Charles Coleman (murderer)
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Charles Troy Coleman (March 15, 1947 – September 10, 1990)[2] was an American convicted murderer and suspected serial killer who was executed in 1990 by the state of Oklahoma.[3] He was convicted in 1979 of the murder of John Seward, who, along with his wife, was killed by a shotgun blast in rural Muskogee County, when they interrupted a robbery at a relative's house.[4][2] He also murdered Russell E. Lewis in a fatal carjacking in 1979 and is suspected of murdering the father of his former girlfriend in 1975. Despite killing at least three people, he was never convicted of the murder of Seward's wife and his sentence for Lewis's murder was overturned.[5]
Charles Coleman | |
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Born | Charles Troy Coleman (1947-03-15)March 15, 1947[1] Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Died | September 10, 1990(1990-09-10) (aged 43) |
Cause of death | Execution by lethal injection |
Criminal status | Executed |
Conviction(s) | First degree murder |
Criminal penalty | Death (October 12, 1979) |
Details | |
Victims | 3–4 |
Date | February 9, 1979 and April 25, 1979 |
Country | United States |
State(s) | Oklahoma and possibly California |
Coleman was sentenced to death for the murder of John Seward and was executed after almost twelve years on death row at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. He was executed via lethal injection at the age of 43 after exhausting all appeals.[3] He became the first person to be executed in Oklahoma since the 1966 electrocution of James Donald French after the United States Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, and the first person in Oklahoma to be executed by lethal injection.[3]