Tuesday, August 31st:
*Arraignment Hearing (@ am PT) –Mexico/CA - Kaleo Skye (3) & Roxy Rain (10 mos.) Coleman (reported missing Aug. 8, 2021, Santa Barbara & found on Aug. 9, 2021 by a farmworker in Rosarito, Mexico) - *Matthew Taylor Coleman (40) arrested (8/9/21 @ Mexican/US border in San Ysidro checkpoint) & charged (8/11/21) with “foreign murder of U.S. nationals”. Held without bond.
The arrest on Monday, 8/9/21 at 7am as he headed back into the U.S. came after the bodies of two children, a 3-year-old girl & 1-year-old boy, were found 8/9/21 Monday morning by a farmworker at a ranch near Rosarito, Mexico in Baja Calif. The girl had been stabbed 12 times & the boy was stabbed 17 times. A blood-stained wooden stake also was found. Mexican authorities discovered camera footage from the City Express Hotel in Rosarito (checked in Saturday 8/7/21) showing the children's father, who they believe to be Coleman, leaving the hotel around 3:00am, 8/9/21 Monday with the children. Cameras also showed him return alone around 6:00am. They lived in Santa Barbara, Calif. & were brought to Rosarito without the mother's consent. Police in Santa Barbara said Coleman’s wife had reported them missing on Saturday, 8/7/21 & said she was concerned for their well-being. Using a computer application, Coleman’s wife was able to determine that Coleman’s phone had been in Rosarito on Sunday afternoon. Coleman could face Mexican charges of aggravated murder where he can face between 60-120 years in prison. A Joint investigation is underway by the FBI in Los Angeles & San Diego, the U.S> Customs & Border Protection & the Santa Barbara Police Dept. & the Secretaría de Seguridad Pública Municipal de Rosarito.
According to a document filed in U.S. District Court, Coleman admitted to killing both children by shooting a "spear fishing gun" into their chests. He discarded the weapon & his bloody clothes off the side of the road in Tijuana & then began his return to the U.S.
Coleman allegedly told federal investigators that he believed his children were "growing into monsters" & he needed to kill them. He told investigators he was "enlightened" by QAnon & Illuminati conspiracy theories & he was receiving visions & signs. He told investigators he believed his wife was possessed with "serpent DNA" which she had passed onto their children. He said he knew what he was doing was wrong, but told investigators he was saving the world, according to the court documents.
8/11/21 Update: Coleman made his first appearance in U.S. District Court via video in downtown Los Angeles on August 11, 2021, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Coleman is being represented by Elena Rose Sadowsky of the Federal Public Defenders Office. On Sunday, they submitted a waiver of preliminary hearing to the court. A magistrate judge ordered Coleman to be held without bond & set his arraignment for 8/31/21. He remains in custody without bail. Coleman is being held in protective custody. He has been charged with two counts of foreign murder of United States nationals. A law enforcement says in its upcoming issue that the next step is for Coleman to be assessed by a psychiatrist to determine whether he is fit to stand trial. It's unclear when the psychological assessment will be conducted -- or whether the results will be publicly released.