Web of Lies (2014–…): Season 2, Episode 11 - Hate Mail - full transcript

Narrator: A ONCE HAPPY FAMILY
STRICKEN BY TERROR.

I REALLY BEGAN TO FEAR
FOR THE FAMILY.

Narrator: VICTIMS OF ANONYMOUS
DIGITAL DEATH THREATS.

AND SHE SAID SHE
DIDN'T FEEL SAFE STAYING ALONE.

I'M THE ONLY THING
STANDING BETWEEN THAT MANIAC

AND MY FAMILY.

THE DEVIL WILL KILL YOU
IF YOU...

Narrator:
HAVE LINKS TO A TV EVANGELIST

PUT THEM IN THE CROSSHAIRS
OF RELIGIOUS ZEALOTS?

OR DOES THE MENACE
SPRING FROM A DEADLY SINNER

FAR CLOSER TO HOME?



IT WAS JUST NOTHING
BUT PURE EVIL.

Narrator: WILL ONLINE HATE...

THIS IS THE MOST PERSONAL CRIME
THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE.

SHERI, STAY THERE.

Narrator:...TURN INTO
MORTAL RETRIBUTION?

IT WAS LIKE SATAN HIMSELF
WAS LAUGHING AT YOU.

ALL RIGHT, EVERYTHING
LOOKS GOOD.

- ARE YOU GUYS HUNGRY?
- I'M STARVING.

OH, I KNOW.

I CAN'T WAIT TO DIG IN.

YOU GUYS READY TO EAT?

YES!

Narrator:
CHRIS COLEMAN FIRST MET SHERI

WHEN HE WAS A U.S. MARINE
AND SHE WAS IN THE AIR FORCE.



IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.

SMELLS GOOD, RIGHT?

SHERI TOLD ME THAT,
WHEN SHE SAW HIM,

SHE JUST IMMEDIATELY KNEW, "THIS
IS THE GUY I WANT TO BE WITH.

"I WANT TO BE WITH HIM
PRETTY MUCH FOR THE REST

- OF MY LIFE."
- GET READY.

OKAY, BOYS,
THAT'S ENOUGH, HEY, HEY.

Narrator: WITHIN A FEW MONTHS
OF MEETING CHRIS...

OKAY, EVERYBODY.
COME ON, NOW, LET'S HOLD HANDS.

Narrator:...SHERI WAS PREGNANT
WITH THEIR FIRST SON, GARETT.

FOR EACH NEW MORNING
WITH ITS LIGHT,

FOR REST AND SHELTER...

Narrator: CHRIS AND SHERI
ARE DEVOUT CHRISTIANS,

AND THEY RUSH TO MARRY
BEFORE GARETT WAS BORN.

...FOR EVERYTHING THY GOODNESS
SENDS.

All: AMEN.

CHRIS CALLED AND SAID,

"DAD, I WANT TO LET
YOU KNOW WE GOT MARRIED."

AND I SAID, "UH, WHAT?"
[ CHUCKLES ]

- LET'S DIG IN.
- LET'S EAT!

AND THEN WE FOUND OUT
THAT SHERI GOT PREGNANT.

THEY HAD, UH,
MESSED AROUND TOO EARLY IN LIFE,

AND SO THEY JUST WANTED
TO MAKE IT RIGHT.

THAT'S GOOD. MM-HMM.

Narrator: IT WASN'T LONG

BEFORE THEY HAD A SECOND SON
NAMED GAVIN.

ABSOLUTELY.

GAVIN WAS THE PISTOL,

AND, UH, GARETT
WAS MORE LAID-BACK LIKE CHRIS.

[ LAUGHS ]

THEY JUST HAD A REAL
BUBBLY PERSONALITY.

OKAY, NOT EVERYTHING.

JUST GOOD LITTLE KIDS.

YOU WANNA GROW BIG AND STRONG,
JUST LIKE YOUR DAD, ALL RIGHT?

SHERI LIVED
AND BREATHED FOR THOSE BOYS,

AND SHERI WAS KIND OF LIKE
THE PERFECT HUMAN

UNTIL YOU OVERSTEPPED
WITH ONE OF HER CHILDREN.

AND THEN YOU SAW THE GRIZZLY
BEAR SIDE OF HER COME OUT.

BUT I'M GONNA STICK AROUND
AND WATCH...

DADDY, WHAT ABOUT YOU?
DO YOU WANT SOME?

OH, ABSOLUTELY,
I WOULD LOVE SOME.

CHRIS WAS A VERY GOOD FATHER.

THEY WERE A FAMILY TOGETHER.
THEY LAUGHED TOGETHER.

THEY PLAYED TOGETHER.

THEY WERE JUST A GOOD FAMILY.

Narrator:
AFTER LEAVING THE MILITARY,

THE COLEMANS MOVE TO THE SMALL
TOWN OF WATERLOO, ILLINOIS.

THEIR HOUSE IS IN ONE

OF THE MORE UPSCALE
NEIGHBORHOODS...

...THE RESULT OF A LUCRATIVE
NEW JOB CHRIS LANDED.

JUST MAKE SURE NOBODY
GETS IN WITHOUT MY SAYING SO.

Narrator:
COLEMAN IS HEAD OF SECURITY

FOR THE TV EVANGELIST
JOYCE MEYER.

OKAY, I'M HEADED
OVER TO THE MAIN ENTRANCE.

GET READY TO BRING JOYCE
INTO THE BUILDING.

SPENDING TIME WITH GOD
INCREASES YOUR JOY.

SPENDING TIME WITH GOD
INCREASES YOUR...

Narrator: MEYER IS C.E.O. OF ONE

OF THE LARGEST CHRISTIAN
MINISTRIES IN THE WORLD.

...IS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
PUTTING GOD FIRST IN THEIR TIME.

DOES ANYBODY AGREE WITH ME?

Narrator: BUT HER
MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR INCOME

AND OPULENT LIFESTYLE

HAVE ANGERED HER DETRACTORS,
WHO CLAIM SHE IS

A GREEDY CON ARTIST PREYING
ON THE FEARS OF HER FOLLOWERS.

