Testimony: Suspects bragged of dragging black man to death
Source: Associated Press
Updated 7:33 pm, Thursday, November 30, 2017
GRIFFIN, Ga. (AP) The case of two Georgia men accused of dragging a black man to his death behind a pickup truck is going before a grand jury.
Multiple media outlets report brothers-in-law William Moore Sr. and Frank Gebhardt appeared Thursday in magistrate court for a probable cause hearing at which a judge decided there was enough evidence against the men to proceed.
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"They were proud of what they had done," said Coleman, who works with the GBI's cold case unit. "They felt like they were protecting the white race from black people."
Coleman said the men stabbed Coggins nearly 30 times, then chained his body to the pickup and dragged him into the woods.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Testimony-Suspects-bragged-of-dragging-black-man-12396632.php
Frankie Gebhardt, left, and Bill Moore Sr. are accused of killing Timothy Coggins
(Spalding County Sheriff's Office)
Timothy Coggins, Rest in Peace
Georgia cold case: Killers meant to 'send a message,' sheriff says of 1983 slaying
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/14/five-arrested-in-1983-murder-georgia-black-man.html
Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)alone at the hands of these evil bastards. And the family having to hear the horrible details of what happened to him.
dalton99a
(81,599 posts)They had help:
Prosecutor: Black man dragged behind truck for socializing with a white female
By Nelson Helm
Posted: 6:52 p.m. Wednesday, November 01, 2017
(Top, from left to right) Frankie Gebhardt, Bill Moore Sr. and Gregory Huffman; (bottom) Sandra Bunn and Lamar Bunn were arrested Friday, Oct. 13, 2017 in connection with the 1983 death of Timothy Coggins.
The other three charged in the case are out on bond.
Sandra Bunn, 61, and her son, Lamar, were charged with obstruction of justice. Bunn is Gebhardts sister. Gregory Huffman, 47, was charged with violation of oath of office and obstruction of justice.
mountain grammy
(26,655 posts)Some of them are nice people.
iluvtennis
(19,876 posts)radical noodle
(8,013 posts)To think that they got away with it for 34 years just sickens me.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Deplorable.
democrank
(11,112 posts)I hope Timothy Coggins' family gets the justice they deserve.
Canoe52
(2,949 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)be rid of them.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)after 34 years 5 people arrested including cops.
Amazing that they broke it after so long.
denvine
(802 posts)May they suffer excruciatingly until their last miserable breath!
packman
(16,296 posts)Confiscate all their property, leave nothing for their descendants and give it to the remaining members of Timothy Coggins family. Does Georgia have a death penalty?
raven mad
(4,940 posts)I hope Timothy met my departed kitties and Matthew Shepard on his way to the gates. This makes me so sick.