Donald Gene Coleman, 66, was found dead on the front porch of his home north of Stroud, Oklahoma, on September 1, 2018. Investigators determined he did not die of natural causes and called the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation in to assist.

The inquiry reconstructed the prior night’s violence: three people — identified as Jerry Richards, Deirdre Allen, and Waylon Whitlow — entered Coleman’s home, struck him with a hammer and an ax, and took a rifle belonging to Coleman. Coleman made it to his porch, where Jerry Richards used the rifle to shoot him.

All three were arrested and later convicted. Jerry Richards, 34 at the time, was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 37 years, with more than 31 years required before parole eligibility. Deirdre Allen and Waylon Whitlow pleaded guilty to manslaughter; Allen received a 30-year sentence with the final 15 years suspended, and Whitlow was sentenced to 15 years.

Did anyone in the Stroud area know Donald Coleman or observe anything unusual the night before September 1, 2018?