Sheri Coleman // 499

Summary

Summary of "Sheri Coleman // 499" Episode - Going West: True Crime

Podcast Information:

• Title: Going West: True Crime
• Host/Author: Dark West Productions (Hosts: Franklin Becker and Dahlvette Quince)
• Description: Franklin Becker and Dahlvette Quince discuss haunting details of different disappearance and murder cases week by week. New episodes released every Tuesday and Friday.
• Episode: Sheri Coleman // 499
• Release Date: May 2, 2025

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Introduction

In Episode 499 of Going West: True Crime, hosts Franklin Becker and Dahlvette Quince explore the chilling and tragic case of Sheri Coleman and her two sons, Garrett and Gavin, who were brutally murdered in May 2009. This episode delves into the complex dynamics of the Coleman family, unraveling the sequence of events that led to the horrifying crimes and the subsequent investigation that implicated Sheri's husband, Chris Coleman.

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Background of the Coleman Family

Sheri Coleman, born Sherry Weiss on July 3, 1977, hailed from Berwyn, Illinois, and later moved to Largo, Florida, at age 10. Known for her vivacious personality, Sheri was described as the "life of the party." In February 1997, while serving in the Air Force’s K9 unit in Quantico, Virginia, she met Chris Coleman, a Marine from Chester, Illinois. Their rapid courtship culminated in a surprise marriage on August 8, 1997, just six months after dating—a decision that raised eyebrows within both families.

Ron Coleman (Chris's father) [06:31]: "She was a worldly little girl, little short shorts, tattoo on her leg. Not the person we thought he'd be with."

Despite initial reservations, Sheri adapted quickly to her new evangelical Christian surroundings, converting to align with her husband's strict religious upbringing. The couple moved to Chicago to meet Chris's parents and later to Columbia, Illinois, where Chris secured a lucrative position at Joyce Meyer Ministries.

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Marital Struggles and Chris's Affair

Behind the facade of a perfect family, cracks began to appear in Sheri and Chris's marriage. Friends and neighbors observed that Chris was distant and authoritarian, while Sheri remained warm and loving at home. Over time, Chris expressed dissatisfaction with their marriage, yearning for the free-spirited woman he once loved. This discontent led to an extramarital affair with Sheri's high school best friend, Tara Lintz, beginning around the fall of 2008.

Chris Coleman [14:01]: "I'm making 100 grand a year, and I've gotta drive around in a clunker. We're so far in credit card debt."

The affair coincided with a series of threatening emails directed at the Coleman family and Joyce Meyer Ministries, adding layers of tension and suspicion to the situation.

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Threatening Emails and Suspicion

Starting in November 2008, Chris began receiving menacing emails and handwritten letters threatening the safety of his family unless Joyce Meyer ceased her preaching activities. The threats became increasingly explicit, with messages like:

Threatening Email [19:02]:
"If I can't get to Joyce, then I will get to someone close to her. If I can't get to him, then I will kill his wife and kids."

Despite the severity of these threats, Chris dismissed them, declining offers for additional security. His anxiety grew as the messages continued, leading him to seek help from his neighbor, Detective Sergeant Justin Barlow.

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The Night of the Murders

On the night before the murders, Chris worked out at the gym—a rare occurrence for him. Early the next morning, he left for the gym again, intending to wake his wife upon departure. However, he received no response to his calls and texts, raising his concern given the recent threats.

When Chris arrived home, he found police swarming his residence. Detective Barlow had already entered the house through a broken window. Inside, Sheri and their two sons were found dead, each deceased by strangulation.

Detective Sergeant Justin Barlow [25:57]:
"They didn't make it, Chris, they didn't make it."

The scene was chaotic, with red spray paint messages like "punished" and "I am always watching" appearing throughout the home. Forensic analysis later revealed that Sheri had put up a fight, resulting in visible injuries, while the boys showed no signs of struggling, indicating they were likely asleep during the attack.

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Investigation and Arrest

The investigation quickly turned towards Chris Coleman. Key evidence included:

1. Handwriting Analysis:
   Experts matched the spray-painted messages to handwriting samples from Chris.

2. Email Forensics:
   Emails posing as threats were traced back to Chris’s work computer. A forensic linguist noted peculiar mistakes in the threatening emails that mirrored Chris’s known writing errors.

3. Purchase Records:
   A receipt for a can of Apple Red spray paint was found on Chris’s credit card, matching the spray paint used in the messages.

4. Affair Evidence:
   Testimony from Tara Lintz revealed a prolonged and serious affair, complete with explicit texts and photos, establishing a clear motive for Chris’s desire to escape his marriage.

On May 19, 2009, Chris was formally charged and arrested for the murders of Sheri, Garrett, and Gavin Coleman.

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Trial and Conviction

During the trial, evidence against Chris was overwhelming:

• Forensic Evidence:
  The handwriting match and email forensics strongly linked Chris to the threatening messages and the murders.

• Testimonies:
  Friends and Tara Lintz provided testimonies about Chris’s affair and his deteriorating marriage.

• Circumstantial Evidence:
  The timing of the threats, the spray paint purchase, and the nature of the murders all pointed towards Chris.

Despite his parents’ unwavering support and attempts to defend him, the jury found Chris guilty. On May 5, 2011, exactly two years after the murders, Chris Coleman was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Prosecutor [46:42]:
"When the killer went to each of those little boys' rooms... Why would they?"

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Aftermath and Reflections

The Coleman case left the community in shock, grappling with the betrayal by someone once seen as a model family man. Sheri’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Joyce Meyer Ministries, alleging negligence in recognizing the signs of Chris’s instability. However, the lawsuit was eventually dismissed.

Chris’s parents continued to defend his innocence, adding to the community’s frustration and disbelief.

Ron Coleman [51:58]:
"She never did compliment him. That's why he was so attracted to this Tara."

