article_snippet: Sheri Coleman, 31, together with a woman murdered by her husband sons Garett, 11, and Gavin, 9, were found strangled in Sheri Coleman, 31, together with her sons Garett, 11 Columbia, Illinois, in 2009.
article_snippet: Christopher Coleman was convicted of first-degree murder following the 2009 deaths of Sheri Coleman, 31, together with Christopher Coleman sons Garett, 11, and Gavin, 9, .
article_snippet: Prosecutors said Coleman, 32, killed Coleman family to start a new life with a lover in Florida while avoiding a divorce that might have exposed an extramarital affair and possibly cost Coleman Coleman job as a bodyguard for high-profile televangelist Joyce Meyer.
article_snippet: The year before the murders Sheri Coleman started a relationship with Tara Lintz, a childhood friend of Sheri Coleman's wife, who testified that Sheri Coleman had promised Sheri Coleman would serve divorce papers on May 5, 2009 - the same day Sheri Coleman family were found murdered in his family beds inside his family Waterloo home.
article_snippet: Sheri Coleman allegedly spent six months plotting the brutal murder, shortly after beginning an affair with Miss Lintz, a Florida cocktail waitress.
article_snippet: prosecutors claim Sheri Coleman decided to kill Sheri Coleman wife rather than reveal Sheri Coleman affair and go through a divorce .
article_snippet: The day before killings, Sheri Coleman said Sheri Coleman wasn't feeling well and was given the day off by Meyer, who said was unusual behavior for Sheri Coleman employee.
article_snippet: Sheri Coleman was left naked in bed, strangled with a ligature.
article_snippet: Later, pathologist Dr Raj Nanduri, who performed the autopsy, said it was likely the victims were strangled between 3am and 5am - before Sheri Coleman left for the gym.
article_snippet: Sheri Coleman pleaded not guilty to all charges.
article_snippet: Sheri Coleman has never admitted having anything to do with the murders.
highlights_snippet: Mario DeCicco sister, Sheri Coleman, together with sons Garett, 11, and Gavin, 9, were found strangled in His sister, Sheri Coleman, together with sons Garett, 11 beds in Columbia, Illinois, in 2009 .
  