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Description

In 1981, a young woman in the tiny town of Grundy, Virginia, was brutally raped and murdered. Her assailant was quickly identified and convicted. But in his fight against the justice system and manipulation by the media, his victim, 19 year old Wanda McCoy, was ignored and forgotten for decades.


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Show Notes

Hosted and produced by Erica Kelley

Researched & Written by Hannah Newcomb

Additional Writing by Erica Kelley

Original Graphic Art by Coley Horner

Original Music by Rob Harrison of Gamma Radio

Edited by Chaes Gray of Gray Multimedia

Case Suggested by: Deidra Ward

Sources

  1. Herald Courier - Women who survived 

  2. AE Tv - Did Coleman believe he was innocent

  3. Washington Post - McCloskey and execution

  4. Chicago Tribune - Conviction/execution

  5. NY Times - Conviction info 

  6. Justia - Habeas Corpus Appeal

  7. Justia - Procedural history 

  8. Justia - Coleman v Virginia 1983

  9. Court Listener - 1990 

  10. Court Listener - 1983

  11. TIMES - Innocence?

  12. Bluefield Daily Telegraph - 40 years later

  13. Bluefield Daily Telegraph - Case info

  14. NBC News - DNA test confirms guilt

  15. Roanoke Times - Plead for DNA testing (2000)

  16. City Life - Philly Magazine - Info on McCloskey and Coleman

  17. Washington Post - More case info (1992)

  18. Washington Post -New suspects

  19. Daily Press Newport News - Lingering questions 

  20. The News Leader - Overview of case/DNA test order

  21. Daily Press Newport News - Coleman’s supporters

  22. Daily Press Newport News - Quotes from Coleman’s mom

  23. Daily Press Newsport News - Reactions to DNA test news

  24. Daily Press Newsport News - Info about escape opportunity 

  25. Daily Press Newsport News - quotes from Coleman in jail 

  26. The Atlantic - Sickest town in US

  27. Find a Grave

  28. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchanan_County,_Virginia

  29. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grundy,_Virginia

  30. https://www.rainn.org/statistics/perpetrators-sexual-violence

  31. https://www.townofgrundy.com/