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| name = Cynthia Coffman |
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| birthname = Cynthia Lynn Coffman |
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| birth_date = {{Birthdateandage|1961|1|19}} |
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| birth_place = [St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], [[United States]] |
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| conviction = [[Murder]] |
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| sentence = [[Capital punishment|Death]] |
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| victims = 4 |
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| beginyear = October |
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| endyear = November 1986 |
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| country = [[United States]] |
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| states = [[California]] |
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| apprehended = November 14, 1986 |
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| ⚫ | '''Cynthia Lynn Coffman''' (born January 19, 1962)<ref name="MUR">{{cite web | url=http://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/coffman-cynthia.htm | title=Cynthia Lynn COFFMAN | publisher=murderpedia.org | accessdate=29 March 2014}}</ref> is an American [[death row]] inmate who allegedly killed four women in 1986. She was the partner in crime of [[James Gregory Marlow]]. |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American death row inmate |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American death row inmate |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 1962 |
| DATE OF BIRTH = January 19, 1962 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = St. Louis, Missouri |
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Revision as of 22:41, 29 March 2014
Cynthia Coffman | |
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| Born | Cynthia Lynn Coffman January 19, 1961 [St. Louis, Missouri |
| Conviction(s) | Murder |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
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| Victims | 4 |
Span of crimes | October – November 1986 |
| Country | United States |
| State(s) | California |
Date apprehended | November 14, 1986 |
Cynthia Lynn Coffman (born January 19, 1962)[1] is an American death row inmate who allegedly killed four women in 1986. She was the partner in crime of James Gregory Marlow.
Background
She was born in St. Louis, Missouri.[2] After her father left her family, she was raised by her mother. Coffman's mother attempted to give her and her brothers away at one point. By the age of 18, Coffman had married and become a mother, though the marriage did not last long. She moved to Arizona with a friend and met Marlow not long after he had gotten out of jail. They began to use methamphetamine together, got married and began to commit violent crimes.[3]
Coffman and Marlow were accused of killing four women in October–November 1986. They were arrested on November 14, 1986,[4] following which Coffman confessed to the murders.[5] Coffman's attorneys say that she loved Marlow but that he battered, brainwashed and starved her, so she did not run from Marlow when the crime spree began.[3]
Trial and punishment
They were put on trial in July 1989, and in 1990 sentenced to death. Coffman was the first woman to receive a death sentence in California since the reinstatement of the death penalty in that state in 1977.[6] A further trial in 1992 convicted her of another murder, for which she received a sentence of life imprisonment.[4]
As of March 2014 she remains on death row.
References
- ^ "Cynthia Lynn COFFMAN". murderpedia.org. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- ^ Lasseter, Don (1995). Property of the Folsom Wolf. Kensington Publishing Corporation. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-7860-0090-6.
- ^ a b Wride, Nancy (April 26, 1992). "Condemned and Waiting : Cynthia Coffman Came West for a New Life; Now She Faces 2nd Death Sentence". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
- ^ a b Flowers, R. Barri (2004). Murders In The United States: Crimes, Killers And Victims Of The Twentieth Century. McFarland. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-7864-2075-9.
- ^ Kelleher, Michael D. (1998). Murder most rare: the female serial killer. Praeger. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-275-96003-2.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Furio, Jennifer (2001). Team killers: a comparative study of collaborative criminals. Algora Publishing. p. 56. ISBN 978-1-892941-62-6.
Peter Vronsky: "Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters", Berkley Books, New York (2007), p. 288, 440 Template:Persondata
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