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Alton Coleman and Debra Brown were a young couple from Illinois who together went on a murderous rampage across the midwest in 1984. The duo's 53 day reign of terror spanned 6 states, and resulted in a trail of murders, rapes, and robberies. This violent spree resulted in the deaths of eight people, and left many traumatized and badly injured survivors in its wake. In July of 1984, the pair were arrested in Evanston, IL after the police were tipped off by a concerned citizen.

Writing and research by Aurora Cady.

Original music and audio production by Louis Levesque.
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LINKS + SOURCES:

Fruitloops Podcast - Season 2, Episode 4 - Alton Coleman and Debra Brown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoxNu-zqkDQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGsBua9qvBk&t=1570s 

https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/supreme-court/1989/64818-7.html

https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/supreme-court/1995/75902-7.html 

http://www.geocities.ws/lizamarieberger/justiceforvernita

https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c1/coleman-alton.htm

https://murderpedia.org/male.C/images/c/coleman_alton/coleman_clemency.pdf

https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2015/11/08/inside-minds-killer-couples/75201224/

tinyurl.com/bdd3j2as

https://www.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2002/04/14/Coleman-and-Brown-s-53-day-reign-of-terror-included-Toledo-stops.html 

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1iCK8yStouzsbkN90JTCgG

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alton_Coleman#:~:text=In%20June%201984%2C%20Coleman%20and,was%20discovered%20on%20June%2019. 

https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Alton_Coleman_and_Debra_Brown

https://www.newspapers.com/image/388615747/?terms=juanita%20wheat&match=1

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Headlines:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sara-kruzan-pardoned-woman-killed-pimp-1994-california/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/july-4-parade-shooting-chi

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