Franklin Becker and Dahlvette Quince expressed their anger and frustration towards Chris and his parents’ hypocrisy, highlighting the tragic loss and the destructive nature of deceit within a seemingly perfect family.

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Conclusion

Episode 499 of Going West: True Crime presents a detailed and emotionally charged exploration of the Coleman family murders. Through meticulous analysis and compelling storytelling, Franklin Becker and Dahlvette Quince shed light on the complexities of marital strife, betrayal, and the dark consequences of hidden truths. This case serves as a haunting reminder of how appearances can be deceiving and the dire outcomes that can result from unaddressed personal conflicts.

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Notable Quotes:

• Ron Coleman [06:31]:
  "She was a worldly little girl, little short shorts, tattoo on her leg. Not the person we thought he'd be with."

• Chris Coleman [14:01]:
  "I'm making 100 grand a year, and I've gotta drive around in a clunker. We're so far in credit card debt."

• Detective Sergeant Justin Barlow [25:57]:
  "They didn't make it, Chris, they didn't make it."

• Prosecutor [46:42]:
  "When the killer went to each of those little boys' rooms... Why would they?"

• Ron Coleman [51:58]:
  "She never did compliment him. That's why he was so attracted to this Tara."

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Transcript

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[Dahlvette Quince]

What is going on? True crime fans?

[Franklin Becker]

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[Dahlvette Quince]

And you're listening to Going West.

[Franklin Becker]

Hello, everybody. Thank you for tuning in. Big shout out to Taylor, Riley, Karen, Brittany and Samuel, who all recommended this case. This story today is gonna make you want to throw tables across the room in disbelief. Like, get ready to shout into the void with us.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Yes, we're going to be talking about a big old piece of shite today.

[Franklin Becker]

And Chris Coleman and others, which we will get into. I'm gonna be frustrated.

[Dahlvette Quince]

It'll make your blood boil.

[Franklin Becker]

Well, without further ado, let's dive into this incredibly infuriating and devastating story.

[Dahlvette Quince]

All right, guys, this is episode 499, almost 500 of Going West. So let's get into it.

[Franklin Becker]

In May of 2009, the 31 year old wife of a televangelist security guard was murdered in her Illinois home alongside her two sons. For months prior, her husband had been receiving threatening messages via email and he told police that he feared his anonymous stalker had finally acted on their warnings. But as the investigation into the tragic murders unfolded, a shocking scheme and sinister cause was revealed. And it was closer to home than anyone could have imagined. These are the murders of Sherry Garrett and Gavin Coleman. Sherry Weiss was born on July 3, 1977 to parents Angela and Donald and joined an older brother named Mario, born in Berwyn Illinois, which is a western suburb of Chicago. Cheri grew up moving around west Chicago frequently, which is a city she completely adored. Sherry was described as the life of the party from a young age, so she never shied away from being the center of attention. A friend of hers named Kathy would later say of Cheri, she always made me laugh. She was hope in a bottle. At 10 years old, Sherry's family moved her to Largo, Florida, near Clearwater. And as a new Florida girl, she played softball and even attended the nearby Barbizon modeling and acting school. She also went on to attend Largo High School. And it was there that she met Tara Lintz, who would become her high school best friend. After graduating in 1995, Sherry worked as a waitress for a year and then decided, actually somewhat on a whim, that she was going to go into the Air Force. So she moved out of Florida and onto the Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. Later that year, Sherry graduated from basic training and at age 19, moved to Quantico in Virginia, where she was assigned to the K9 unit and assumed the responsibility of patrolling the military base with her trained German Shepherd. This is when she met a Marine named Chris Coleman in February of 1997. By August of that year, the couple was headed to Chris hometown of Chester, Illinois, to meet his parents. Because they are both from the same state of Illinois, but Chester is located in southern Illinois, about five hours from Chicago. In Chester, Chris's parents, Connie and Ron, ran Grace Church Ministries, where Ron was a pastor, as the Coleman family were strict evangelical Christians.

[Dahlvette Quince]

I really liked the emphasis on strict.

[Franklin Becker]

Yeah. Because very strict.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Yeah. We're gonna get it to how that's actually not true, really.

[Franklin Becker]

Oh, we are indeed.

[Dahlvette Quince]

So Sherry wasn't quite a hit with Chris's parents. Ron recalled later, quote, she was a worldly little girl, little short shorts, tattoo on her leg. Not the person we thought he'd be with.

[Franklin Becker]

They want him to be with a nice evangelical gal.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Yep. But they were in love. So afterwards, they headed to Chicago to meet Sherry's family. And funny enough, her brother Mario was also underwhelmed by the introduction and found him to be devoid of personality. So he didn't really like Chris. However, on August 8th of 1997, the third day of their Chicago visit, and just six months into dating, Sherry and Chris got married at a courthouse in downtown Chicago without any of their friends or family present. Mario was kind of concerned that they hadn't dated all that long, but he questioned why Sherry, at 20, wanted to rush into marriage with a man who was so devoutly religious when she wasn't. So Mario asked her if she was pregnant, and Sherry lied and she said know. But the truth was that that had been the cause of their decision to move forward so quickly. Chris called his parents after the brief ceremony to share the news, and Connie and Ron admitted that they were shocked at the development. And they later admitted that they believed that Sherry had trapped Chris with the baby. And they even told Chris that his marriage to Sherry was not godly. Later, speaking about their son getting pregnant out of wedlock, Ron stated, my gosh, he was raised in the church. He was repentant and broken over it. And then his mom, Connie, echoed this by saying. He said, oh, I just got caught up in the moment. We said, well, it's a lifetime.