IF YOU DON'T SPEND TIME
WITH GOD,

NOTHING ELSE IS GONNA WORK
IN YOUR LIFE.

JOYCE MEYER COULD ATTRACT
THE EXTREME FANATICS,

AND SHE INDICATED
THAT THERE WERE CRAZY PEOPLE

THAT WANTED
TO MEET HER AND TOUCH HER.

Narrator: CHRIS SERVES AS

JOYCE MEYER'S
PERSONAL BODYGUARD.

HE ALSO MONITORS HATE LETTERS

AND E-MAILS
SENT TO HER MINISTRY.

THEY THREATENED HER LIFE OFTEN.
COMMENTS, "I WILL FIND HER.

I WILL... I WILL GET TO HER."

Narrator: CHRIS IS WELL REWARDED
FOR HIS WORK.

HE'S PAID IN EXCESS
OF $100,000 A YEAR.

THE JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES
ARE BASED

IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI,

BUT THE EVANGELIST SPENDS MUCH
OF HER TIME TRAVELING THE WORLD,

PREACHING.

AND WHERE JOYCE GOES,
CHRIS GOES, TOO.

IT'S AN UNRELENTING SCHEDULE

THAT KEEPS CHRIS AWAY FROM HOME
FOR LONG PERIODS.

THE OTHER DAY, GARETT SAID TO
ME, "WHY DOES DAD KEEP LEAVING?

IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE DID?"

SHERI TOLD ME

THAT DURING ONE YEAR WHEN CHRIS
WAS WORKING FOR JOYCE,

THAT HE HAD BEEN GONE 260 DAYS
OUT OF THE YEAR,

AND SHE WAS
STRESSED OUT ABOUT IT.

LOOK AT THEM.

THEY MISS THEIR DAD SO MUCH.

THE BOYS WOULD ALWAYS KEEP TRACK
OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME

CHRIS WAS GONE BECAUSE THEY
HATED WHEN HE WAS GONE.

AND THEY HAD THIS CALENDAR,
AND THEY WOULD MARK OFF EACH DAY

UNTIL HE WAS BACK
FROM EACH TRIP.

SO THOSE BOYS JUST WAITED
BY THAT REFRIGERATOR...

...AND STARED AT THOSE DAYS

UNTIL THEY WERE UP, WAITING
FOR THEIR DAD TO GET BACK.

THEY LIVED
AND BREATHED FOR THAT DAY.

THEY WORSHIPPED
THE GROUND CHRIS WALKED ON.

SURPRISE!

DAD!

[ LAUGHTER ]

YOU'RE BACK EARLY.

I MISSED YOU GUYS.

Narrator: FOR SHERI, CHRIS' TIME
AT HOME IS ALL TOO BRIEF...

AND IT'S NOT LONG BEFORE
HE HAS TO LEAVE AGAIN.

HONEY, I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU
PUT YOURSELF THROUGH THIS.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING THIS TIME?

UH, WE'RE HEADED
DOWN TO FLORIDA TO TAMPA.

GONE FOR LONG?

UH, ABOUT A WEEK, I GUESS.

JOYCE IS TALKING
FOR A FEW DAYS.

THE BIGGEST TENSION
IN THE MARRIAGE

WAS THE AMOUNT OF TIME
HE WAS GONE.

JUST, HONEY, I-I MISS...

YOU GOT TO STOP, OKAY?
I GOT TO GO.

- OKAY, BUT, CHRIS...
- NO, NO...

SHERI WAS TIRED.

SHE WAS TIRED
OF DOING EVERYTHING.

SHE WAS TIRED OF BEING THE MOM
AND THE DAD.

I THINK THAT WAS TAKING A TOLL,

AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

[ CRYING ]

IT'S OKAY, MOM.

HE'LL BE BACK SOON.

OH, I LOVE YOU. I KNOW.

Narrator: IN OCTOBER 2008,

CHRIS' JOB TAKES HIM
TO TAMPA, FLORIDA,

THE CITY WHERE SHERI
WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL.

SHERI TAKES THE OPPORTUNITY
TO MESSAGE HER BEST FRIEND

FROM SCHOOL, TARA LINTZ.

SHE ASKS TARA IF CHRIS CAN LOOK
HER UP WHEN HE'S IN TOWN.

WHEN HE'S SETTLED IN TAMPA,
CHRIS GETS IN TOUCH WITH TARA.

BEIN' AWAY AIN'T EASY.

I REALLY MISS SHERI
AND THE BOYS.

TARA HAD ALWAYS BEEN FRIENDS
WITH SHERI

FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.

MATTER OF FACT, TARA WAS ALWAYS
A LITTLE BIT INVOLVED

A DAY OR TWO OF THEIR VACATION
DOWN IN FLORIDA.

Narrator:
AFTER CHRIS' FLORIDA TRIP,

HIS SCHEDULE HAS HIM HOME
FOR A FEW WEEKS.

BUT HOPE FOR A LITTLE
QUALITY TIME WITH HIS FAMILY

IS SOON SHATTERED.

LATE ON A FRIDAY EVENING,
CHRIS CHECKS HIS WORK E-MAIL.

ONE STANDS OUT.

THE SUBJECT LINE AND CONTENT
MAKE FOR TERRIFYING READING.

WHOEVER SENT THE THREATS
INDICATED THAT CHRIS COLEMAN

SHOULD STOP
WORKING FOR JOYCE MEYER,

AND IF HE DID NOT STOP
WORKING FOR JOYCE MEYER,

EITHER HE OR HIS FAMILY
WOULD BE KILLED.

THE NEXT DAY, MORE AGGRESSIVE
E- MAILS FROM destroychris

ARRIVE AT THE MINISTRY.

THE PERSON KNEW
CHRIS COLEMAN'S SCHEDULE,

KNEW THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE
TRAVELING OUT OF THE COUNTRY...

[ SLAMS LAPTOP ]

...AND INDICATED THAT THIS MIGHT
BE WHEN THE ATTACK OCCURRED.

Narrator: RELUCTANTLY,

CHRIS TELLS SHERI
ABOUT THE THREATS.

HEY.

HEY, WHAT'S WRONG?

WHAT IS IT, CHRIS?

