12 Facts About Alton Coleman

Alton Coleman, committed a crime spree across six states between May and July 1984 that resulted in the deaths of eight people.

Alton Coleman was born on November 6,1955, in Waukegan, Illinois.

Alton Coleman's mother worked three jobs, and he lived with his 73-year-old grandmother.

Alton Coleman was diagnosed with mixed personality disorder with "probable" antisocial, narcissistic and obsessive features, with additional diagnoses including epileptic spasms, psychosis and borderline personality disorder.

Alton Coleman is one of eleven children, is borderline intellectually disabled, suffered head trauma as a child and was diagnosed with dependent personality disorder by a psychiatrist.

Alton Coleman was engaged to another man when she met Coleman in 1983, but left her family and moved in with him shortly afterwards.

Alton Coleman ripped the telephone from their wall before stealing money and their car.

Shards of a broken soda bottle which bore Alton Coleman's fingerprints, were found in the Walters' living room, and bloody prints made by two pairs of shoes were found in the basement.

Alton Coleman's case was sent to the US Supreme Court several times between 1985 and 2002, but his numerous arguments that his conviction and death sentence were unconstitutional failed to sway the justices.

Alton Coleman had received two death sentences from Ohio, and one each from Illinois and Indiana.

In commuting Brown's sentence, Celeste cited her low IQ scores, ranging from 59 to 74, and her "master-slave" relationship with Alton Coleman influencing her actions.

Alton Coleman finally expressed remorse for her crimes when she apologized to the victims' families in a video in 2005.