I’ve been following this one for quite a while.  The suspect was a security guard for a popular local television ministry.  He claimed to be at a local gym when his wife and two sons were strangled to death.  He was recently let go from his job amid allegations of an affair.  For a religious organization to fire someone in the aftermath of his family’s murder, he had to be doing something wrong.  I hope he didn’t kill his entire family just to pursue an affair.

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Did this man strangle his entire family?

Did this man strangle his entire family?

Christopher Coleman, charged with strangling his wife and two sons, arrived at the courthouse in Waterloo about 10:40 a.m. today as a crowd gathered outside chanting “murderer.”

Coleman was arrested Tuesday night and charged with three counts of murder.

Investigators learned of evidence Tuesday that led to the three charges of first-degree murder being filed, said Maj. Jeff Connor, commander of the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis. Columbia Police Chief Joe Edwards said some of the evidence was new, and other breakthroughs came from forensic testing. Neither would discuss a motive.

Coleman, 32, was arrested late Tuesday at his parents’ home in Chester, Ill., and was taken to the Columbia Police Department. He left, dressed in an orange jumpsuit, for the Monroe County Jail later in the evening. Coleman was to be held without bond until going before a judge today…

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