WE'RE GETTING THREATENING
E- MAILS AT THE MINISTRY.

WELL, I THOUGHT JOYCE
GOT THOSE ALL THE TIME.

I MEAN, WHAT'S DIFFERENT
ABOUT THESE ONES?

THEY MENTIONED ME
AND YOU

...AND THE BOYS.

WELL, WHAT DID THEY SAY?

COME ON, YOU'RE SCARING ME.

WHAT DID THEY SAY?

THEY SAY IF THEY CAN'T GET
TO JOYCE,

THEY'RE GONNA COME AFTER US.

Narrator: THE FOLLOWING MONDAY,

CHRIS REPORTS THE E-MAILS
TO LOCAL POLICE.

THIS IS THE FIRST THREATENING
E- MAIL YOU'VE RECEIVED?

YEAH.

CHRIS COLEMAN WAS VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT THE THREATS,

MORE TOWARDS HIS FAMILY,
I THINK, THAN HIM.

I JUST WANTED
TO GIVE YOU A HEADS-UP

SO YOU CAN GIVE US
SOME EXTRA PRESENCE IN THE AREA

WHEN... WHEN... YOU KNOW,
WHEN I'M AWAY.

HE SAID HE'S NOT HOME VERY MUCH

BECAUSE HE TRAVELS A LOT
WITH THE MINISTRY.

SO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT

OFFERED EXTRA PATROL
AROUND HIS RESIDENCE.

Narrator: DESPITE THE INCREASED
POLICE PRESENCE,

SHERI STILL FEARS FOR THE SAFETY
OF HER FAMILY.

Sheri: JESS, CAN YOU
COME IN HERE A MINUTE?

Wade: SHERI ASKED ME TO STAY
FOR THE NEXT WEEK

BECAUSE CHRIS WAS OUT OF TOWN,

AND SHE SAID SHE
DIDN'T FEEL SAFE STAYING ALONE.

ARE YOU OKAY?

I'VE BEEN BETTER.

Narrator: WITH CHRIS AWAY...

THERE'S SOMETHING
I WANNA SHOW YOU.

...SHERI DRAWS
ON HER MILITARY BACKGROUND

TO PROTECT HER FAMILY.

THE FIRST TIME SHERI PULLED OUT
A GUN TO SHOW IT TO ME,

WE WERE STANDING IN HER BEDROOM.

THERE'S NO WAY I'M LETTING
ANYONE COME NEAR MY FAMILY.

[ CLACK ]

AND SHE JUST SAID, "I NEED YOU
TO LOOK AT HOW I'M STANDING."

AND I SAID, "OKAY."
AND I WAS LOOKING AT HER.

AND SHE SAID, "I NEED YOU TO
LOOK HOW I'M HOLDING THE GUN,"

AND TOOK A STANCE LIKE SHE

WAS GONNA PUT A COUPLE HOLES
IN THE WALL.

WITH CHRIS AWAY,
I'M THE ONLY THING

STANDING BETWEEN THAT MANIAC
AND MY FAMILY,

AND I'VE GOT TO BE READY.

AND YOU'VE GOT TO BE READY,
TOO.

TAKE THE GUN.

SHE SAID, "THIS IS
WHAT YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO DO

IF SOMEBODY INTRUDES
ON THE HOUSE, AND I'M NOT HERE."

JESS, TAKE THE GUN.

NO.

TAKE IT.

SHE WAS VERY SERIOUS.
THIS IS LIFE OR DEATH TO HER.

THESE ARE HER KIDS, AND SHE
NEEDED TO KNOW THAT THE PERSON

WHO WAS IN THE HOUSE WITH THEM
COULD PROTECT THEM.

DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH.

SHE'S SHOWING ME, LIKE,
HOW TO LOOK THROUGH THE GUN

AND, LIKE, PINCH YOUR EYE
IN ORDER TO DIRECT THE BULLETS,

AND WE STOOD THERE
LIKE THAT FOR A WHILE

UNTIL SHE FELT SECURE
IN THE FACT THAT I MIGHT BE

ABLE TO SHOOT SOMEBODY

IF THEY WALKED INTO THE HOUSE
UNANNOUNCED.

Narrator: SHERI'S PARANOIA
WILL PROVE WELL-FOUNDED

WHEN THE COLEMAN'S
VIRTUAL MENACE

TURNS INTO A BRUTAL REALITY.

THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
E- MAILS BEING SENT TO SOMEBODY

VERSUS A THREAT
BEING MADE AT SOMEONE'S HOME.

THEY KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE.
WE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY.

- YOU GUYS READY TO EAT?
- YES!

Narrator:
CHRIS AND SHERI COLEMAN

AND THEIR TWO BOYS,
GARETT AND GAVIN,

HAVE BEEN THE PERFECT HAPPY
FAMILY FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS.

THEN, IN NOVEMBER 2008,
CHRIS RECEIVES A NUMBER

OF E-MAILS VOWING
TO KILL HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN.

I'M JUST GONNA
GET THE MAIL, HON.

- OKAY.
- OKAY.

Narrator: TWO MONTHS
AFTER THE DEATH THREATS,

AN UNMARKED, ANONYMOUS,

HAND-DELIVERED LETTER ARRIVES
IN THE COLEMANS' MAILBOX.

CHRIS, CAN YOU HAND ME
THE ORANGE JUICE, PLEASE?

CHRIS, THE JUICE.
ARE YOU LISTENING?

- WHAT IS THAT?
- IT'S NOTHING.

[ PAPERS RUSTLE ]

WELL,
YOUR FACE SAYS DIFFERENT,

SO WHAT DOES IT SAY?

IT SAYS, "DENY YOUR GOD
PUBLICLY OR ELSE.

"NO MORE OPPORTUNITIES.

TIME IS RUNNING OUT
FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY."

THE PERSON WHO WROTE THAT LETTER

THREATENED TO KILL HIS FAMILY
WHILE THEY SLEPT.

WE ABSOLUTELY THOUGHT
THIS COULD BE SOMETHING

WHERE SOMEBODY IS ACTUALLY GONNA
BE CRAZY ENOUGH

TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THIS.

WE TOOK THREATS VERY SERIOUS.