[Franklin Becker]

Chris, who was the oldest of three brothers, was described by his parents as gentle, stoic, and quiet. From a young age, he was responsible and devoted to the strict teachings of his parents and their church, though they disapproved of the foundation of the marriage of their firstborn son and his new wife, Sherry. And Chris did everything they could to appease his parents, especially Sherry. She went like way above and beyond to make this family happy and to make them understand that she was one of them.

[Dahlvette Quince]

And this is the most annoying thing because it's not like Sherry is doing anything wrong. She just has a tattoo. She's not really religious like they are, but they're just so ass hurt that their. Their perfect little son would be with Sherry.

[Franklin Becker]

No, she, she was a great gal, but yeah, it's like they had this image. Like I said, they're very strict. Not just strict in religion, but they're strict people. And they have certain values that they expect their son to uphold, which is really gonna be funny later.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Oh, we're gonna go full circle on this bitch.

[Franklin Becker]

Well, here's how far Sherry went though. Like in the fall of 1997, right after they got married, Sherry actually converted to evangelical Christianity to align with the beliefs that Chris and his family held. And they relocated to a house in Chester to be closer to his parents church shortly afterwards welcoming their first child, a son named Garrett, born on April 30, 1998. Now retired from service, Chris was referred to Joyce Meyer's ministry by his parents, of course, and was recommended to apply for a job training the security team's guard dog. Now, for those who don't know, Joyce Meyer is a televangelist. You know, she's like a TV preacher. She's renowned worldwide for her preaching, her speeches, her books, and she has amassed an impressive fortune and following. She opened her congregation, Joyce Meyer Ministries in Missouri in 1987, so 10 years earlier. And Chris was granted a full time position on the security staff there, located just outside of St. Louis, so about an hour away from his home. And Sherry began to work at Joyce's ministry as well, taking on odd jobs around the church. But she mainly focused her energy on Joyce's World Outreach Mission Trip program, and once even went to India to spread the church's teachings, which, you know, her life has taken such a turn and there's no problem.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Obviously, if she wants to convert to Christianity, that's totally fine, but as we're going to get into. We always say that.

[Franklin Becker]

I know.

[Dahlvette Quince]

As we're going to get into, it just feels like she's doing all of this for Chris and his family.

[Franklin Becker]

Well, that's why it's really important to note all of this and how quickly her life has transformed to match and meet his standards, especially with what is to come. So when she got back from India, Sherry actually decided that when her kids were older, she would train as an emt, because she realized that what she really wanted to do was physically help people. And on top of being a part of Joyce Meyer Ministries, Sherry and Chris frequented their local congregation, Destiny Church, and Sherry organized many events and fundraisers for them.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Now, just shy of two years after Garrett was born, Sherry gave birth to their second son, Gavin, on January 25, 2000. And she loved those boys as a family. They were respected and admired in their community. And one neighbor, Vanessa, described them as the Ken and Barbie of their St. Louis suburb. The son of another neighbor, a teenager named Austin, used to babysit for the Coleman boys and recalls that Sherry kept an immaculately clean home. But he added that while Sherry was warm and loving with her sons, Chris was an authoritarian. Austin. Recalls, Chris was always telling them, don't do that. He was kind of distant, very disciplinary, very reserved and collected. He'd walk in and say, kids, time to go. But he must have been different at home, because those boys adored him. In 2000, Chris applied to work as the head of Joyce Meyer's private security detail. And he was granted a promotion and a significant raise, now bringing home a comfortable six figure salary, but with plans for his own boutique surveillance and training company on the side, the family moved yet again, but this time to Columbia, Illinois, which is a south St. Louis suburb now only 20ish minutes from the ministry. And they moved into a waterfront property in a manicured neighborhood. There they grew close with their neighbors and the boys loved having a large yard to play in. So when you first look at this family, it appears as though everything is working out for them. They move to a new home. It's this lakefront home. The boys have this massive yard. He's doing really well, making six figures. But it's in reality, it's. It's not as it appears.

[Franklin Becker]

Well, I feel like it's always that way. But this is such a trend on this show and in true crime that things seem one way and they are actually a different way.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Oh, absolutely. And that speaks to cases like Chris Watts's case and many, many others, which.

[Franklin Becker]

Is so disheartening, really, because they have this amazing life. There are two people that got married. They have wonderful friends. They live in a beautiful area. They have two healthy, amazing sons.

[Dahlvette Quince]

They live close to church, which is very, very important to them. They're suit.

[Franklin Becker]

Yeah, exactly. Super community oriented. Very close to his family. Not far. Why can't we just be happy? Right? But here's the thing. They were having a lot of of marriage issues, according to friends and neighbors, because people in their lives did know that they were struggling. Chris seemed to really miss the free spirited girl he had fallen in love with and came to resent her volunteer efforts.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Isn't this like what you originally wanted?

[Franklin Becker]

She changed from. For you and your beliefs. You can't get mad at her for that. She's literally changed everything about herself to fit your little narrative. Like, for example, Sherry used to enjoy, like, stocking up on supplies for the homeless. And then she would drive around and distribute supplies to people in need, which is an amazing thing to do. But one time she returned from one of these little jaunts and their friend and neighbor Vanessa remembers Chris telling Sherry, oh, chill out, you holy roller. She used to be so wild and crazy. Which, like again, then why are you. Why do you want her to be a part of your church and your evangelical Christian life if you don't want that type of wife? She wasn't that way before.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Just the most annoying person.

