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Zachary Steed Coats

Case from Birmingham, AL dated Oct 21, 2022

Victim Details

Zachary Steed Coats

Male

White / Caucasian

Birmingham

AL

2022-10-21

31

Zachary

Steed Coats

litigation

07/08/2026

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In the autumn of 2022, a sense of unease settled over the family of Zachary Steed Coats, a 31-year-old man from Lakewood, California. Months had passed without a word, an unusual silence that prompted them to report him missing. The search for answers led authorities to a residence in Mount Olive, Alabama, a community in the Birmingham metropolitan area. On October 21, 2022, Jefferson County Sheriff's deputies, accompanied by cadaver dogs, made a grim discovery in the backyard of a home on Racew ...
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  • al: Woman charged with abuse of corpse after missing California man found buried in Jefferson County
  • Second Arrest in Mount Olive Homicide - Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
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