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How the Killing of Thomas Kimble Coleman Changed the Course of a Family’s History

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He didn’t remember the killing at all. How could he? Harry Frank Long blacked out on whiskey every day. But Thomas Kimble Coleman’s murder at the Texan Motel on New Year’s Eve, 70 years ago, changed the course of his family. Three generations later, the Colemans say, “Justice keeps on being served.”

How One Corrupt Cop, Worshiped as a Hero, Went Down: The Story of J.C. Patrick

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J.C. Patrick, a colleague said, would serve a warrant on the Devil. Duval County’s chief homicide investigator always got his man. Unless paid not to. Patrick was the common denominator of corruption between the administrations of Sheriffs Rex Sweat and Dale Carson. This is the story of how his son took him down and how his reputation followed.