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"Punished." "You have paid." "I am always watching you." Those phrases, mixed in with profanity, are some of what attorney Jack Carey saw spray painted on the wall of the Coleman home in Columbia Tuesday afternoon. He called the experience emotional and enough to drive him from the house.
Carey was there along with Sheri Coleman's brother and cousin after receiving a court order around noon giving their family access to the house for the first time.
Carey describes the home as packed up to be moved. He says there are no pictures on the walls inside. There are boxes, at least one labeled, "toys," along with trash bags filled with belongings.
None of it will be moved for at least ten days, however. A Monroe County judge ordered that all items be left in the house, by the Coleman family until he begins making rulings regarding possession of what's in the house.
It's all part of a wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of Sheri Coleman's family earlier Tuesday morning. In it, the family accuses Christopher Coleman of being responsible for the deaths for Sheri, and her sons Gavin and Garett, or at least negligent.
They say the case is not about money, but about keeping anyone from "profiting from the deaths" of Sheri Coleman and her boys.
Sheri Coleman's brother, Mario Weiss, also spoke in public for the first time about the killings. He described a cordial relationship with Chris Coleman, the accused killer, before the murders happened.
"We weren't close," he said, "but he was my brother-in-law." He described taking Chris Coleman and his kids to White Sox games in his home of Chicago, and spending time with him periodically.
Weiss described himself as, "one of the last hold outs," unwilling to believe that Chris Coleman had actually killed his sister and nephews. He says he now believes Coleman is, in fact, the murderer.
Speaking about the lawsuit, Weiss said any money obtained by his family would be given to the City of Columbia to use toward a memorial, possibly a park, in remembrance of his sister and nephews.
Weiss and Sheri Coleman's cousin, Enrico Mirabelli, described Chris Coleman's treatment of his family in the days following the murders as, "a total lack of respect." He says there were no notes, letters, emails, or any form of sympathetic communication from Coleman to the family of his murdered wife.
Back at the Columbia home, Mirabelli was visibly emotional, even shaken, as he came out of the house where the killings took place. At first he said he was too emotional to speak to the media, but then, after a couple of minutes, he took questions.
Asked if he believe Chris Coleman is the killer, Mirabelli said, "my personal feelings are irrelevant as to whether he's innocent, or guilty as hell."
Carey was there along with Sheri Coleman's brother and cousin after receiving a court order around noon giving their family access to the house for the first time.
Carey describes the home as packed up to be moved. He says there are no pictures on the walls inside. There are boxes, at least one labeled, "toys," along with trash bags filled with belongings.
None of it will be moved for at least ten days, however. A Monroe County judge ordered that all items be left in the house, by the Coleman family until he begins making rulings regarding possession of what's in the house.
It's all part of a wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of Sheri Coleman's family earlier Tuesday morning. In it, the family accuses Christopher Coleman of being responsible for the deaths for Sheri, and her sons Gavin and Garett, or at least negligent.
They say the case is not about money, but about keeping anyone from "profiting from the deaths" of Sheri Coleman and her boys.
Sheri Coleman's brother, Mario Weiss, also spoke in public for the first time about the killings. He described a cordial relationship with Chris Coleman, the accused killer, before the murders happened.
"We weren't close," he said, "but he was my brother-in-law." He described taking Chris Coleman and his kids to White Sox games in his home of Chicago, and spending time with him periodically.
Weiss described himself as, "one of the last hold outs," unwilling to believe that Chris Coleman had actually killed his sister and nephews. He says he now believes Coleman is, in fact, the murderer.
Speaking about the lawsuit, Weiss said any money obtained by his family would be given to the City of Columbia to use toward a memorial, possibly a park, in remembrance of his sister and nephews.
Weiss and Sheri Coleman's cousin, Enrico Mirabelli, described Chris Coleman's treatment of his family in the days following the murders as, "a total lack of respect." He says there were no notes, letters, emails, or any form of sympathetic communication from Coleman to the family of his murdered wife.
Back at the Columbia home, Mirabelli was visibly emotional, even shaken, as he came out of the house where the killings took place. At first he said he was too emotional to speak to the media, but then, after a couple of minutes, he took questions.
Asked if he believe Chris Coleman is the killer, Mirabelli said, "my personal feelings are irrelevant as to whether he's innocent, or guilty as hell."
