyone wants to watch yet aren't covered enough?

Copying the idea from the recent post about 'Dateline' episodes, I thought about listing ones from '48 Hours' since both series are phenomenal.

There are soooo many that I'll have to update my list as I think of them but for now...

I recommend checking out: "Murder on Prom Night"

Free full episodes are on YouTube which is nice

It's interesting to me that we can essentially "age" ourselves in history by those moments in time when a crime happened that made the news.

For me the first crime that I remember happening where I remember exactly where I was, was when Reagan was shot. We were kids watching a cartoon and my parents came home flustered and annoyed that we hadn't changed the channel to the news.

Other ones were Columbine, Oklahoma City Bombing. That one I found out after driving down to Florida with my Arabic husband at the time. We were staying in a friends condo when it came on the news and they thought it was a terrorist attack but were originally thinking it was an Arab. So we realized there was no way we could drive back up to NYC as planned. The whole ride down every gas station had been giving us the stink eye before it even happened. We just sat there staring at the screen trying to figure out what we were going to do.

We were so relieved they caught Timothy McVeigh so quickly.

Jon Benet Ramsey, OJ Simpson's Bronco Chase, Case Anthony's verdict 911 obviously.

What are your examples?

On January 20, 2025, a shootout occurred in Vermont near the Canadian border resulting in the death of one US Border Guard and a German National named Felix Bauckholt (who apparently used the name “Ophelia”), who was one of shooters. The other shooter, Teresa Youngblood, of Seattle Wa, was arrested at the scene. Background checks revealed that Youngblood had obtained a marriage license with a Maximillian Snyder, also originally from Seattle, who was arrested on January 17, 2025 in Vallejo California, for the Murder of Curtis Lind. Lind was scheduled to testify in court against Suri Dao and Alexander Jeffery Leatham who were charged with a vicious attack on Lind in 2022 which resulted in the death of a third attacker Emma Borhanian who died while Lind was defending himself against the attackers. In addition, the investigation of the Border Shootout revealed that the weapon used to shoot The Border Guard was purchased by an as of yet unnamed individual who is considered the Person of Interest in a double homicide in the Philadelphia suburb of Chester Heights. Richard and Rita Zajko who were apparently that persons landlord. All of the involved people are said to be highly educated computer science/software engineers and members of cult. This cult, whose members are often referred to as Zizians, has been described as violent vegan animal rights advocates who have ties to the Rationalist movement. The leader of this cult is Jack LaSota, of Berkeley California who goes by the name Ziz. Apparently LaSota, Borhanian and Bauckholt all identified as “transfemmes”.

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/border-agent-murder-vermont-cult-b2687992.html

https://openvallejo.org/2025/01/27/suspects-in-killings-of-vallejo-witness-vermont-border-patrol-agent-connected-by-marriage-license-extreme-ideology/

https://torontosun.com/news/world/hunter-border-agent-shooting-linked-to-three-other-homicides

https://www.yahoo.com/news/murder-suspect-appears-sought-marriage-210519397.html.

https://sfist.com/2025/01/28/two-linked-to-alleged-vallejo-vegan-cult-with-violent-history-arrested-for-murders-in-vermont-and-vallejo/

When you look into a new-to-you True Crime Case and all the people involved, from the Perpetrators, the victim, the investigators and more. WHAT do you want to know about them? Like aside from all the info about what took place, what do you want to know about the people involved in a case?

Is better tech, surveillance and constant handphone use making it harder to become a prolific serial killer/rapist? Are serial killers that are super sensationalistic etc a thing of the past?

Isla Bell (born 22 October 2004) was a 19-year old Australian woman from Melbourne who went missing in October 2024. On 19 November, human remains were discovered at a rubbish tip in Dandenong, which are believed to be Bell's remains.

Bell was last seen leaving her Brunswick home on Friday, 4 October around 6pm. According to ABC News, she met an older man in a St Kilda East apartment on 5 October. Around midnight 7 October she sent a Snapchat message to a friend saying she had found "the best Russian sugar daddy" who had saved her from "sex traffickers" and given her gifts. CCTV footage captured her being assaulted by the man, and later him engaging in "extensive cleaning" of his apartment. According to The Age, her body was then transported in a fridge to various spots across Melbourne's southeast until the fridge was placed in a recycling centre in Clayton. There, another individual (who discovered the remains) moved the fridge to the street, where it eventually ended up in the Dandenong rubbish tip. According to The Guardian, "There had been no activity on Bell’s bank or social media accounts and her phone had not pinged to any telecommunication towers."