YOU COULD TELL
THE TOUGH EXTERIOR OF SHERI

WAS BEING A LITTLE JARRED.

[ ARGUMENT IN DISTANCE ]

Pastor Bridges:
OVER E-MAIL, IT'S VIRAL.

TO YOUR HOUSE, THAT'S PERSONAL.

THEY'VE INVADED YOUR SPACE,

AND I BELIEVE SHERI
STARTED TO FEEL THAT.

I BELIEVE
SHE WAS GENUINELY AFRAID.

Narrator: BUT WHEN HE RETURNED HIS TRIP,

CHRIS INSTALLS SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS
AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE.

CHRIS SEEN THAT THE LETTERS

AND E-MAILS
WERE GETTING MORE SEVERE,

SO WE PUT CAMERAS
AROUND HIS HOUSE,

AND THEN HE WAS WANTING TO KNOW
WHO WAS SNEAKING THESE LETTERS

IN HIS MAILBOX.

HE KNEW SOMETHING
WAS PRETTY SERIOUS,

OR HE WOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT.

Narrator:
VIDEO FROM THE CAMERAS

IS SENT TO A SCREEN
IN THE BASEMENT OFFICE.

I SEE YOU. [ CHUCKLES ]

THE FOOTAGE IS ALSO SAVED
ON A DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER.

THEN, AS SUDDENLY
AS THEY STARTED,

THE THREATS STOP.

AND, FOR THE TIME BEING,

LIFE RETURNS TO NORMAL
FOR THE COLEMAN FAMILY.

HEY, YOU GUYS, TIME TO EAT.

IN APRIL 2009,
SHERI WOULD TEXT, UH,

"THINGS ARE BETTER, UH, THINGS
ARE GREAT WITH ME AND CHRIS."

ONE PARTICULAR SAID, "UH,
I'M FIGHTING FOR MY MARRIAGE,

AND I'LL DO WHATEVER IT
TAKES TO MAKE IT WORK."

OKAY, I'LL GUESS I'LL HAVE
TO EAT ALL THE ICE CREAM MYSELF.

[ LAUGHS ]

THAT WHOLE MONTH, UH,

OUR CONVERSATIONS
AND TEXTS FELT LIKE OLD.

IT FELT LIKE IT USED TO BE.

Narrator:
BUT THE CALM DOESN'T LAST.

[ PAPERS RUSTLE ]

WHAT IS IT, CHRIS?

OH, MY GOD.
NOT AGAIN.

IN APRIL 2009, THE COLEMANS
RECEIVED ANOTHER LETTER,

AND THIS ONE SAYS,

"YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE
IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN."

SHERI, STAY THERE.

Narrator: CHRIS SCOURS
HIS SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE

FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE.

A SILHOUETTE IS CAUGHT
ON CAMERA.

BUT THE IDENTITY OF
THE SHADOWY FIGURE IS A MYSTERY.

[ CLICK ]

WHEN THE LETTER IN APRIL WAS
SENT, THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS USED

WAS JUST A LOT MORE INTENSE
DIRECTED TOWARDS CHRIS' FAMILY.

MORE OF A, "HEY,
THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE."

Narrator: WITH THE RISK
TO THE COLEMANS

APPEARING TO ESCALATE,

LOCAL POLICE
STEP UP THEIR RESPONSE.

HOW ARE YOU?

ONE NEIGHBOR TAKES A PARTICULAR
INTEREST IN THE CASE.

YOUR NEIGHBOR
ACROSS THE WAY THERE

HAS BEEN GETTING
SOME THREATENING E-MAILS...

Narrator: JUSTIN BARLOW
IS A DETECTIVE SERGEANT

WITH THE NEARBY CITY
OF COLUMBIA P.D.

- THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
- OKAY.

HAVE A GREAT DAY.

I REACHED OUT TO CHRIS COLEMAN
MYSELF.

I CALLED HIM, UM,
ON HIS CELL PHONE.

HELLO?

HEY, UH, I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND
ME BUTTING IN LIKE THIS,

BUT I'M WITH THE COLUMBIA P.D.

AND I SAID, "I KNOW YOU'RE...
YOU'RE GONE QUITE A BIT.

"YOU KNOW,
IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, UM,

IF YOUR FAMILY NEEDS ANYTHING,
HERE'S MY CELL PHONE NUMBER.

"A LOT OF TIMES I CAN RESPOND.

"YOU KNOW, SINCE I'M RIGHT HERE
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

"I MIGHT BE ABLE TO RESPOND
A LITTLE BIT QUICKER THAN, UH,

THE GUYS
AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT."

WELL, THANKS.
IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED.

IN LIGHT OF THE THREATS

THAT THE COLEMANS
WERE RECEIVING AT THE TIME,

WE WANTED TO BE AS PROACTIVE
WITH THIS CASE THAT WE COULD.

SO WE SET UP VIDEO CAMERAS
FROM MY HOUSE

SHOOTING THE DRIVEWAY
OF THE COLEMAN RESIDENCE.

Narrator:
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS,

FOOTAGE FROM BARLOW'S
SURVEILLANCE CAMERA

SHOWS THE COLEMAN FAMILY GOING
ABOUT THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES.

AT 5:45 ONE MAY MORNING,
CHRIS HEADS OUT TO THE GYM.

[ PHONE RINGING ]

ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER HE LEAVES,

CHRIS CALLS HOME
TO MAKE SURE SHERI AND THE BOYS

ARE UP IN TIME FOR SCHOOL.

[ RING ]

[ RING ]

CHRIS: Hi, Sheri. Call me.

ALARMED HIS WIFE'S
NOT ANSWERING...

- [ PHONE RINGING ]
- CHRIS CALLS HIS NEIGHBOR,

DETECTIVE JUSTIN BARLOW.

[ RING, BEEP ]

HELLO?

Hi, it's Chris Coleman.

HEY.

CHRIS TOLD ME THAT HE HAD LEFT
AROUND 5:30 IN THE MORNING,

WENT TO THE GYM
IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY TO WORK OUT,

AND HE STARTED
MAKING PHONE CALLS

TO MAKE SURE SHERI
AND THE BOYS WERE AWAKE.

