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[Kimster]

Prosecutors claim Coleman killed his family because he feared his affair with his wife's longtime friend would cost him his $100,000-a-year job as the security chief for a Missouri-based ministry with global reach and travel perks. His case, with its mix of religion, adultery and violence, has tantalized much of the St. Louis region since he was arrested in May 2009 and has been so closely watched that court officials set up a lottery of sorts to dole out seats for the trial.

Read more: Murder trial for evangelist's security head starts - The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_17923416?source=rss#ixzz1KbFVI9OB
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[Kimster]

A pathologist, Raj Nanduri, testified Monday the victims died of ligature strangulation that authorities believe was a cord, evident in crime-scene and autopsy photos projected for jurors onto a large screen behind Coleman's defense table. Coleman and his family - his parents and a brother seated in the gallery's first row - did not look at the images, which included one showing the youngest victim face down and dead in bed, a vulgar phrase spray-painted onto his bedding.
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http://www.wflx.com/story/14509598/murder-trial-for-evangelists-security-head-starts

 

[ynotdivein]

Jarring Start for Jury at Coleman Trial

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_738557a9-84cc-53e6-ba91-4a178faf22f2.html

 

[Kimster]

Sheri Coleman received a black eye before she was strangled in the early morning hours, Baden testified.

The 31-year-old mother was the first to be killed. It takes four to five minutes to die from ligature strangulation, Baden testified.

Then 9-year-old Gavin was killed. Then 11-year-old Garett.

Read more: http://www.bnd.com/2011/04/26/1684937/wheres-dr-baden-already-in-the.html#ixzz1KftJpdfz

 

[Kimster]

Based on Baden's court testimony, it appears Sheri Coleman put up a fight before she was strangled. There were multiple strangle marks. There were two on her neck and one up on her chin. She also had two black eyes from possible punches.
http://www.kplr11.com/news/ktvi-day-2-coleman-trial-baden-042611,0,1683280.story?track=rss

 

[Kimster]

Dr. Baden testified, that based on numerous photos that showed rigor mortis and discoloration of the bodies, the victims died around 3:00 a.m.

He said the victims certainly died before 5:00 a.m. and "it wasn't a close call" to determine if they died before Chris Coleman said he went to the gym at 5:43 a.m.
http://www.ksdk.com/rss/article/256341/3/Expert-Coleman-family-dead-before-Chris-went-to-gym

 

[Kimster]

Weeks before the murders Coleman confided in Barlow that he received threatening letters and was worried about his family. Barlow had security cameras installed and pointed towards the Coleman home, capturing the time -- 5:43 a.m. -- that Coleman left for his workout on May 5, 2009.

Read more: http://www.bnd.com/2011/04/26/1685412/up-next-more-from-justin-barlow.html#ixzz1Kfu5TjYA

 

[Kimster]

Jurors heard Christopher Coleman's own words Tuesday - on a tearful recording played by prosecutors - describing his wife's and sons' last night alive in classic suburban terms: snow cones for the boys, a game of catch, prayers before bed.

He said his wife, Sheri, made the family a chicken-and-pasta dinner before she watched the movie "Batman Returns" on TV with him later and fell asleep in his arms.<snipped>

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/9f53323a-4f75-58a3-b1e4-b9a3824e6981.html

 

[ynotdivein]

Post-Dispatch early article on day three of trial:

http://www.stltoday.com/news/article_27a4bf92-70cb-11e0-b267-001a4bcf6878.html

"Prosecutors will continue to play a video of a 5½-hour interrogation of Coleman by authorities. (...)

Then, testimony will resume from Justin Barlow, the former Columbia police officer who lived near Coleman."

 

[Kimster]

Baden said when Sheri Coleman's nude body was rolled over at 11 a.m. for crime scene photos, there was intense blood pooling, known as livor mortis. Her body appeared stiff in the photo, demonstrating rigor mortis.

"That was the most significant factor to me. That didn't happen in six or seven hours. It had to have occurred over a period of more than eight hours," Baden testified.

Coroners took the temperature of Sheri Coleman's liver at 11 a.m. and recorded 90.4 degrees. Then it was taken again at the funeral home at 1:17 p.m. and was recorded as 87.4 degrees.

Defense attorney Jim Stern said that was a rate of 1.5 degrees an hour, which he calculated put Sheri Coleman's time of death after 5:30 a.m., while her husband was at the gym.

Read more: http://www.bnd.com/2011/04/27/1685887/colemans-had-dinner-watched-movie.html#ixzz1KjWyiJu9

 

[Stella5]

Post-Dispatch coverage of 4/26 testimony...

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_9f53323a-4f75-58a3-b1e4-b9a3824e6981.html

 

[Stella5]

Bill McClellan's take on Baden's testimony...

"And so it went. Baden was unshakable."

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_42862936-6595-552a-a010-7e3568655fc8.html

 

[Kimster]

Police grilled Coleman on murders from the first day <snipped>

A lot about the interrogation at this link: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/bef22974-b06f-5f89-90b0-0051fe245bfb.html

 

[Kimster]

Barlow said as he stepped down from the witness box, he saw Brad Coleman mouth the words, "you're dead' to him. <snipped>

http://www.ksdk.com/rss/article/256600/3/Courthouse-confrontation-at-Chris-Coleman-trial

 

[Kimster]

Jurors Hear Police Interrogation Tapes In Coleman Trial <snipped>

http://www.fox2now.com/news/ktvi-ju...eman-trial-20110427,0,1501268.story?track=rss

 

[Kimster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwutIUF_-Wk&feature=player_embedded#at=16

Video from Fox2now about the interrogation tape shown in court today.

 

[ynotdivein]

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_1f12040a-7159-11e0-b062-001a4bcf6878.html

"Tara Lintz, of Florida, is expected to take the stand as a reluctant witness in Coleman's murder trial for the strangulation deaths of his wife, Sheri, and two sons."

Follow reporter Nick Pistor on Twitter for Coleman trial updates at www.twitter.com/nickpistor

 

[who knew?]

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_1f12040a-7159-11e0-b062-001a4bcf6878.html

Tara arrives at courthouse.

 

[Kimster]

Lintz testified they first had sex in mid-December. That was also about the same time her lover's wife, Sheri Coleman, confided in Lintz that she and her husband were no longer having sex.

Read more: http://www.bnd.com/2011/04/28/1688112/chris-colemans-former-mistress.html#ixzz1Kt2HVGYD

 

[Kimster]

Tara Lintz said she was in love with Coleman and had an ongoing sexual relationship with him. In a taped interview with police, he denied the two had a physical relationship.


http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Cole...-testify-in-murder-trial-today-120858129.html