[Franklin Becker]

This is like tip of the iceberg annoying. It's gonna get so much worse. So Chris also seemed to resent having to go to work when Sherry was able to stay home with the kids and he felt like she was spending his hard earned money too freely. He even told Vanessa's fiance, whose name is also Chris, that he was working up to 90 hours a week protecting some millionaire lady I don't even like while my old lady gets to sit at home in this nice big house. Vanessa's fiance Chris, remembered. Quote, he said, I'm making 100 grand a year, and I've gotta drive around in a clunker. We're so far in credit card debt. I knew he wasn't happy. He was always talking about not wanting to be with her, not knowing what to do. He said if he got divorced, he'd lose his job. He and Vanessa even recall Chris Coleman coming over to their home one evening and in the fall of 2008, so 11 years after he and Sherry got married, and saying that he was going to divorce her. In December, Sheri texted the youth pastor at their church, saying, things just got way worse with Chris. I'm tired of hiding it. I think I know what's going on with Chris, and I'm so disgusted, I don't even know where to go with it. I'm not giving up on my marriage. I love Chris way too much. This seems like a horrible dream.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Well, later that month, Sherry admitted to her neighbor Kathy that she felt that she and their sons were in Chris way and that he told her she and the kids were keeping him from, quote, God's destiny for his life. Around Christmas, Sherry told the assistant youth pastor at their church, you want to see the woman my husband's having an affair with?

[Franklin Becker]

Which must have been what she was referencing when she said, I think I know what's going on with Chris, and I'm so disgusted because, again, she loves him. She wants to be with him.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Exactly. And then after she told the assistant youth pastor about this person, she pulled up a Facebook picture to show her. In January, Sherry told a friend that she and Chris slept together for the first time in a while, but that Chris had told her afterward not to confuse that with him being in love with her even though they were married.

[Franklin Becker]

Imagine your husband saying that to you, like, what do you mean?

[Dahlvette Quince]

Slap in the face, literally. Well, sherry said sadly, he's not very affectionate to me, so I'll take whatever I can get, which is just so sad. In February, she called Kathy in hysterics one night, telling her, chris said, as soon as he comes home, he wants to leave me. He hates me. He wants to leave me. He doesn't love me. He never did. But at the suggestion of Joyce Meyer, the couple began attending Christian counseling. And within a few months, friends recall that Sherry's warm and bubbly nature had returned. Christie, another employee at Destiny church, remembered that by April, Sherry and Chris relationship seemed like new again. However, Chris hadn't fully committed to treating Sherry better. Just days before Sherry was murdered, they were having drinks with their friends Vanessa and Chris, who noticed that both Sherry and Chris were drinking more than usual. At one point, Sherry asked Chris to get her another beer, and he snapped, saying, get up off your ass and get it yourself, you lazy bitch.

[Franklin Becker]

That's insane, just insane.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Work for a man who claims to be a Christian.

[Franklin Becker]

Yeah, and especially, I mean, not especially in front of their friends. You shouldn't be saying that in private either. But like, like, that's so aggressive. She just asked you to get her a beer.

[Dahlvette Quince]

And it's just so demeaning.

[Franklin Becker]

Well, in addition to their marital woes, the couple was facing something even more sinister. A few months earlier, In November of 2008, menacing emails began to arrive that threatened the Coleman's peaceful suburban existence. On Friday, November 14, 2008, an email address called destroychrismail.com sent a message to the inbox of Chris work email with the subject, fuck Chris family. They are dead.

[Dahlvette Quince]

That is truly insane.

[Franklin Becker]

By the way, dead had three exclamation points after it. And the email read, I'm sure this will make it to someone in the company. If you jackasses are like any other company, this will be someone's account. Pass this on to Chris. Tell Joyce to stop preaching the bullshit or Chris family will die. If I can't get to Joyce, then I will get to someone close to her. And if I can't get to him, then I will kill his wife and kids. I know Joyce's schedule, so then I know Chris schedule. If Joyce doesn't quit preaching the bullshit, then they will die. During the Houston conference. I will kill them all as they sleep. If I don't hit then, then I will kill them during the book tour or the trip to India. I know where he lives and I know they are alone. Fuck them all and they will die soon. Tell that motherfucker next time to let me talk to Joyce. She needs to hear what I have to say, and now she will.

[Dahlvette Quince]

So clearly very, very unhinged here, like just making like crazy threats.

[Franklin Becker]

But let us note that it seems like this person is trying to get to Joyce. Right?

[Dahlvette Quince]

That's what it appears like. Right?

[Franklin Becker]

So then why are they not only threatening Chris, but threatening Chris's family instead of Joyce's family? Obviously Chris is her security guard. But then threaten Chris or those close to Joyce. Why are you threatening those close to Chris? Chris because of Joyce?

[Dahlvette Quince]

Well, that's the first kind of little inkling that something is off Here.

[Franklin Becker]

Indeed. So Joyce and a few other members of her staff received emails as well. And although Chris and the other recipients were obviously alarmed, they assumed that the claims were baseless, which I don't know why the fuck anybody would do that, especially because she's a public figure. If someone is threatening murder upon you or anybody, you know, you probably take that seriously.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Yeah, and apparently they didn't. I don't know why.

[Franklin Becker]

But then in January of 2009, so like two months later, a handwritten, hand delivered letter was put in the Coleman's home mailbox.

[Dahlvette Quince]

And get this, guys, the letter read, quote, deny your God publicly or else no more opportunities. Time is running out for you and your family. So Chris reported the letters and threats to the police, and Joyce Meyer herself offered to pay for a security system for them. But Chris declined, saying, we don't need one. Sherry's got a gun and she knows how to use it.

