Family of murdered woman and sons file lawsuit against husband
The family of Sheri Coleman who was murdered along with her two young sons Garett (R) and Gavin in Columbia, Illinois on May 5, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the husband and father Christopher Coleman, and his employer, the Joyce Meyer Ministries, in Waterloo, Illinois on May 26, 2009. Although there are no survivors of the crime, the family wants to strip Christopher Coleman of all family holdings and to ensure there is no gain to him from the result of the murders. Christopher Coleman is being held in the Monroe, Illinois County jail without bond. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)
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WATERLOO, Ill., April 29 (UPI) -- Televangelist Joyce Meyer's videotaped deposition was played for a jury Friday at the Illinois trial of a former employee charged with killing his family.
WATERLOO, Ill., April 25 (UPI) -- A former security guard for televangelist Joyce Meyer went on trial Monday in southern Illinois on charges of killing his wife and two sons.
WATERLOO, Ill., April 6 (UPI) -- Televangelist Joyce Meyer gave taped testimony to be used at the trial of a former security guard charged in Illinois with killing his family.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- A Missouri judge says he will hold a hearing this month on whether to admit at trial statements made by a woman whose husband is accused of killing her.
WATERLOO, Ill., Dec. 8 (UPI) -- An Illinois man forfeited his right to challenge his wife's statements when he killed her, prosecutors allege.
WATERLOO, Ill., Feb. 10 (UPI) -- A judge in Monroe County, Ill., said a lapsed deadline means televangelist Joyce Meyer will not be deposed as part of a wrongful-death lawsuit.
WATERLOO, Ill., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- A Christian television ministry shares responsibility for the death of an Illinois woman and her sons, allegedly killed by her husband, her family says.
WATERLOO, Ill., Sept. 5 (UPI) -- A judge has appointed counsel for a man accused of killing his wife and two sons because his lawyers are not certified to try Illinois death penalty cases.
WATERLOO, Mo., May 27 (UPI) -- A televangelism operation in Missouri has been drawn into a wrongful death case involving a former security guard, court papers indicate.
COLUMBIA, Ill., May 26 (UPI) -- The family of a woman and two sons allegedly strangled by her husband said Tuesday that ominous messages were written on the walls of their Illinois home.