THERE WAS NO ANSWER.

SHE AND THE BOYS
SHOULD BE UP BY NOW.

Barlow: BUT SHERI
WASN'T ANSWERING THE PHONE,

SO HE STARTED TO BECOME
A LITTLE CONCERNED.

SO HE ASKED ME
IF I COULD GO OVER, YOU KNOW,

TO CHECK ON SHERI AND THE BOYS.

- SURE.
- Thanks.

- I'll be home as quick as I can.
- OKAY.

AFTER I RECEIVED THE PHONE CALL,

I GRABBED THE THINGS
THAT I WOULD NORMALLY WEAR...

[ GUN CLACKS ]

MY, UH,
DEPARTMENT-ISSUED WEAPON,

A SET OF HANDCUFFS,
A FLASHLIGHT AND MY RADIO.

AND THEN I ASKED OUR DISPATCHER

TO SEND A MARKED UNIT TO HELP
ME SECURE THE RESIDENCE AND...

AND MAKE SURE THAT SHERI
AND THE BOYS WERE OKAY.

I WAS HOPING THAT I WAS GONNA
KNOCK ON THE DOOR,

WE'D MAKE CONTACT WITH HER,

AND EVERYTHING
WAS GONNA BE OKAY.

I KNOCKED ON THE DOOR,
RANG THE DOORBELL...

[ DOORBELL RINGS ]

...LOOKED INSIDE THE WINDOW.
UM, DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.

THE LIGHTS WERE OFF,
NO MOVEMENT,

NOBODY INSIDE THE HOME.

[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]

WITHIN NO TIME,

OFFICER JASON DONJON PULLED UP,
SAW ME AT THE FRONT DOOR.

NO ANSWER?

NO. I RANG, NOTHING.

I'LL CHECK THE BACK.

OKAY.

[ KNOCKS ON DOOR ]

[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER
CONTINUES ]

THEN HE WENT TO THE REAR
OF THE HOUSE

TO SEE IF HE COULD SEE
THROUGH A DOOR, A WINDOW

OR MAKE CONTACT WITH ANYBODY
THROUGH THE BACK OF THE HOUSE.

I got something
around the back here.

AS SOON AS HE GOT BACK THERE,

HE GOT ON THE RADIO
AND SAID, "THERE'S A SCREEN.

SIGNS OF FORCED ENTRY
INTO THE BASEMENT."

I'm gonna call for backup.

AT THIS STAGE, I WAS THINKING
SOMETHING'S GOING ON.

I WAS STARTING TO THINK
THAT SOMEBODY'S IN DANGER.

[ SWITCH CLICKS ]

COLUMBIA POLICE!

COLUMBIA POLICE!

AT THIS TIME,
WE'RE SEARCHING AND... AND...

AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE
NO THREATS IN THE BASEMENT.

Narrator:
DISCONNECTED VIDEO CABLES

INDICATE THE RECORDER

FOR THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS
HAS DISAPPEARED.

[ SWITCH CLICKS ]

COLUMBIA POLICE!

AS WE WORKED OUR WAY
FROM THE STEPS OF THE BASEMENT,

I'LL... I'LL NEVER FORGET,
TO THIS DAY,

JUST THAT STRONG SMELL

BEFORE WE EVEN OPENED THAT DOOR
OF AEROSOL TYPE OF...

OF SPRAY PAINT.

I JUST REMEMBERED SEEING
SPRAY PAINT OF...

OF MESSAGES
ALL OVER THE... THE WALL.

IT WAS JUST KIND OF LIKE...
LIKE SATAN HIMSELF

WAS LAUGHING AT YOU,
LAUGHING AT US.

IT WAS JUST NOTHING
BUT PURE EVIL.

Narrator: 13 MINUTES AFTER
HIS CALL TO JUSTIN BARLOW,

CHRIS COLEMAN
RETURNS HOME FROM THE GYM.

CHRIS, JUST STAY THERE.

WE DON'T KNOW
WHO IS IN THE HOUSE.

I SAW THAT IT WAS CHRIS COLEMAN,

AND THEN
RIGHT BEHIND CHRIS COLEMAN

WAS OFFICER STEVE PATTON
RESPONDING TO HELP US OUT.

WHAT HAPPENED?
WHERE ARE THEY?

I TRIED TO OBVIOUSLY
NOT PORTRAY TO CHRIS

THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING
BIG GOING ON INSIDE.

CHRIS DIDN'T TRY TO COME IN,
DIDN'T ASK QUESTIONS.

HE JUST SAT OUTSIDE.

WE DON'T KNOW
WHERE SHERI AND THE BOYS ARE.

AND WE DON'T KNOW
WHO ELSE IS IN THE HOUSE.

OKAY.
LET'S GO.

I THINK WHAT WAS
GOING ON EMOTIONALLY

FOR ALL THREE OF US IS JUST,

WE NEED TO GET UP THERE AND FACE
WHATEVER WE'RE GONNA FACE.

GOING UPSTAIRS, THERE WERE
SPRAY-PAINTED MESSAGES.

IT WAS, LIKE, LEADING US
TO WHAT THEY WANTED US TO FIND.

DETECTIVE BARLOW ENTERS THE ROOM
OF THE ELDEST COLEMAN BOY,

11-YEAR-OLD GARETT.

I JUST REMEMBER SEEING GARETT
THERE.

HE JUST LOOKED
LIKE HE WAS ASLEEP.

I WENT TO CHECK FOR SIGNS
OF LIFE AND DIDN'T FIND ANY.

THE SKIN WAS COLD TO THE TOUCH.

HE, UH... HIS...

HIS SKIN JUST FELT REAL...

REAL STIFF, REAL... REAL THICK,

IF YOU WILL.

AND THERE WERE LIGATURE MARKS
AROUND HIS NECK.

I WAS THINKING,
"IT'S JUST A NIGHTMARE."

I MEAN...
JUST SOMETHING THAT'S PURE EVIL.

JUST... JUST SOMETHING THAT,

YOU KNOW, SEEING SOMEONE
TAKE THE LIFE OF A CHILD.

