Two Days In September
Violent Man Goes On Murderous Rampage Against Women
Re-printed from a story at Cleveland.com on March 27th 2019
In January of 2019 Marcus Coker faces murder charges in a Summit County, Ohio courtroom.
AKRON, OH - An Akron man was found guilty of breaking into an ex-girlfriend’s apartment and assaulting her, then two days later, fatally stabbing another former girlfriend before getting into a high-speed police chase and hour-long SWAT standoff.
Marcus Coker, 36, pleaded no contest to several charges related to the incidents, including the murder of 29-year-old Ashley Williams, according to a news release from Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh.
Coker broke into an ex-girlfriend’s Akron home and then assaulted her on September 20the 2017. Less than 48 hours later, he strangled and stabbed Williams in an apartment on Howe Avenue in Cuyahoga Falls, Walsh said.
Williams’ dead body was found the next day. A resident called 911 and said a friend - Coker - had been staying in the home, but he didn’t know where his friend was and could not identify the woman.
About 30 minutes before the man had called 911, Williams’ mother filed a missing person report with Akron police, saying her daughter told family members about her plans to meet Coker at a Howe Avenue apartment.
Single mother Ashley Williams was strangled and stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend in September of 2017.
Before police knew Williams was missing or dead, officers tried to pull over Coker for driving recklessly. He was driving Williams’ white 2013 Volkswagen Jetta. Coker then led officers on a high-speed chase through the city’s Goodyear Heights neighborhood where he struck a parked car on Arnold Avenue near Eastland Avenue.
Officers approached Coker and ordered him to get out. He refused and moved around inside the car, police said. An officer fired a single shot into the car, grazing Coker’s head.
Coker continued to move around in the car and officers backed away, police said. The SWAT team responded and tried to negotiate, but Coker still refused to exit the car. After an hour-long standoff, SWAT team members removed Coker from the car, police said.
In connection with the September 20th 2017 incident, Judge Kelly McLaughlin found Coker guilty of felony charges of aggravated burglary with a repeat violent offender specification, robbery with a repeat violent offender specification, disrupting public services and a first-degree misdemeanor of domestic violence, Walsh said.
In the September 22nd incident, Coker was found guilty of aggravated murder with a repeat violent offender specification and three counts of murder with repeat violent offender specifications, two counts of kidnapping with a repeat violent offender specifications and failure to comply, all felonies.
McLaughlin is scheduled to sentence Coker on June 28th when he faces life in prison.
As reported by the Akron Beacon Journal: Coker asked for permission to read a letter to Williams’ family during the trial. This was unusual because defendants who are fighting their charges but have chosen not to testify don’t normally speak until their sentencing. Judge McLaughlin allowed him to speak.
Convicted of brutally killing a young single mother with small children in a fit of rage Marcus Coker makes a long rambling statement at the end of his trial.
Coker, who said he has been studying the Bible and the Quran, attempted to include several spiritual references in his statements.
“When I didn’t know who I was, I sent negative vibrations into the universe, which affected mothers, brothers, children, aunts, uncles, fathers and friends,” he said. “Hopefully, the actions of this day can send good vibrations into the universe and produce fruits of love.”
This is a man who enjoyed beating women much smaller than himself. He then graduated to killing one. His comments about "good vibrations" and the "fruits of love" are extremely bizarre. This disingenuous statement illustrates how stupid that he believed the judge, the prosecutor, his family and the victim's family were.
These are the typical statement of a man, overwhelmed with shame but unable to control himself, will make time and time again.
To touch base with reality, at the trial, Assistant Prosecutor Joe Dangelo said Coker held down the 27-year-old woman and choked her so hard that bones broke in her neck.
According to News 5 in Cleveland: a vast number of domestic violence abusers rarely spend a day behind bars. The "5 On Your Side Investigators" reviewed nearly 700 felony domestic violence cases filed in Cuyahoga County in 2015.
In addition, News 5 found that 582 of nearly 700 felony abusers struck plea deals leading to reduced charges, including when guns are involved. Only 161 abusers actually went to prison, and only 180 spent time in jail.
