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Alton Coleman

1955–2002

United States

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Alton Coleman (November 6, 1955 – April 26, 2002) was an American serial killer who, along with accomplice Debra Brown (born November 11, 1962), committed a crime spree across six states between May and July 1984 that resulted in the deaths of eight people. Coleman, who received death sentences in three states, was executed by the state of Ohio in 2002. Brown was sentenced to death in Illinois and Indiana, but the sentences were later reduced to life imprisonment without parole and 140 years, respectively.

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