Waterloo - Much of the evidence used at trial to convict Christopher Coleman of killing his wife and two sons in Columbia, Ill., in 2009 was made publicly available Thursday in Monroe County Circuit Court.
Judge Milton Wharton arranged for copies of more than 100 photos and other material - including videos of the interrogation of Coleman by detectives and depositions taken from televangelist Joyce Meyer and her son - to be released.
The Post-Dispatch and other news organizations filed formal requests for the material. Wharton held out graphic crime-scene photos of the victims and sex-themed photos and videos made by Coleman and his mistress, Tara Lintz.
Selected portions are posted online at STLtoday.com.
Coleman is serving life in prison without parole for strangling his wife, Sheri Coleman, and their two sons in their beds at home. Prosecutors said it was part of a plan to be with Lintz without exposing adultery that might have cost Coleman his job as bodyguard for Meyer.
Meyer and her son Dan, an executive with Joyce Meyer Ministries, based in Fenton, testified at the trial by video depositions.
While the disclosure provides the first widespread public access to the material, it does not include anything that was not already seen or heard by reporters covering the trial in court in Waterloo in April and May.
