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Tag: Timothy Coggins

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Georgia Slaying That Haunted Family for Decades Now Linked to Racism

by Associated PressNovember 5, 2017January 25, 2022

GRIFFIN, Ga. (AP) — When 23-year-old Timothy Coggins was found dead and disfigured beside a Georgia highway in 1983, the young Black man’s family and neighbors whispered that his killing […]

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5 Whites Arrested in 1983 Georgia Murder of Black Man

by Associated PressOctober 16, 2017January 25, 2022

SUNNY SIDE, Ga. (AP) — After reopening a cold case, authorities in Georgia have arrested five people — including two law enforcement officials — in a killing they say was […]

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