[Franklin Becker]

That doesn't mean you should not be extra safe, especially when you have two children and someone is literally threatening you and knows where you live.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Another suspicious part to this story. But Sherry was so scared that she began sleeping with the gun in the top drawer of her nightstand stand to keep it close. Their neighbor, who also happened to be a police officer, Columbia Police Department Detective Sergeant Justin Barlow, offered to mount a camera on his home, which faced the mailbox, in order to keep tabs on the front of the Coleman's house. The final letter, delivered on April 27, 2009, read, Stop today or else. I know your schedule. You can't hide from me, ever. I'm always watching. I know when you leave in the morning and I know when you stay home. One week later, the day before the murders, Monday, May 4, 2009, was like almost any other day, except that Chris had happened to call in sick from work, which was a rarity for him. Joyce later told police that Chris was a devoted and hard working employee and that he hadn't missed a day in 11 years. He ran a few errands and picked the boys up from school. And when Sherry arrived home, they all shared dinner together and then walked to the local snow cone stand for a treat. Then Chris played catch with the boys and they went to bed while Sherry and Chris watched a movie before also retiring to sleep. So that night, Garrett had actually their son Garrett had actually asked to spend the night at the home of Vanessa, who had a son Gavin's age. But Chris said that it wasn't a good night to do so. The following morning, Tuesday, May 5, Chris woke up early, dressed for the gym, and he left. And as he drove there, he called back to the house to wake up his wife, or so he says. Though why he couldn't have just woken her up before he left, he didn't really explain. Like this guy left the house for the gym at 4 5:43am and called her as he's pulling out of the driveway.

[Franklin Becker]

Makes no sense.

[Dahlvette Quince]

But of course she didn't answer. So he continued on with his workout and just let her sleep. He also texted her a few times from the gym, but those went unanswered as well, which he later claimed instantly concerned him given the threats the family had been receiving. But even so, he did another 15 minute set at the gym when he left and she still hadn't called him back. Chris called his police officer neighbor again, Justin Barlow. And suspiciously, though Chris was only five minutes from home at this point, he requested that Justin check on his family, admitting that he was paranoid about their safety.

[Franklin Becker]

So not paranoid enough to leave the gym earlier, but paranoid enough to have someone else check when you're almost finally home, Right?

[Dahlvette Quince]

Well, here's where things get really strange, because according to his cell phone data, he actually drove past his exit on the highway and wound up six miles or just shy of 10 kilometers north of his city, even though he was supposedly so desperate to get home. So he eventually doubled back and arrived home shortly thereafter, where police cars were swarming his residence.

[Franklin Becker]

But before police arrived, and even before they were called, Justin walked the perimeter after Sherry failed to answer the door and noticed that the screen of one of the windows had been knocked out. So as a precaution, Justin called for backup. He and another officer entered through the open window, ascended the stairs, and as they reached the kitchen, they noticed red spray paint that read, punished, I am always watching and you have paid. Upstairs, three officers marched into the bedrooms and one by one they found 31 year old Sherry, 11 year old Garrett and 9 year old Gavin. All three of them were in their beds and all three of them were dead by strangulation. Outside, Chris pulled up and was anxiously awaiting an update. And actually Justin Barlow, who by the way is an amazing neighbor, was the one to come out and break the news, telling him, they didn't make it, Chris, they didn't make it. So Chris collapsed in sobs and called his parents. And his father arrived shortly afterwards before Joyce Meyer herself arrived at the scene. But the crime scene was so puzzling that it drew comparisons to the Manson murders.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Yeah, I mean, the spray paint all over the walls, the different messages?

[Franklin Becker]

Yeah, because actually there was spray paint in the bedrooms as well. Actually, aside Gavin and his blankets, the words fuck you were sprayed on the mattress. There was no sign of the boys fighting back because they were believed to have been asleep when the attacks began. And we will touch on that again later on. But Sherry had put up a fight which had netted her two black eyes.

[Dahlvette Quince]

A short while later, Chris was interrogated in his gym clothes as he gasped for air, sobbing with his head in his hands. When he collected himself, he requested a blanket, claiming to have been cold. And as he attempted to cover up with this blanket, detectives noticed that he had scratches on his wrists. At one point, he mentioned to the police chaplain at the scene of the crime that he believed the gurney had scratched him while getting into the ambulance. But he told another officer that he believed he had gotten the scratches at the gym. So which one is it, buddy? Well, investigators also noted that he didn't seem curious for any details about the murders of his wife and children. Now, this obviously could have been chalked up to pure shock about what had happened that day, but detectives followed their instincts and continued to push for more context from Chris. When asked if there was a conflict in their marriage, he admitted that they sometimes had problems communicating and that they had even temporarily considered separating, but that marriage counseling had been really helping them. An officer said, quote, listen, man, she wasn't alive when you left.

[Franklin Becker]

Which I'm so glad they pointed out, because there's spray paint all over the house, like, horrific messages. And your wife had two black eyes. Like, you don't just miss all of that on your way to out of the house, to the gym. And I feel like a lot of parents check on their kids before they leave. So even if he didn't do that that day, how are you missing all of this? It makes no sense.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Well, it's because he wasn't missing all of this. But Chris did protest that he hadn't known that she had been dead. Whining, she was alive. She was. She was lying right beside me. So he's basically saying that the murders had to have occurred when he was gone. So he kept playing the grieving spouse. But it was only a matter of time before news of an affair proved that he had a clear motive, which he, of course, denied. But his story quickly unraveled when they discovered that he had recently struck things up with an old friend of Sherry's and that the conversations had certainly been flirtatious.

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[Dahlvette Quince]

Sure do.

[Franklin Becker]

Who still lived in Florida when the couple and their kids were in Florida visiting Disney World. And Tara's life had taken a completely different direction than Sherry's had. She worked as a hostess at a gentleman's club and then moved to a dog track where she worked as a cocktail waitress. Which honestly kind of bothered Sherry and her new religious stance. Like, she actually told another friend that she wished that Tara would find Jesus. Which is really interesting because now Sherry is almost in a similar position to Chris's parents. Like Tara is now the wild one that somebody is kind of judging.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Right.

[Franklin Becker]

Obviously with Sherry's new views, she's not trying to like on her old friend. She just cares about her. But it is kind of weird how much she did change for the church and how Tara kind of has a lot of these traits that, you know, Sherry herself had before she and Chris got married. And Chris, like we said, missed the wild side of Sherry. And now he finds that in Tara.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Yeah, exactly. It's perfect for him because he wants a party girl.