YOU... YOU JUST
CAN'T DESCRIBE IT.

Narrator: IN THE NEXT ROOM,
STEVE PATTON CHECKS

ON GARETT'S YOUNGER BROTHER,
GAVIN.

MARKS ON HIS NECK SHOW HE, TOO,
HAS BEEN STRANGLED TO DEATH.

THE KILLER HAS ALSO SPRAYED
AN OBSCENE MESSAGE

ON THE YOUNG BOY'S BED SHEETS.

FINALLY POLICE
ENTERED THE MASTER BEDROOM.

COLUMBIA POLICE DEPARTMENT!

SHERI WAS LYING ACROSS THE BED.
SHE WAS NAKED.

SHE HAD HER HAIR
JUST DRAPED ACROSS HER FACE.

HER BODY, HER LIMBS
WERE JUST VERY, VERY STIFF.

WE LEARN ABOUT RIGOR MORTIS,

AND TO ME, IT LOOKED LIKE IT
HAD EITHER STARTED TO SET IN,

OR IT WAS GETTING CLOSE.

Narrator: TELLTALE BRUISING
ON SHERI'S BODY

INDICATES SHE PUT UP A FIGHT.

HELLO?!

WHAT'S GOING ON?

Barlow:
WE HEAR CHRIS COLEMAN COME IN,

AND HE KIND OF
ANNOUNCES HIMSELF.

AND WHAT I'M THINKING IS,
"HOW DO I JUST TELL THIS GUY

HIS WIFE AND TWO KIDS ARE DEAD?"

CHRIS...

THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

Barlow:
SO OFFICER PATTON AND I...

LET'S GO OUTSIDE.

...GO UP TO CHRIS.

WE GUIDE HIM OUT OF THE...
OUT OF THE HOME VERY,

WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER
FOR THE SITUATION,

VERY... VERY GENTLY.

COME ON, CHRIS.

[ BREATHING UNEVENLY ]

[ CRYING ]

AFTER OFFICER PATTON AND I
WALK CHRIS OUT OF THE HOUSE,

HE SAYS HE'S GONNA THROW UP

AND THEN KINDA GETS IN THE FETAL
POSITION AND STARTS CRYING.

[ SOBBING ]

[ BREATHING UNEVENLY ]

[ CRYING ]
SHERI, THE BOYS...

CHRIS CALLED JUST
ABSOLUTELY SCREAMING,

UH, "SOMETHING'S HAPPENED
TO SHERI AND THE BOYS.

SOMETHING'S HAPPENED TO SHERI
AND THE BOYS."

THEY WON'T LET...
THEY WON'T LET ME IN.

THEY WON'T LET ME IN.

UH, CHRIS WAS IN SHOCK.

UH, HE WAS JUST...
HE WAS JUST IN SHOCK.

HE WAS JUST IN ANOTHER WORLD.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

HE JUST COULD NOT BELIEVE
WHAT TOOK PLACE.

Narrator: NEWS OF THE MURDERS

REVERBERATES AROUND
THE SMALL COMMUNITY OF WATERLOO.

Barlow: WE DECIDED TO GET CHRIS
OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE,

JUST TO MAKE SURE
THAT HE'S COMFORTABLE

AND JUST TRY
TO HELP HIM IN ANY WAY WE CAN.

[ CRYING ]

Narrator:
CHRIS COLEMAN IS TAKEN

TO THE NEARBY
COLUMBIA POLICE DEPARTMENT.

BARLOW ASKS CHRIS IF HE CAN SHED
ANY LIGHT ON THE KILLINGS.

Barlow: MYSELF AND MY PARTNER

STARTED THE INTERVIEW WITH,
"ALL RIGHT,

"LET'S JUST GET AN IDEA
OF WHAT'S GOIN' ON WITH YOU,

"WHAT'S GOIN' ON
WITH YOUR FAMILY,

WHAT YOU DID LAST NIGHT,"

JUST MORE OF A STATEMENT TYPE
OF THING.

[ SNIFFLING ]

DURING OUR INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS,

WE WANTED TO GET AS MUCH
BACKGROUND INFORMATION, UM,

ABOUT THE VICTIMS AS WE COULD.

CHRIS TELLS US HE AND SHERI
HAD A GREAT MARRIAGE,

SAYS THAT THEY DID HAVE
A ROUGH PATCH BACK IN, UH, 2008.

AND WE START ASKING CHRIS, "HAVE
YOU EVER CHEATED ON SHERI?"

AND HE SAYS, "NO,
I'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE."

AND THEN THE NAME TARA LINTZ

GETS BROUGHT INTO THE...
INTO THE EQUATION.

COLEMAN DENIES HAVING AN AFFAIR

BUT ADMITS HE'S BECOME
VERY CLOSE TO TARA LINTZ,

A HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND OF SHERI'S

WHO HE MET UP
WITH WHILE WORKING IN FLORIDA.

AND THEN, WE ASKED HIM,

"HAVE YOU EVER TALKED
OR DONE ANYTHING WITH TARA

THAT SHERI WOULDN'T APPROVE OF?"

AND THEN,
CHRIS STARTS TO TELL US

HOW TARA AND HIM HAD TALKED
ABOUT THEIR BODY PARTS.

THEY'VE SENT PICTURES AND...

AND VIDEOS
OF EACH OTHER BACK AND FORTH,

BUT THAT'S IT.

Narrator: TO GET A HANDLE

ON THE TRUE EXTENT
OF THE RELATIONSHIP,

THE POLICE CONTACT TARA LINTZ.

WHEN THE INVESTIGATORS
ARRIVED AND SPOKE TO TARA,

SHE ADMITTED THAT HER
AND CHRIS COLEMAN

WERE HAVING AN AFFAIR.

THEY HAD BEEN SEEING EACH OTHER
SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2008,

WHICH WAS VERY EERIE

BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE THREATS
STARTED COMING IN

WITH THE E-MAILS ABOUT
CHRIS' FAMILY BEING MURDERED.

TARA SAID SOMETHING VERY ODD.

SHE ASKED
IF SHE NEEDED AN ATTORNEY.

AND WE JUST THOUGHT
THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY WEIRD.