Whenever I see Darlie Routier discussed on here, it’s usually about if she is guilty of murdering her sons. However, I’ve never seen any discussion of why she chose to do what she did. For those of you who believe that she is guilty, why do you think she did it?

Also, why did she spare her youngest son? It doesn’t make sense why she would kill her older sons but not her youngest.

On October 7th(I think, some articles suggest October 9th), Niagara Falls N.Y firefighters are called for a series of vehicle fires at Myles scrap yard. While fighting the fires, they discovered 61 year old Joseph Gaines hiding in a vehicle watching the fires. Joseph was arrested and booked for a court appearance and released. Later that night at 4 am, less than an hour at his release he was arrested near the scrap yard for starting another fire. This next part is iffy but articles state there were even more fires set in 2023 at the same scrap yard meaning he was released once again and went right back to the same crime scene.

This is far from Joseph’s first arrest for a fire. On February 1st 1982 19 year old Joseph set fire to the Apex grocery store due to grievances with the staff and owner. He broke into the store at night, robbed it of batteries and coffee before spreading gasoline and lighting it on fire. Joseph then went home and woke up his sister and told her to watch the store burn from the window. Joseph’s sister later testified against him as a key witness. The store was attached to an occupied apartment complex, which was luckily able to evacuate in time. Charles K Palmore was not as fortunate. 51 year old Firefighter Charles lost his life from smoke inhalation searching the apartment for survivors. On October 1982 Joseph was charged with Charles death and served 24 years of a 25 year sentence, released in 2006.

Joseph has pleaded guilty to the fires and faces 10 years in prison. He is scheduled for sentencing on March 17th of this year.

Sources:

https://www.aol.com/serial-arsonist-now-facing-five-045900883.html

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.niagara-gazette.com/news/local_news/falls-man-held-in-connection-with-series-of-arson-fires/article_146deed6-49a3-11ed-b5ca-47fbf16b2a6a.amp.html

https://casetext.com/case/people-v-gaines-85

https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/arrest-made-in-connection-to-fires-at-myles-scrap-yard-in-niagara-falls

In memory of Charles Palmore, who died as he lived, a hero.

Hey guys, I was wondering if y’all had any true crime cases located near you geographically, either recent or past. For me it is either Charles Maund hiring a hitman (allegedly) to kill his mistress or Christopher Tiensch the tech executive being murdered in 2011 with no resolution (I live in Austin, TX).

In August 2023, Michael Meyden, a man from Lake Oswego, Oregon, was arrested for drugging three 12-year-old girls during his daughter’s sleepover. According to court documents, Meyden prepared smoothies for the girls and served them with separate straws. One of the girls noticed white chunks in her drink but consumed it. Soon after, the girls felt excessively drowsy.

One of the victims sent a text to her mother, stating she felt uncomfortable and scared. Medical tests later confirmed the presence of benzodiazepines in the girls’ systems, a class of sedatives often used to treat anxiety or insomnia. The incident was reported, and police began an investigation.

Meyden was charged with causing another person to ingest a controlled substance and first-degree criminal mistreatment.

In June 2024, Michael Meyden pleaded guilty to three counts of causing another person to ingest a controlled substance .

He was sentenced to two years in prison, followed by three years of parole upon release.

Jeff Turnoy (Meyden's attorney) said his client could get five months chipped off his sentence with good behavior. The sentence was part of a negotiated deal with prosecutors that included dismissals of three additional felony counts and three misdemeanor counts, authorities said.

Meyden's victims and their relatives were in court, Turnoy said, noting his client was tearfully apologetic.

“Mr. Meyden is incredibly remorseful and humbled by his conduct and choices," Turnoy said. "He understands appropriately that he hurt a lot of people and is very regretful of all that. And his demeanor in court was authentic and genuine, showed nothing but sincerity in being apologetic and remorseful for his behavior.”

Note from yours truly: I included the part where the attorney mentioned Meyden's remorse to remind you all that just because someone said they're "sorry," doesn't excuse pulling stuff like this, nor does that make them any more deserving of sympathy. Two years prison and three years parole is practically a slap on the wrist when compared to the great damage this sicko could've done. Stay safe, everyone

What are some of your most memorable Dateline episodes?

Mystery on Spider Lake - I still don't know who did it and it truly bothers me.

Finding Venus - her marine husband was one of the most twisted psychos I've ever seen.

What's your?

