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	Judge declares Coleman indigent in murder case Taxpayer-funded defense lawyers are named to represent him. Coleman gets publicly funded lawyers Sheri Coleman's family seeking more information from ministry

legal proceedings

Police say they know who killed Colemans, await word from prosecutor

'Our investigation reveals who is responsible' for slayings of woman and her sons, Major Case Squad official says; next step is prosecutor's.

Coleman arrested in killing of family

Coleman pleads not guilty as neighborhood copes with family's murder

Coleman house is near foreclosure

Coleman held for trial after testimony about divorce, time of family's death

Coleman gets publicly funded lawyers

Civil suit draws Joyce Meyer Ministries deeper into Coleman murder case

Man whose family was slain resigns from Joyce Meyer Ministries

Coleman's attorneys get 2 judges disqualified in murder case

Sheri Coleman's family seeking more information from ministry

Ruling on Coleman's records at Joyce Meyer is postponed

Inquest to be held after all in Coleman murders

Family wins burial delay from court

Timeline in Coleman family murders

New judge for the Coleman case

Lawyer wants to drop Coleman's dad

Coleman planned to marry lover, warrants say

Judge declares Coleman indigent in murder case

Sheri Coleman's family plans wrongful death lawsuit

Sheri's name removed from home deed

Monroe County state's attorney to seek death penalty against Coleman

investigation

Cops seized plane boarding passes, paint receipts from Coleman home

Detectives also found along Interstate 255 orange twine similar to that on bales of straw behind the Coleman house.

Police say Columbia, Ill., father not working the night family was slain

Police say they're making progress in Columbia murder case

Police return house to Coleman

Police question girlfriend of man whose family was slain

Major Case Squad continues to investigate killings

Squad gets more time to solve Columbia killings

Colemans were dead before suspect left home, sources say

Columbia, Ill., bought more cameras after murders

Glove may be evidence in Coleman family murder

Coleman detective squad leaves murder case in prosecutor's hands

Drugs played no role in Coleman slayings

Cops take Christopher Coleman's fingerprints, say they are not calling him a suspect

Police ID the murder victims in Columbia, Ill.

Coroner: Colemans died of strangulation

coleman family

Sheri Coleman lawyer seeks court order against Joyce Meyer

The attorney for Sheri Coleman's family says the ministries' request for a confidentiality agremeent "ain't gonna happen."

Coleman family neighbors are left wondering and in limbo

'Punished' scrawled on Coleman wall

multimedia

VIDEO: Neighbor reflects on Coleman arrest

VIDEO: Coleman homicide case press conference

VIDEO: Christopher Coleman arrives in court

VIDEO: Raw video of Coleman family press conference

GALLERY: Coleman family photos

GALLERY: Christopher Coleman arrested

court documents

PDF: Coleman search warrant complaint

PDF: Chris Coleman search warrant

PDF: Coleman house search warrant

PDF: Second house search warrant

PDF: Search warrant for straw bails

PDF: Coleman vehicle search warrant

PDF: Affidavit seeking indigent status

coleman mortage documents

Coleman's first mortgage
First and last pages from the document. [more]

Coleman's mortgage refinance
First and last pages of the document.

Coleman's quit claim deed
Document removing Sheri Coleman's name from their Columbia, Ill., home. [more]

joyce meyer ministries

Coleman was model employee who saw self as "tactless, unaffectionate"

Information on defendant is revealed in Joyce Meyer Ministries documents.

Coleman claimed top-secret government clearance

Joyce Meyer Ministries turns over Coleman file

Battle for Joyce Meyer documents on Coleman going to court

Joyce Meyer Ministries wants material on accused killer kept private

Coleman claimed to be 'born again' before hired by ministry

memorials

Community mourns slain family at vigil in Columbia, Ill.

Major Case Squad returns to Columbia, Ill., today.

Community mourns slain family at vigil in Columbia, Ill.