[Franklin Becker]

But Chris maintained that he had not had an affair with Tara and admitted only to sending and receiving flirty text messages with her. Chris even told the police, quote, I wouldn't do that to my kids. I've seen too many divorces and stuff. Which is funny because you literally want a divorce, so shut the fuck up.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Yeah.

[Franklin Becker]

But when police contacted Tara for an interview, she immediately asked if she would need a lawyer. Tara, who Lived in St. Petersburg, Florida, was brought in for questioning. And Chris was quickly caught in a lie, because guess what? They were very much having an affair. And she even had photographic evidence to prove. Turned out that Tara had met up with him on multiple work trips that he had taken, joining Joyce Meyer at her conferences and taking advantage of the hotel room and the time away from his wife and kids to explore a physical relationship with his wife's friend. He had even canceled a trip to Disneyland that he and Sherry had been planning for for their kids to take a cruise to the Caribbean with Tara. Like, he literally went on vacations with Tara. But here he is telling the police that he was not in an affair.

[Dahlvette Quince]

And telling his kids, hey, sorry, kids, we can't go on this vacation because I'm going to be with Tara.

[Franklin Becker]

Yeah, Daddy's got to be with his mistress. Well, Tara showed police pictures of herself kissing him on the cheek and sexual texts that they exchanged. Then a search of his phone and computer would reveal dozens of sexual exchanges and pictures, some of which he shared via email with his pastor father for unknown reasons.

[Dahlvette Quince]

That's so crazy to me. And his pastor father is just like, oh, nope, this is totally normal.

[Franklin Becker]

Yeah, like, his dad knew. Like, seriously, the hypocrisy of this. It is so frustrating when people push for others to practice, like, better ways of life and don't even practice it themselves. Like, you're a pastor, and you're accepting your evangelical married son who has two kids. You're accepting his adultery.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Yeah. And it's just so funny, you know, looking back to how he and his wife judged Sherry, and now he's just accepting that this is totally normal and.

[Franklin Becker]

Fine, it's just the worst. And it's gonna get even more so. Well, according to Tara, their affair started in the fall of 2008, around the same time the family began receiving threatening emails and letters.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Of course they did.

[Franklin Becker]

And. But get this. Chris told police, I didn't think it was an affair. An affair is when you're, like, living with them and you're gonna get married and everything.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Dipshit. You were already fucking married.

[Franklin Becker]

But also, like, how is having an affair when you're living with them? Wouldn't that have been after you split up with somebody? But as ridiculous as this already is, investigators also poked holes in it because Chris and Tara were about as serious as an affair could be. I mean, they opened credit cards and bank accounts together, and Tara had penciled in her ideal wedding date.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Wow. So it really was that serious?

[Franklin Becker]

It goes even further Because Chris had even offered to get his vasectomy reversed in case they wanted to have kids, even discussing the name Zoe if they had a girl. According to Tara, Chris had promised to present Sherry with divorce papers by May 5, which is the very day his entire family was murdered. My eyes literally twitching.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Yeah, there's. There's just so much hate for this guy. Well, his community was absolutely stunned and disappointed to find out about the affair, but really didn't think that he was capable of murdering his wife and kids. But Sherry's friends did not agree. In the months before her murder, Sherry had confided in multiple friends that her marriage was crumbling and that Chris had become very confrontational and even aggressive with her, maintaining that he was no longer willing to work on their relationship, even though he told police counseling was working wonders for he and his wife. Chris was actively pushing Sherry into being the perpetrator of the divorce because he worried that he would lose his job at Joyce Meyer Industries if they discovered that the divorce was due to his infidelity, which it was.

[Franklin Becker]

Sherry didn't even want a divorce. It was all him.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Yeah, it was always all him. Well, Sherry's friend Kathy admitted later that upon hearing the news of her friend's death, she told her husband, Chris did it. After the funeral, she told Columbia PD Sherry told me that if anything ever happened to her, Chris did it. She also added that Sherri had told Chris in a recent fight, chris, I'm never gonna divorce you. I will not leave. What are you going to do, kill me? Investigators carefully combed the home for clues and took note that several windows had been left unlocked, which would leave easy access points for an intruder. But beyond the unlocked windows, there had been no sign of an intruder. Also, the camera that Justin had installed outside, facing the mailbox had its record recorder removed. And Chris's own home security cameras failed to catch anything, which.

[Franklin Becker]

That doesn't make any sense. And who was one of the only people that even knew that this recorder existed? Chris. So some random person, even somebody who's stalking you, isn't going to know about the camera that the neighbor has, even if it was a little bit visible? Like, what are the chances?

[Dahlvette Quince]

Yeah, like, this intruder apparently just happened to come upon a camera, hidden camera, you know, pointed at the mailbox?

[Franklin Becker]

Well, the most damning evidence came from the autopsies. Chris purported to have been at the gym at the time that Sherry, Garrett and Gavin were killed. But the rigor mortis that set in begged to differ. By the time officers got to the house, the Bodies had already stiffened, and the medical examiner determined that they had actually been killed around 3am so hours before they were found, the Expert, forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden, who was also in to consult on the case, told detectives, quote, this isn't even a close call. They had to have been dead before he left the house.

[Dahlvette Quince]

And I just wanted to state, Michael Baden is a very, very famous pathologist. He even had a TV show, literally, about autopsies. So just a little fun fact for you guys.

[Franklin Becker]

The man knows what he's talking about. Thus, on May 19, 2009, Chris was charged with and arrested for the murder of his wife and sons. His parents stuck behind him. No shock there with his dad Ron, saying, you couldn't put something around your kid's throat unless you were a monster.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Well, your son is.

