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The family of Sheri Coleman wants to know more about a reported fundraiser held for her husband. Sheri Coleman and her two kids Gavin and Garret were found strangled to death May 5th. Her husband Chris Coleman is charged with the killings and being held at the Monroe County jail without bond.
Belleville Attorney Jack Carey is helping Sheri's family find everything Chris Coleman owned. The preliminary hearing revealed Coleman had a secret cell phone and a secret credit card with his mistress. Now the Weiss family (Sheri's side) wants to know about money Chris Coleman may have raised right after the murders of Sheri and their two kids.
Attorney Carey said, "They were soliciting at the wake and they were soliciting at the service --you know, contributions or funds for poor Christopher Coleman."
Carey said they found this out recently from one contributor who is not happy.
Carey told us, "People of good will contributed cash and checks to Christopher Coleman -- subsequently, especially after the preliminary hearing they're now upset they contributed anything." He added, "Someone I guess from Chester [IL] or from his father's congregation, said that they had made a contribution." Carey intends to find out who donated and how much.
It's just part of many potential assets Sheri Coleman's family would like to get answers about. Like the house -- the scene of the murders. The family found out about a second mortgage taken out on the home -- for as much as $30,000. They're trying to track down what happened to it. In the process, they learned the home is in foreclosure. Now they have to decide whether it's worth painting the spray painted messages on the walls and bringing the mortgage current.
Carey said, "It'll be interesting to see if anyone who knows anything about the history will ever want to buy that house." He added, "So then what do you do. Do you let it go into foreclosure? Do you just walk away from that property?"
Those are the tough decisions the Weiss family will make soon. They're also waiting to hear back from Chris Coleman's former employer, Joyce Meyer Ministries, about investment plans and insurance policies he may have.
Belleville Attorney Jack Carey is helping Sheri's family find everything Chris Coleman owned. The preliminary hearing revealed Coleman had a secret cell phone and a secret credit card with his mistress. Now the Weiss family (Sheri's side) wants to know about money Chris Coleman may have raised right after the murders of Sheri and their two kids.
Attorney Carey said, "They were soliciting at the wake and they were soliciting at the service --you know, contributions or funds for poor Christopher Coleman."
Carey said they found this out recently from one contributor who is not happy.
Carey told us, "People of good will contributed cash and checks to Christopher Coleman -- subsequently, especially after the preliminary hearing they're now upset they contributed anything." He added, "Someone I guess from Chester [IL] or from his father's congregation, said that they had made a contribution." Carey intends to find out who donated and how much.
It's just part of many potential assets Sheri Coleman's family would like to get answers about. Like the house -- the scene of the murders. The family found out about a second mortgage taken out on the home -- for as much as $30,000. They're trying to track down what happened to it. In the process, they learned the home is in foreclosure. Now they have to decide whether it's worth painting the spray painted messages on the walls and bringing the mortgage current.
Carey said, "It'll be interesting to see if anyone who knows anything about the history will ever want to buy that house." He added, "So then what do you do. Do you let it go into foreclosure? Do you just walk away from that property?"
Those are the tough decisions the Weiss family will make soon. They're also waiting to hear back from Chris Coleman's former employer, Joyce Meyer Ministries, about investment plans and insurance policies he may have.