I'm writing about this case, that as far as I know, haven't been to trial yet because I am so baffled by it and if anyone know anything and would like to share. I remember when it happened and looks like from my google searches that there hasn't been a lot of updates about it, and 6 years later, no trial. I feel so bad for her, he was her friend.

May 15, 2019. Kameela Russel, a mother of two is reported missing after failing to pick up her daughter from relatives.

Her body was found on May 25, floating in a canal near the home of her best friend, Miami Norland Senior High School Assistant Principal Ernest Joseph Roberts. Russel was a teacher at the same school. Roberts was also the godfather of her children.

She was last seen May 15, in her black Audi A6, in the driveway of her aunt's house.

Later, surveillance vídeo showed she entering the home of her accused killer. She is never shown leaving. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4WnjVH7PUE

On May 20, 5 days after Kameela went missing, and before her body was found, Roberts went to the school, prior to leaving on a school trip to Washington, D.C., and then called an employee who was in that day.

Police said Roberts told the employee to open a specific cabinet in a classroom, where he would find a handwritten note and a set of keys for an Audi.

The note read: "Do you know anyone that can chop up a car? If so or make it 'disappear' take these keys. It's behind the Speedway Racetrack on 441 by County Line. Friends are gone and need it to disappear. If not leave it and I'll work it out later. Throw this note away!"

The arrest warrant stated that the employee notified police and Russell's car was found parked behind the gas station.

Police said the employee told detectives Roberts had also called him the night Russell disappeared and told him, "I did something crazy."

According to the employee, Roberts claimed he had confronted an intruder inside his mother's home and hit the person with a baseball bat, killing that person.

Title correction: looks like he was the godfather to BOTH her children

There's a lot more in this article:

https://www.local10.com/news/2019/06/15/former-assistant-principal-charged-in-killing-teacher-appears-in-court/

The found her blood, the smell of bleach, he deactivated his cameras, the surveillance is from neighbors.

She left at the time a 6-year-old and a 15-year-old daughter. Roberts is the godfather of one both of them.

Almost 6 years later, no answer.

This is a news video after his arrest https://www.local10.com/video/video/2019/06/15/why-did-ernest-roberts-kill-kameela-russell-detectives-investigation-continues/

For me, it was recognizing that my son had actually dropped out of college and was lying about going to school. It really freaked me out and caused a rift for a long time in our family because I blurted out, "OH my god, this is the kind of situation where the kid kills his entire family." (Bad move on my part.)

I didn't realize what was going on because he had moved in with his father. And he kept saying that he was having difficulty coming up with the money for his "last semester" of college. I kept offering to pay for it and he kept insisting that he had missed the deadline for registration. This went on for about six months, and I tried to stay out of it. Then it turned out that his Father and Stepmother told him he needed to get his own apartment if he wasn't going to go back to college. (I guess to motivate him)

I went to visit him and we were discussing a topic related to his field. and as we kept talking I realized he didn't know ANYTHING about his field, especially for someone who was almost going to graduate. (Ex: something like plumbing, where not knowing a very basic thing,like how copper is the preferred piping to use, knowing that a WASHER is a type of plastic piece used in the piping, not a washing machine.) And as I'm sitting there it dawned on me that he had probably dropped out of college at the very beginning and had been lying the entire time.

It was right around the Chandler Halderson case which is the only reason I think I caught it. It wasn't as bad as his case and was just a matter of hiding that he didn't want to go into the field after all. He's since moved on to a different field and is doing well.

But it was so shocking when it suddenly dawned on me. I don't think I would have realized it at all if not for this case and the Thomas Whittaker case. It completely freaked me out.

Have you ever had a situation where you recognized something because of True Crime?

Maybe you were in a relationship and you thought they ghosted you. Maybe it was someone you were really close friends with, and they dropped off the face of the earth. Maybe even a family member that you hadn't talked to for months. Whatever the scenario, you are clicking through all the true crime content, watching videos, when you find a title that catches your eye. Naturally you are interested and give it a watch, only to realize you know and love the person they are talking about.

I suspect there are a lot of people that have experienced this and I'd like to hear their stories. I have had a very hard time coming up with anything so far while searching around the internet. I have a genuine interest in the topic, and to be clear this is only for personal research.