WHY WOULD SHE ASK SOMETHING
LIKE THAT

IF SHE WASN'T INVOLVED
IN SOME WAY?

Narrator: EVENTUALLY, CHRIS ALSO
ADMITS TO THE AFFAIR

BUT INSISTS IT'S OVER.

CHRIS TOLD ME THAT HE RECOGNIZED
THAT WHAT HE WAS DOING

WAS ABSOLUTELY WRONG AND WAS
TRYING TO BREAK AWAY FROM IT.

BUT TARA REALLY
WOULD NEVER REALLY LET HIM GO,

JUST LET IT GO AND DROP IT.

Narrator:
CHRIS CLAIMS TARA REFUSES

TO ACCEPT THE RELATIONSHIP
HAS ENDED,

AND SHE'S CONSTANTLY PUSHING HIM
TO LEAVE SHERI.

Heine: TARA AND CHRIS
BOUGHT BLACK RINGS THAT THEY

WORE WHEN THEY WERE TOGETHER.

THEY WERE LIKE WEDDING RINGS,

AND WHEN WE WENT OUT
AND SPOKE TO HER,

SHE WAS WEARING THIS RING.

TARA WANTED SHERI'S LIFE.

SHE WANTED TO LIVE
HAPPILY EVER AFTER WITH CHRIS.

Narrator: SUDDENLY, TARA LINTZ

BECOMES A PERSON OF
EXTREME INTEREST TO DETECTIVES.

WE DEFINITELY HAD TO CHECK OUT

AND FIND OUT
WHERE SHE WAS DURING THAT TIME.

Narrator: WHILE POLICE CHECK
ON THE WHEREABOUTS OF TARA LINTZ

ON THE DAY OF THE MURDERS,

CHRIS COLEMAN IS RELEASED.

JUST BECAUSE CHRIS HAD AN AFFAIR
WITH TARA,

IT DID NOT MEAN THAT HE MURDERED
HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN.

[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS
AND WHINES ]

Narrator:
THE BRUTAL DEATHS OF SHERI,

GARETT, AND GAVIN TRIGGER ONE

OF THE BIGGEST
MURDER INVESTIGATIONS

IN ILLINOIS' HISTORY.

[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]

A TASK FORCE
OF 25 EXPERIENCED INVESTIGATORS

IS IMMEDIATELY ASSIGNED
TO TRACK DOWN THE KILLER.

[ SIREN WAILING,
POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]

Heine:
WE WORKED 15 DAYS STRAIGHT,

AND THESE WERE 18, 20-HOUR DAYS.

IT WAS HUGE.

UM, WE CALLED IN PROFESSIONALS
FROM MANY AREAS

TO HELP US WITH THIS CASE.

Narrator:
EARLY SUSPECT TARA LINTZ

IS SOON CLEARED OF SUSPICION.

WE USED INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES
TO CONFIRM,

YES, SHE WAS IN FLORIDA.

SHE WAS NEVER IN ILLINOIS,
NEVER IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA.

SHE WAS WHERE SHE...
SHE TOLD US SHE WAS.

Narrator: THE TASK FORCE
FOCUSES ITS EFFORTS

ON IDENTIFYING THE SOURCE

OF THE HATE-FILLED E-MAILS
SENT TO CHRIS COLEMAN.

EVERY HOSTILE MESSAGE RECEIVED
BY THE JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES

IN THE LAST YEAR IS EXAMINED.

THE THREATS THAT WE INVESTIGATED
LED US TO ARIZONA, FLORIDA,

UH, ALL OVER TO DIFFERENT PARTS
OF THE COUNTRY.

EACH PERSON WHO'D E-MAILED
THEIR GRIEVANCES TO MEYER

IS TRACKED DOWN AND INTERVIEWED,

BUT TO NO AVAIL.

NOBODY THAT WE... THAT WE TALKED
TO THAT SENT THESE THREATS

REALLY ROSE TO OUR SUSPICION,
UM, TO A LEVEL OF THEM

BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMITTING
THE MURDERS

OF SHERI, GARETT,
AND GAVIN COLEMAN.

Narrator: BUT WHILE ONE
DIGITAL TRAIL HITS A DEAD END,

ANOTHER
PROVIDES THE INVESTIGATION

WITH AN UNEXPECTED BREAKTHROUGH.

THE COMPUTER FORENSICS TEAM
EXTRACTS THE PRECISE DATE

AND TIME THE FIRST MESSAGE
FROM destroychris WAS GENERATED.

JUST BEFORE THE FIRST
THREATENING E-MAIL WAS SENT.

WE FOUND OUT THAT THAT E-MAIL

WAS SENT FROM
CHRIS COLEMAN'S I.P. ADDRESS.

Narrator: THE ELECTRONIC
EVIDENCE IS OVERWHELMING.

THE PERSON BEHIND

THE DEATH THREATS
TO HIS FAMILY...

[ TYPING ]

...IS CHRIS COLEMAN HIMSELF.

Narrator: IN THEIR HUNT

FOR THE KILLER OF SHERI, GARETT,
AND GAVIN COLEMAN...

[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]

A MAJOR CASE SQUAD

HAS IDENTIFIED CHRIS COLEMAN
AS THE PERSON

BEHIND THE DEATH THREATS
AIMED AT HIS FAMILY.

BUT BEFORE HE CAN BE CHARGED,

INVESTIGATORS
NEED CORROBORATING EVIDENCE.

EXPERTS CHECK FOR SIMILARITIES

BETWEEN THE SPRAY-PAINTED
MESSAGES IN THE COLEMANS' HOME

AND CHRIS' HANDWRITING.

WE DID THAT BY TAKING
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SAMPLES

THAT WERE LEFT
AT THE CRIME SCENE,

TAKING THE KNOWN SAMPLES
THAT WE GOT FROM CHRIS COLEMAN,

AND WE SENT IT
TO A HANDWRITING EXPERT.

THE EXPERT LOOKED AT IT,

COMPARED IT AND SAID
IT'S A MATCH.

Narrator:
THE GRAFFITI PROVIDES

A FURTHER CRITICAL PIECE
OF EVIDENCE.

