The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus

Coleman put to death; witnesses watch silently

LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- A cooperative Alton Coleman, his lips moving constantly in what appeared to be prayer, went to death quietly Friday for one of four murders committed during a savage Midwest ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana

TRUE CRIME: The murder spree of Alton Coleman and Debra Brown

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The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus

Coleman could be next inmate scheduled for execution

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Serial killer Alton Coleman, convicted of slayings in the Midwest in 1984, could be the next inmate scheduled to die in Ohio. The state asked the Ohio Supreme Court on Feb. 6 to ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana

Appeal denied for man sentenced to death for Ohio, Indiana murders

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Alton Coleman, accused of at least seven murders during a 1984 crime spree, was born with a dysfunctional brain and could not develop into a normal adult because of a childhood ...
The Root

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