[Franklin Becker]

And get this. In addition to the information revealed in the autopsy, forensic experts discovered a match between the scrawling lettering found on the wall at the scene of the crime and a handwriting sample that Chris himself wrote. And Chris's work computer was found to have been the origin of those threatening emails to himself, his family, his employer Joyce, and his co workers. Investigators also recovered the receipt for a single can of spray paint whose composition matched what was found inside the house after the murders.

[Dahlvette Quince]

I mean, it is all just coming together right now. Boom, boom, boom.

[Franklin Becker]

And the can of Apple Red spray paint was purchased on Chris credit card at a True Value hardware store on February 9th of that year. So three months before the murders, investigators also tapped a forensic linguist to examine the emails that the supposed harasser was sending side by side with emails that Chris was known to have written. And analysts noticed that he frequently flipped his apostrophes to the outside of words with contractions, which is really weird. Obviously, that's not the point of an apostrophe. Like, he did this with won't, doesn't, and don't. Obviously, you guys know the apostrophe goes before the T on all those words, but he would write the apostrophe after the T. I'll know those words. Which makes absolutely no grammatical sense.

[Dahlvette Quince]

So not only is he a murderer, but he's also a moron.

[Franklin Becker]

Yeah. And Chris would also incorrectly compound words that shouldn't have been conjoined. Remember, there was that email about the book tour, and instead of book space tour, it was book tour one word and then other things like good time, instead of good space time, it would be one word. He also always misspelled opportunity as opportunity. And when the linguist cross referenced these mistakes, with the emails that Chris himself knowingly sent, the same mistakes were present in both.

[Dahlvette Quince]

He's so fucking stupid.

[Franklin Becker]

I mean, yeah, like, you've gotta be kidding me.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Well, Chris's trial commenced in April of 2011. His defense attorney chose not to put him on the stand, but multiple other former friends testified against him, including Tara. Risque pictures they captured and explicit videos they exchanged were even played for the courtroom. But even after the evidence that was paraded in front of them, his parents have continued to preach his innocence. On top of this, they even made amends with Tara after their son's arrest. With Ron Coleman later saying, she got born again. After it all happened, she called me and said, pastor Ron, this is Tara. My thought was, tara, you shouldn't be calling me. Oh, my God, it's so stupid. She asked for our forgiveness, Said she recognizes now that it was wrong. But both Chris and his mom, Connie, were angry that Tara was on the witness stand sporting the promise ring that he had purchased for her. Connie said after Tara's testimony, he's not a romantic. After she testified, he said, do you believe she had that stupid ring on?

[Franklin Becker]

I just fuck you guys. You know, like, Chris is trying to take no responsibility, and him and his parents are just trying to deflect and point fingers at other people. What?

[Dahlvette Quince]

Well, now I want to read a really powerful closing argument by the prosecution. The prosecutor said, quote, when the killer went to each of those little boys rooms in turn, and when the killer sat down on their beds, and when the killer reached for them to strangle them. You've seen the pictures. They didn't get up and run. They didn't scream. Of course they didn't. Why would they? It was just dad. As the jury deliberated, there was discontent and reasonable doubt. Five people feared that Chris may not be solely responsible. And there was one person who, astonishingly, didn't think that he was involved at all.

[Franklin Becker]

Are you with us in the room, sir?

[Dahlvette Quince]

Yeah. What. What is. Where is your mind at here? But while they were deadlocked and pursuing the evidence again, one juror took note of a picture of Tara and Chris together that bore the date October 2008, around the time that Tara and Chris affair began. But Tara had testified under oath, by the way, that it began in December, likely to distance herself from the timing of the threatening emails, which again began showing up in November. And even though there was no proof that Tara knew about the murders before they occurred, this detail seemed to secure the prosecution's case because the jury returned a guilty verdict on May 5, 2011, two years to the day after the murders occurred, and 34 year old Chris was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

[Franklin Becker]

In a subsequent phone interview with cbs, Chris maintained, quote, I absolutely loved my wife and my kids, and this just, you know, it's not me.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Yes, it is.

[Franklin Becker]

When asked to explain the affair, Chris said, quote, maybe I wasn't, you know, selfishly getting what I thought I should be getting at home as far as with my wife, you know, from the physical side of things, but I still absolutely loved her. Chris then blamed Tara for what he believes was a forced narrative surrounding the wedding dates and the divorce, and claims that he lied to her about having filed for divorce, which is the only thing he took accountability for. But, like, we know he wanted a divorce, we know he didn't treat Sherry well. So the fact that he's saying, well, you know, selfishly, I wasn't getting what I needed at home from my wife, so I got it from somewhere else. When we know that Sheri told her close friends, like, Chris is never affectionate with me, and we finally slept together after it had been a while, so I'll take what I can get. Like, that doesn't match up.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Yeah. And then the only thing like you're saying that he's willing to admit is that he lied to Tara and said that he did file for divorce when his whole plan this entire time was to just get rid of his family.

[Franklin Becker]

Well, when asked who he thought had done it, who had really killed his family, Chris said he didn't know, but that he had made his peace with it as well as his fate because of it, which doesn't feel like something an innocent person would do. You're saying that somebody else killed your entire family and you're just gonna accept taking the fall for it?

[Dahlvette Quince]

Yeah.

[Franklin Becker]

Why?

[Dahlvette Quince]

You're going to prison for the entirety of your life and you just went down for murder, but you're, you're, you're at peace with that fact.

[Franklin Becker]

He's accepted it while with martyrdom. Chris said, I just had to stop and give it to God. Just release that and do my best to forgive that person and move on. Yeah, move on while being in prison. No.

[Dahlvette Quince]

God, I just hate him so much.

