E20: Alton Coleman & Debra Brown

On this episode we get talk about killer couple, Alton Coleman & Debra Brown, who in a span of two months, assaulted, raped and murdered their way from Illinois to Michigan and down to Kentucky before authorities were finally able to capture them. We get into the killers early lives, go into detail about the crimes and share as much as we were able to find about the victims. Coleman and Brown’s crime spree didn’t last long but they were brutal. We get into the investigation and their arrest. After we share with you where they are now, we share some of our take aways, shout outs, goodies you should know about, and as always “how not to get murdered”. Join the conversation and give us your tips by sharing the hashtag #hownottogetmurdered

STATS

8 murder victims
Victims : Vernita Wheat, 9 / Tamika Turks, 7 / Donna Williams, 25 / Virginia Temple and her daughter Rachelle, 9 / Tonnie Storey, 15 / Marlene Walters, 44 / A 77-year-old man
Most of the victims were young black girls. Tonnie storey was white.
They would lure, kidnap, rape, rob and strangle their victims.
Multiple states : Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky.
Alton Coleman alone was charged with 6 rapes from 1973 to 1983
The Murders took place from May to July of 1984

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Shout Outs

Stay Tuned With Preet https://www.npr.org/podcasts/551791730/stay-tuned-with-preet
Happy Face Podcast https://people.howstuffworks.com/whats-it-like-to-have-serial-killer-for-dad.htm

Crime News

Ferguson protesters have been turning up dead https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/01/police-believe-ferguson-protesters-son-killed-himself-his-mother-insists-he-was-lynched/?utm_term=.667e644af629

Footnotes

Photo credit: http://crimefeed.com/2017/07/serial-killer-couple-alton-coleman-debra-brown-apprehended-32-years-ago-today/

Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alton_Coleman

Murderpedia http://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/brown-debra.htm

http://murderpedia.org/male.C/c1/coleman-alton.htm

https://www.nwitimes.com/news/state-and-regional/true-crime-the-murder-spree-of-alton-coleman-and-debra/article_05b1a602-dd94-5e53-8f4e-345681725c4d.html

https://www.thoughtco.com/serial-killer-debra-brown-973117

https://youtu.be/rz0gyV8_mDo