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
IDENTIFIES THE PRECISE BRAND

AND COLOR OF THE SPRAY PAINT
AS RUST-OLEUM CANDY APPLE RED.

WHEN DETECTIVE KARLA HEINE
DISCOVERS EVIDENCE OF COLEMAN

MAKING A RECENT PURCHASE
AT A HARDWARE STORE,

SHE FOLLOWS A HUNCH
AND CALLS THE MANAGER.

SHE SAID, "WELL, HE BOUGHT
SOME SPRAY PAINT THERE."

I WAS, LIKE, "YOU'RE KIDDING ME.
WHAT KIND OF SPRAY PAINT?"

"IT WAS RUST-OLEUM,
CANDY APPLE RED."

I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EARS.

YOU DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE
THAT CHRIS COLEMAN COULD KILL

HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN.

YOU JUST DIDN'T WANT
TO BELIEVE IT.

BUT ALL OF THE OVERWHELMING
PIECES OF EVIDENCE

KEPT COMING IN,
AND THEY KEPT POINTING TO HIM.

Narrator: RESULTS FROM AUTOPSIES
OF THE VICTIMS

ONLY ADDS TO THE EVIDENCE
AGAINST CHRIS.

THE TIME OF DEATH
BECAME A BIG FACTOR FOR US

BECAUSE CHRIS TOLD US
DURING THE INVESTIGATION

THAT HE HAD LEFT AROUND 5:45
THAT MORNING.

SO, DURING THE INVESTIGATION,

WE REACHED OUT TO A PATHOLOGIST
OUT IN NEW YORK,

AND HE ACTUALLY CONFIRMED
THAT SHERI, GARETT, AND GAVIN

WERE PROBABLY KILLED
AROUND 3:00 A.M. THAT MORNING,

WHICH PUTS CHRISTOPHER COLEMAN

IN THAT HOUSE
AROUND THE TIME OF DEATH.

Narrator: EXACTLY TWO WEEKS
AFTER THE BODIES OF SHERI,

GARETT, AND GAVIN WERE FOUND,

CHRIS COLEMAN IS ARRESTED

AND CHARGED
WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

Man: MURDERER!

Woman: BABY KILLER!

Woman: MURDERER!

Narrator:
WITH SUCH OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE,

COLEMAN IS HELD WITHOUT BOND.

MURDERER!

THIS IS THE MOST PERSONAL CRIME
THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE

BECAUSE IT TAKES A LONG TIME
TO STRANGLE SOMEBODY.

IT TAKES FIVE TO SEVEN MINUTES,
OKAY?

IT'S NOT AN INSTANT THING.

SO YOU HAD TO DO THAT
THREE TIMES,

THREE TIMES...

YOUR WIFE
AND THEN YOUR OLDEST SON

AND THEN YOUR YOUNGEST SON.

Narrator: WHAT COULD POSSIBLY
HAVE DRIVEN COLEMAN

TO SLAUGHTER HIS FAMILY?

SHERI'S DISCOVERY
OF HER HUSBAND'S AFFAIR

WITH TARA LINTZ
MAY HAVE BEEN THE CATALYST.

WHEN IT CAME OUT
THAT CHRIS WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR,

SHERI WAS ACTUALLY THE PERSON
WHO TOLD ME.

HEY, JESS.
YOU WANT TO COME IN HERE

AND SEE THE WOMAN MY HUSBAND'S
HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH?

WHAT?

ARE YOU SURE?

OH, YEAH.
I'VE SEEN THE TEXTS.

I'VE HEARD THEM TALKING.

SHE WAS, LIKE... [ SNIFFLES ]
"HERE SHE IS."

AND SHE PULLED UP FACEBOOK,

TYPED IN A NAME, SPUN IT AROUND,
AND SHOWED ME THIS WOMAN'S FACE.

TARA LINTZ.

[ TYPING ]

WE USED TO BE BEST FRIENDS.
[ LAUGHS ]

AND THE FUNNY THING IS,
I INTRODUCED HIM TO HER.

[ LAUGHS ]

AND THEN, IT JUST STARTED, LIKE,
A... LIKE A CRACKING OF CHINA.

LIKE,
SHE JUST COMPLETELY CAME APART.

LET'S CALL HIM RIGHT NOW
AND SEE IF HE ANSWERS, RIGHT?

DON'T...
DON'T DO THIS TO YOURSELF.

LET'S... LET'S CALL
AND SEE IF HE ANSWERS.

SHERI.

BECAUSE HE'S GONNA COME HOME
BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BE WITH US.

[ CRYING ] BECAUSE HE WANTS
TO SEE HIS BOYS...

AND BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BE
WITH ME.

BUT SHERI LOVED CHRIS SO MUCH

THAT SHE REALLY MEANT
"TILL DEATH DO US PART."

AND SO IF YOU THINK
ABOUT THAT KIND OF COMPASSION

AND THAT KIND OF LOYALTY,

KNOWING CHRIS
WOULD HAVE DONE THIS,

SHERI WOULD'VE OFFERED
THAT MAN FORGIVENESS.

- [ CRYING ] I LOVE HIM.
- I KNOW.

I CAN'T LOSE HIM, JESS.
I LOVE HIM.

Narrator: CHRIS REALIZED SHERI
WOULD NEVER DIVORCE HIM,

AND IF HIS BOSS,
EVANGELIST JOYCE MEYER,

HAD HEARD ABOUT HIS ADULTERY,

IT COULD'VE COST HIM
HIS HIGH-PAID, JET-SETTING JOB.

AND HE'S ALSO HAVE RUN THE RISK
OF LOSING TARA.

I COULD NOT BELIEVE
THAT THESE TWO YOUNG BOYS

WERE KILLED IN THEIR BEDS.

THAT'S THE SAFEST PLACE
IN THEIR LITTLE WORLDS,

IS SAFE IN THEIR BEDS.

IT WAS JUST SO HEARTBREAKING.

Narrator: PRECISELY TWO YEARS
TO THE DAY

AFTER HIS FAMILY
WAS FOUND SLAIN,

CHRIS COLEMAN IS FOUND GUILTY

OF THREE COUNTS
OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

HE'S SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON
WITHOUT PAROLE.