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S2 Ep123: ILLINOIS - The Coleman Family Killings: Lies, Prayers & Murder

1h 35m · Murder In America · 07 Jul 09:54

In 2009, a family was found murdered in their home in Illinois. The only survivor was father Chris Coleman, a bodyguard who worked for Joyce Meyer, a famous televangelist. As it turned out, the family had been receiving death threats for months, but no one had really seemed to listen... but the truth was much darker than it appeared on the surface.
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SOURCES: 

Cooperman, Jeannette. “A Family Erased: The Chris Coleman Story.” July 22, 2011. 

Cuneo, Michael. “One Last Kiss.” St. Martin’s Paperbacks, 2012. 

“Documents: Coleman texted his girlfriend on the days the wake, funeral were held for his wife and sons.” TMCnet News, July 16, 2009.

“Head of security for religious figure convicted of murdering wife, two sons.” True Crime Daily, April 26, 2018. 

Moss, James. “Judge Rules Against Coleman.” Republic-Times, September 2, 2020. https://www.republictimes.net/judge-rules-against-coleman/ 

People v. Coleman, 2014. 

Saathoff, Andrea. “Motion to dismiss Coleman petition.” Republic-Times, December 19, 2018. 

Smith, Olivia. “Chris Coleman family murders trial, what happened, latest updates.” April 8, 2022. 

“The Coleman Triple Murder.” CBS News, July 19, 2014. 

“The Writing on the Wall.” CBS News, March 30 2014. 



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