GUILTY GA - Timothy Coggins, 23, Murdered, Sunny Side, 9 Oct 1983 *arrests*

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Frank Gebhardt Trial Day 1 Part 1 ME Warren Tillman Testifies 06/20/18

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Frank Gebhardt Trial Day 1 Part 2 Samuel Freeman Testifies 06/20/18

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Joe Henke‏Verified account @JoeHenke 4h4 hours ago
Back in my workspace at the Spalding County courthouse for day 2 of testimony as Frankie Gebhardt is on trial for the 1983 murder of Timothy Coggins. https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/testimony-begins-in-spalding-county-1983-cold-case-murder-trial/85-565894719 … #11Alive

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oe Henke‏Verified account @JoeHenke 4h4 hours ago
First witness called today by the state is Larry Peterson. Former analyst with the GBI crime lab. Was at crime scene where Timothy Coggins body was found and collected evidence in October 1983. #11Alive

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Joe Henke‏Verified account @JoeHenke 4h4 hours ago
Courtroom benches reserved for family and friends of Timothy Coggins are full. They’re watching closely as GBI crime lab analyst goes through evidence collected from scene where Coggins body was found. #11Alive

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Joe Henke‏Verified account @JoeHenke 3h3 hours ago
Witness Larry Peterson is examining rock found at Timothy Coggins crime scene which had blood on it near location of apparent struggle. Random FYI: Peterson specifically requested XL size gloves before handling the evidence. #11Alive

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Joe Henke‏Verified account @JoeHenke 2h2 hours ago
GBI Forensic Biologist Ashley Hinkle tested clothes from Timothy Coggins as well as sheet which covered his body. DNA testing completed last year showed the blood wasn’t from the defendant Frankie Gebhardt or Bill Moore Sr. Blood on Coggins’ clothes consistent with sheet #11Alive

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Richard Elliot‏Verified account @RElliotWSB 2h2 hours ago
Man who discovered the body of Tim Coggins is on the stand; just testified that Frank Gebhardt admitted 34-years ago that he and William Moore killed Coggins and dragged his body into some woods.

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Joe Henke‏Verified account @JoeHenke 1h1 hour ago
Witness said Gebhardt described killing a black man. Seemed excited as he described the crime. Never said why he killed Timothy Coggins. #11Alive
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Frank Gebhardt Trial Day 2 Part 1 Crime Scene Analyst Larry Peterson Testifies 06/21/18

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Frank Gebhardt Trial Day 2 Part 2 GBI Crime Lab Techs Testify 06/21/18

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WSB-TV‏Verified account @wsbtv 1h1 hour ago
Half of evidence collected at scene of Timothy Coggins' murder vanished, GBI experts say

Atlanta News‏ @AtlantaNewsFeed 49m49 minutes ago
WGCL/CBS 46: Witness: Frankie Gebhardt bragged about killing Timothy Coggins

11Alive News‏Verified account @11AliveNews 45m45 minutes ago
Witnesses recall cold-case murder defendant talking about Timothy Coggins' death
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Half of evidence collected at scene of Timothy Coggins' murder vanished, GBI experts say

"SPALDING COUNTY, Ga. - While prosecutors had to deal with the fact that half the evidence collected from the scene of the 1983 murder of Timothy Coggins vanished, some witnesses silenced for those 34 years came forward Thursday to say defendant Frank Gebhardt admitted to the killing, mere hours after the body was discovered....

Thursday morning, several GBI experts testified that over the course of the 34 years, about half of the evidence collected at the crime scene off Minter Road in Spalding County vanished.

They did recover Coggins' blood-stained pants, underwear and the sheet his body was wrapped in, but admitted the DNA pulled from the blood on those items did not match Gebhardt's or Moore’s DNA....

Willard Sanders is one of the men who discovered Coggins' body along a cut for a power line 34 years ago. He said within hours of the discovery, he was talking with Gebhardt. He told jurors Gebhardt admitted to the murder.

“He brought up, did we find the body on the power line? I said 'yeah,'” Sanders testified. “And he said he and Bill put him there. He said Bill killed him, and he tied chains to his feet and drug him on the power line.”

One of Gebhardt’s former cellmates testified that Gebhardt told him he took the knife used in the killing and dumped it down a well on his property. A GBI expert testified they found a rusty knife in that well along with a chain when they excavated it in 2017.

Jonathan Bennett wasn’t even born when the murder happened, but he told jurors that years later, he overheard Gebhardt telling his father that he had killed Coggins.

“He said that William Moore stabbed him 38 times, and then he tied him to the back of the truck and drug him down the road,” Bennett said....

Moore will go on trial for the murder later this year. The prosecution could rest its case by Friday."

Half of evidence collected at scene of Timothy Coggins' murder vanished, GBI experts say
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Frank Gebhardt Trial Day 2 Part 3 GBI Investigators Testify 06/21/18

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Witnesses recall cold-case murder defendant talking about Timothy Coggins' death (with clip)

"GRIFFIN, Ga. -- Testimony continued Thursday in the cold case trial Timothy Coggins, who was murdered in 1983 in Spalding County....

On Thursday, several witnesses day testified about their conversations with Gebhardt, with one witness alleging that Gebhardt said he threw the knife down a well.

Willard Sanders testified he has known Gebhardt since the defendant was about 6 years old. Sanders said after Coggins' body was found, Gebhardt told him that he and Moore killed him and put the body there.

Sanders alleged Gebhardt provided details of Coggins being stabbed, chained behind a vehicle and dragged down the road.

On Thursday afternoon, GBI agents testified about the excavation of a well last year on Gebhardt's Spalding County property. The knife from the murder was never recovered originally. The victim's top shirt, shoes and socks were also missing.

When the well was excavated, what appears to be part of a shirt, along with a burned shoe and sole were found. Also recovered was a wooden handle and two pieces of a knife blade.

The well was inside a shed and had been filled with trash and other items over the years...."

Witnesses recall cold-case murder defendant talking about Timothy Coggins' death
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Frank Gebhardt Trial Day 2 Part 4 Gebhardt's Jailhouse Recording is Played 06/21/18

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Dalia Dipolito's Lawyer Brian Claypool & Stacey Delikat Talk Frank Gebhardt Trial 06/21/18

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Ashley Willcott and Aaron Keller Talk Frank Gebhardt Trial 06/21/18

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Richard Elliot‏Verified account @RElliotWSB 4h4 hours ago
Murder suspect Frank Gebhardt just came into the courtroom as his trial is set to resume. He accused of killing Tim Coggins back in 1983 in a racially motivated murder.

(video clip Richard Elliot on Twitter )
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Joe Henke‏Verified account @JoeHenke 3h3 hours ago
Court back in session in Spalding County trial of Frankie Gebhardt for 1983 murder of Timothy Coggins. State expected to finish with its witnesses today. Judge said he expects the jury to have this case to begin deliberations on Tuesday. #11Alive

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Joe Henke‏Verified account @JoeHenke 12m12 minutes ago
Court is done for the day in Spalding Co where Frankie Gebhardt is on trial for the murder of Timothy Coggins in 1983. DA’s office expects to call at least 2 more witnesses on Monday. Then case will go to the defense. Judge believes jury could begin deliberating Tuesday #11Alive
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