Dad’s Deadly Affair Leads to Family's Brutal Murder

Murder Files Unsealed · Sep 23, 2026 · 54m · transcript

This episode details the 2009 triple homicide of Sherry Coleman and her two young sons in Columbia, Illinois. While the crime initially appeared to be the work of an anonymous harasser targeting the family due to the father’s security work for a televangelist, investigators eventually discovered the threats were fabricated. The evidence revealed that Chris Coleman murdered his own family to pursue a secret life with his mistress without losing his high-paying job. Physical clues, including misspelled words in the threats and a specific timeline of rigor mortis, ultimately connected him to the…