[Franklin Becker]

Well, we're about to get into somebody who I really hate. His parents have continued to stick beside him throughout the ordeal with his dad, Ron, even defending his son's affair. This is. Oh, my God. He said Ron said Tara was just meeting a need at the time, that Sherry wasn't taking care Of, Well, I mean, every man has his desires, and every man has to be respected. It's built into every man. If your wife doesn't respect you, then you're gonna find respect someplace else. Just that at that short, brief time, she stepped back from doing her job as a wife.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Ew, Ron. Ew.

[Franklin Becker]

You absolute scoundrel, Ron. Like, what does Chris know about respect? He called his wife a lazy in front of their friends, and he continuously mistreated her when she showed him love. And the fact that his dad is just like, well, she wasn't doing her job as a wife and he had to do what he had to do.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Guess what, guys? Adultery, Totally fine. Murder, Acceptable. Divorce, Absolutely not.

[Franklin Becker]

That's basically what they're saying. And Ron then stated definitively, quote, jerry told Chris all the time that he was moody and he wasn't affectionate enough. She never did compliment him. That's why he was so attracted to this Tara. I hate this man. I hate this family. I.

[Dahlvette Quince]

It's just so bad.

[Franklin Becker]

It's funny though, because as we know, again, they judged Sherry back in the day, and now here's Tara, who seems more wild than Sherry was, but because she asked for forgiveness and because she said, pastor Ron, blah, blah, blah, they. They're good with her.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Yeah. And I also just want to say that these are your fucking grandkids that you're talking about. Like, your grandkids were murdered. Your daughter in law was murdered.

[Franklin Becker]

Yep.

[Dahlvette Quince]

And this is your mindset.

[Franklin Becker]

That's actually such a good point. They lost their two grandchildren, and it seems like they don't give a shit. All they care about is proving that their precious, amazing eldest son is not responsible when there is so much evidence that he is.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Do you think they truly believe that in their heart?

[Franklin Becker]

Like, I want to know?

[Dahlvette Quince]

Do you think they actually believe that he's not guilty? Because I don't think so.

[Franklin Becker]

I think they are shoving it down.

[Dahlvette Quince]

And it just gets even more annoying because his parents maintain that the spray paint that Chris purchased was for a project that he was making for the boys. A bullseye for target practice with their Nerf guns.

[Franklin Becker]

Right. So that means he couldn't have used it to spray paint those horrific messages to frame some fictitious person.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Naturally, his parents mused that mercenaries were most likely to blame for the murders of Sherry and the King kids. But they claim that they are proud of their son for making the best of his situation.

[Franklin Becker]

How.

[Dahlvette Quince]

How did he. I don't. How did he make the best of the situation?

[Franklin Becker]

Because he's accepting and he's looking to God, Heath. Duh.

[Dahlvette Quince]

And then they said that Chris has stepped into his father's role of counseling other inmates about their relationship with God. Last person I want religious advice from, by the way. And also thrown himself into reading scriptures and religious texts that Connie brings to him.

[Franklin Becker]

I know how this might be coming off. I know we're. We're being a little aggressive about the religious angle, but it's just because of what we said earlier, just the hypocrisy of it all. It just feels so truly hateful and it feels phony as hell.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Absolutely. I mean, I have no problem with whatever religion you want to practice, but in this particular instance, you are acting holier than thou and which is just not the case.

[Franklin Becker]

You are not.

[Dahlvette Quince]

And Ron also said that he made his peace with the future when he was awaiting his sentencing. Sentencing explaining. Actually what happened was he was just praying about it. And to him, life and death sentence was just the same. No difference. Chris said, I sat for eight or nine days and all they did was cut down my character, cut down my family. He called me and said, dad, I'd just like to let it go. He had heard in the spirit realm to just dismiss the jury and he didn't know he could. It is what it is. And we feel like we had deceit and twisting of the truth throughout the.

[Franklin Becker]

Whole thing, which is just how we feel about Chris lying.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Big ol piece of shit. Sherry's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Joyce Meyer Ministries, especially implicating the faith focused counselor whom they feel should have recognized how dire the situation had become and likely knew that it was Chris himself who had been sending the menacing emails and letters. But the lawsuit was eventually dismissed. Sherry's remains initially buried in Southern Illinois near Chris and his family were eventually moved up to Chicago to be nearer to her family and she was laid to rest right next to her sons.

[Franklin Becker]

Thank you so much everybody for listening to this episode of Going West.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Yes, thank you guys so much for listening to this episode. I'm sure a lot of you guys have probably heard this story because it is so insane. But for those of you who haven't or who just heard it today on this podcast, head on over to our socials, go check out the photos from this case and let us know what you think about.

[Franklin Becker]

Yeah, please, I want to see all the comments of how just enraged you guys are because this is. It's just one of those cases that absolutely infuriates you. There is just so much in this story and we didn't even really go into kind of the motives other than he wanted to kill his family because he didn't think he could get a divorce because he would get fired from his job. So he wanted to go off and be with Tara and have a new family with her. But, like, why are you making your sons pay for this? They are innocent young boys who did nothing wrong. Sherry didn't either. But, like, why kill your sons, too?

[Dahlvette Quince]

Because he is so evil that he thought that that would make more sense if it was, you know, somebody killing his whole family than just his wife.

[Franklin Becker]

Yeah, like they were collateral damage.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Exactly.

[Franklin Becker]

It's truly so sick. Well, thank you guys so much for tuning in. Thank you again to everybody who recommended this case. And we will see you on Tuesday for episode 500. It's going to be a really special one.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Yeah, we have a fun little thing for you guys on episode 500, so stay tuned for that.

[Franklin Becker]

Actually, for the first time ever, we have a guest. A guest that many of you are going to be very familiar with.

[Dahlvette Quince]

Yes, absolutely. Very excited about that. So thank you guys again. And for everybody out there in the.

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