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Elizabeth Coleman

Case from Pearce, AZ dated Oct 10, 2016

Victim Details

Elizabeth Cole

Female

Pearce

AZ

2016-10-10

58

Elizabeth

Coleman

06/23/2026

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On the afternoon of October 10, 2016, Elizabeth Diane Coleman, a 58-year-old female whose race is not clearly documented in public sources, answered the front door of her rural Cochise County home in the Sunizona area near Pearce, Arizona. She and her husband Sam were expecting a visit from a neighbor who had been promised a litter of kittens. Instead, according to investigative and news reports, the encounter turned into a sudden burst of gunfire that left Elizabeth fatally wounded at the thres ...
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  • Arizona Daily Star: Authorities arrest suspect in connection with Sunizona shooting death

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