Prosecutor reveals new details in 1983 slaying of black man
Source: Associated Press
Updated 7:36 am, Thursday, November 2, 2017
GRIFFIN, Ga. (AP) — A black man slain in Georgia 34 years ago was killed because he had been "socializing with a white female," a prosecutor said as he asked a judge to deny bond for two suspects in the recently revived cold case.
Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney Ben Coker revealed new details at a court hearing Wednesday in the 1983 slaying of Timothy Coggins. Two white men were charged with murder last month after authorities reopened the cold case in Spalding County, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of Atlanta.
The prosecutor said 23-year-old Coggins died from being dragged behind a pickup truck through the woods. He had been stabbed and suffered cuts on his neck, back and stomach, news outlets reported.
"The murder of Timothy Coggins was due to Coggins socializing with a white female," Coker told the judge.
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Earlier articles:
Killers meant to 'send a message,' sheriff says of 1983 slaying
Two arrested, charged with murder
By: ELIOTT C. MCLAUGHLIN
Posted: Oct 20, 2017 10:43 AM EDT
Updated: Oct 20, 2017 10:43 AM EDT
From left, Bill Moore Sr. and Frankie Gebhardt have been charged with murder in Coggins' death, while Gregory Huffman, Lamar Bunn and his mother, Sandra Bunn, have been charged with obstruction, police say.
GRIFFIN, Georgia (CNN) - Timothy Coggins was stabbed multiple times, likely in the field where hunters found his body in Sunny Side, Georgia, on October 9, 1983, investigators at the time told the local newspaper.
The state crime lab determined that both of Coggins' lungs were punctured, investigator Larry Campbell said, and there were blood stains and tire tracks at the scene. Planes approaching the grass landing strip at Beaverbrook Aerodrome would have flown over his body for about 36 hours before it was found.
"He had been worked over with a knife pretty well," Campbell told the paper. "He had defense wounds where he'd thrown up an arm and so forth."
The October 10, 1983, story in the Griffin Daily News doesn't identify Coggins. Police were asking for the public's help on that front. The newspaper described Coggins as 5-foot-7 inches and in his 20s. There was a small tattoo on his left hand, and he wore blue jeans and a beige sweater. He had a small goatee and "light mustache." Two of his bottom teeth were missing.
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http://www.virginiafirst.com/news/national/killers-meant-to-send-a-message-sheriff-says-of-1983-slaying/841258178
Timothy Coggins, 23
PICTURED: The five people arrested in connection with the 'racially-motivated' torture and murder of a 23-year-old black man in 1983
Timothy Coggins, 23, was found dead on a power line in rural Georgia in 1983
Now, 34, years later, five people have been arrested in connection with murder
Two men were arrested and charged with his murder; three others were arrested on charges of obstruction of justice
Police say the killing was racially motivated
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4980278/Five-people-arrested-connection-1983-murder.html?mrn_rm=als1
By DAILYMAIL.COM REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 11:04 EDT, 14 October 2017 | UPDATED: 11:20 EDT, 14 October 2017
The five people arrested in connection with the 1983 murder of a young black man have been identified and pictured.
Police say the killing of 23-year-old Timothy Coggins, who was found on a power line, was racially motivated.
Frankie Gebhardt, 59, and Bill Moore Sr, 58, have been charged with murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, aggravated battery and concealing the death of another, reports ABC 11.
Sandra Bunn, 58, her 32-year-old son, Lamar Bunn, have been charged with obstruction, police say. Lamar is employed by his local police department.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4980278/Five-people-arrested-connection-1983-murder.html?mrn_rm=als1
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