The Arushi-Hemraj case has time and again haunted me since the very first I heard of it many years back so, I recently went in that rabbithole again to know details I could've missed earlier. During that process, I watched the 4 episode Cna documentary series and this time, I saw the case from a new set of eyes. I couldn't help but notice how Mr. Hemraj Banjade, a working class man from Nepal became a secondary character at his death too. All his life, he worked for the people of higher class. His former employer and a friend of Arushi described him as someone good at his job but almost invisible, that you'd barely notice he's there and that's exactly how he died too. His family couldn't even claim his deadbody and nobody even performed proper last rights for him. Throughout the internet, there's only one photo of him you can find and no information on his life except for him being the Talwars' servant (the exact word used for him everywhere). His entire existence is summed as "the servant who was accused of murdering Arushi who was later found dead as well" by the media. He was a husband and father with dreams for his son, living far from home to provide a better life for his family but nobody talks about that while all documentaries are filled with the sneek peaks of Arushi's life with people talking so fondly of her. He was even cornered by the very people whom he died serving. The way the Talwar couple have ignored his death while asking for justice for Arushi makes me strongly feel that they hate him for reasons we might never know. Not to be a conspiracy theorist, but I feel very deeply in my heart that they have something(if not everything) to do with Hemraj's death. I don't know about Arushi though. Lastly, I hope his wife and son are coping well with this injustice, not just from the legal system but from the society as a whole. My prayers to both the deacesed, I hope they have found peace. Om Shanti 🪔

In August 1991, 39-year-old Julie Marie Patterson was found murdered in her home on Love Court, a quiet cul-de-sac in Fountain Hills, Arizona. She lived alone with her dog, and evidence indicated she was struck in the head with a blunt instrument while she slept. Her body was discovered the following day, prompting an investigation by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. 

The investigation faced challenges from the outset. Just a day after Julie’s body was found, a mass shooting occurred at a Buddhist temple in Waddell, Arizona, resulting in nine deaths. This tragic event diverted significant law enforcement resources and attention away from Julie’s case. Despite the passage of time, her family continues to seek justice and closure, expressing hope that renewed efforts might lead to answers. 

Over the years, Julie’s family has remained vocal, urging authorities to revisit the case and apply modern investigative techniques. They remember her as a kind and beloved individual who was active in her community. The lack of resolution has left a lasting impact on her loved ones, who continue to advocate for justice in her memory.

https://youtu.be/XYphYPZAPKk?si=rlKtUkt4fEXb1zh_

A quick summary of the Chris Coleman murders(there's a lot to this case that's very interesting and infuriating I highly recommend a deep dive)

Chris Coleman was the head of security for Joyce Meyer the famous evangelist . He had a pretty cushiony job, that also fed his ego. He started getting threatening emails in the fall of 2008, as did Joyce and some of her family (which I'm sure isn't unusual for religious speakers).. He also received a threatening letter in his home mail box.

In May of 2009 he called police and asked them to check on his wife Thirty-one-year-old Sheri Coleman and their sons, 11-year-old Garret and 9-year-old Gavin, he was at the gym and she wasn't answering her phone, he was on his way back...

The cops arrived and found the basement window open. Upon entering they saw words like "punished" spray painted on the walls, and soon found Sheri,Garret and Gavin, had been strangled to death in their beds.

After investigating it was discovered the threatening emails had come from Chris laptop, and the autopsies concluded they had been murdered before Chris had left for the gym. Chris had murdered them and spray painted the walls. They also learned he took the long way home from the gym.

Sheri had told friends and family their marriage was on the rocks, he treated her terribly and if something happened to her Chris did it.

They also discovered he'd been having an affair with his wife's best friend and wanted to be with her, but he couldn't keep his good job with a Christian ministry if he left his wife and children for another women. So he started setting the stage by sending the threatening emails...

He was found guilty of murdering them on the 2 year anniversary of their murders, despite denying it and his defense attorneys claiming his laptop was hacked... The jurors probably would have gave him the death penalty but he chose to let the judge decide and the judge gave him life without parole.

Another tidbit Id like to add here is his parents throughout it all not only defended him and claimed he was innocent, but claimed Sheri was at fault if he was cheating... Something of the lines of "she must not have been doing her duty"

I find the case so horrific and cruel and can't believe I hadn't ran across it before, aside from Sheri not being pregnant and it being older, why do you think it's never brought up? It bothers me Sheri,Garret and Gavin seem to be forgotten...

In my opinion he's high on the list of one of the coldest, haunting family anihalater cases I've come across...

https://fox2now.com/news/true-crime/chris-coleman-a-mans-secret-life-ended-in-the-2009-murder-of-his-family/

https://www.stlmag.com/A-Family-Erased-The-Chris-Coleman-Story/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-accused-of-killing-family-texts-girlfriend-from-wifes-funeral/