Jessica Jackson Sloan and Carissa Kranz Talk Frankie Gebhardt Trial 06/25/18
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Richard ElliotVerified account @RElliotWSB 2h2 hours ago
#Breaking We have a verdict in the 1983 Tim Coggins murder case
Richard ElliotVerified account @RElliotWSB 2h2 hours ago
We just got word that the jury has reached a verdict in the case against Frank Gebhardt in the 1983 murder of Tim Coggins. Attorneys are gathering in the courtroom now. We are live streaming this verdict.
Richard ElliotVerified account @RElliotWSB 2h2 hours ago
Gebhardt was just brought into the courtroom. We're now waiting for the judge and the jury to come back in.
Richard ElliotVerified account @RElliotWSB 2h2 hours ago
I spoke with Tim Coggins sister in the elevator this morning. She told me that whatever happens the family does feel closure now that they know what happened to Tim.
Richard ElliotVerified account @RElliotWSB 2h2 hours ago
The jury sent in a note saying simply, "we are finished."
Richard ElliotVerified account @RElliotWSB 2h2 hours ago
Judge says he expects the gallery to treat the verdict with dignity and respect. They're bringing in the jury now.
Richard ElliotVerified account @RElliotWSB 2h2 hours ago
#Breaking A jury finds Frank Gebhardt
guilty of malice and felony murder in the 1983 murder of Tim Coggins.
Richard ElliotVerified account @RElliotWSB 2h2 hours ago
The jury just convicted Frank Gebhardt of the brutal, racially-motivated murder of Tim Coggins. Investigators say Gebhardt and Bill Moore killed Coggins, a black man, because he dated a white woman.
Richard ElliotVerified account @RElliotWSB 2h2 hours ago
The judge is releasing the jury and will have a ten minute break before he sentences Gebhardt for murder.
Richard ElliotVerified account @RElliotWSB 2h2 hours ago
I'm watching Tim Coggins sister weeping in the courtroom after the guilty verdict. She last saw her brother the night he vanished...
Richard ElliotVerified account @RElliotWSB 2h2 hours ago
The Coggins family said they had given up hope that Tim's murder would ever be solved. 34-years later, they now have a guilty verdict for one of the two men charged with the crime.
Richard ElliotVerified account @RElliotWSB 2h2 hours ago
After being released, the entire jury asked to stay in the courtroom so they could watch the sentencing.
Richard ElliotVerified account @RElliotWSB 2h2 hours ago
Heather Coggins, Tim Coggins' niece, is making a victims' impact statement. She's thanking the prosecution, the GBI and the Spalding County sheriff.
Richard ElliotVerified account @RElliotWSB 2h2 hours ago
Heather Coggins is also thanking jurors. She says this has been taxing on her family and the Gebhardt family.
Richard ElliotVerified account @RElliotWSB 2h2 hours ago
Spalding County Sheriff Darrell Dix wiped away some tears. I spoke to him last year after they thought they might be close to solving this 34-year old case. He made it a top priority of his office.
Richard ElliotVerified account @RElliotWSB 2h2 hours ago
#Breaking.
Judge sentences Gebhardt to life in prison. Judge: "hopefully, sir, you have stabbed your last victim."
Richard ElliotVerified account @RElliotWSB 2h2 hours ago
We're hearing now from Tim Coggins family and their reaction to the guilty verdict.
Deidra DukesVerified account @DeidraDukesFOX5 1h1 hour ago
Timothy Coggins family says guilty verdict/life sentence in
Frank Gebhardt murder
trial brings closure
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Deidra DukesVerified account @DeidraDukesFOX5 60m60 minutes ago
Spalding Co Sheriff, DA and prosecutors react to Guilty verdict in 35 yr cold murder case- defendant
Frank Gebhardt sentenced to life in prison
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