If a man like Coker is not punished appropriately due to their feigned sincerity over their own abusive behavior then why wouldn't they continue severely beating women? When their love of abuse escalates to murder - who is to blame but the very courts that were so lenient and negligent in their duties to protect victims of these crimes?
References:
Cleveland.com, Man Found Guilty Of Murder Of Ex-Girlfriend
News 5 Cleveland, Man Found Guilty Of Attacking Ex-Girlfriend, Killing Another
News 5 Cleveland, Man Found With Dead Woman's Car
Re-printed from a story at Cleveland.com on March 27th 2019
In January of 2019 Marcus Coker faces murder charges in a Summit County, Ohio courtroom.
AKRON, OH - An Akron man was found guilty of breaking into an ex-girlfriend’s apartment and assaulting her, then two days later, fatally stabbing another former girlfriend before getting into a high-speed police chase and hour-long SWAT standoff.
Marcus Coker, 36, pleaded no contest to several charges related to the incidents, including the murder of 29-year-old Ashley Williams, according to a news release from Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh.
Coker broke into an ex-girlfriend’s Akron home and then assaulted her on September 20the 2017. Less than 48 hours later, he strangled and stabbed Williams in an apartment on Howe Avenue in Cuyahoga Falls, Walsh said.
Williams’ dead body was found the next day. A resident called 911 and said a friend - Coker - had been staying in the home, but he didn’t know where his friend was and could not identify the woman.
About 30 minutes before the man had called 911, Williams’ mother filed a missing person report with Akron police, saying her daughter told family members about her plans to meet Coker at a Howe Avenue apartment.
Single mother Ashley Williams was strangled and stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend in September of 2017.
Before police knew Williams was missing or dead, officers tried to pull over Coker for driving recklessly. He was driving Williams’ white 2013 Volkswagen Jetta. Coker then led officers on a high-speed chase through the city’s Goodyear Heights neighborhood where he struck a parked car on Arnold Avenue near Eastland Avenue.
Officers approached Coker and ordered him to get out. He refused and moved around inside the car, police said. An officer fired a single shot into the car, grazing Coker’s head.
Coker continued to move around in the car and officers backed away, police said. The SWAT team responded and tried to negotiate, but Coker still refused to exit the car. After an hour-long standoff, SWAT team members removed Coker from the car, police said.
In connection with the September 20th 2017 incident, Judge Kelly McLaughlin found Coker guilty of felony charges of aggravated burglary with a repeat violent offender specification, robbery with a repeat violent offender specification, disrupting public services and a first-degree misdemeanor of domestic violence, Walsh said.
In the September 22nd incident, Coker was found guilty of aggravated murder with a repeat violent offender specification and three counts of murder with repeat violent offender specifications, two counts of kidnapping with a repeat violent offender specifications and failure to comply, all felonies.
McLaughlin is scheduled to sentence Coker on June 28th when he faces life in prison.
As reported by the Akron Beacon Journal: Coker asked for permission to read a letter to Williams’ family during the trial. This was unusual because defendants who are fighting their charges but have chosen not to testify don’t normally speak until their sentencing. Judge McLaughlin allowed him to speak.
Convicted of brutally killing a young single mother with small children in a fit of rage Marcus Coker makes a long rambling statement at the end of his trial.
Coker, who said he has been studying the Bible and the Quran, attempted to include several spiritual references in his statements.
“When I didn’t know who I was, I sent negative vibrations into the universe, which affected mothers, brothers, children, aunts, uncles, fathers and friends,” he said. “Hopefully, the actions of this day can send good vibrations into the universe and produce fruits of love.”
This is a man who enjoyed beating women much smaller than himself. He then graduated to killing one. His comments about "good vibrations" and the "fruits of love" are extremely bizarre. This disingenuous statement illustrates how stupid that he believed the judge, the prosecutor, his family and the victim's family were.
These are the typical statement of a man, overwhelmed with shame but unable to control himself, will make time and time again.
To touch base with reality, at the trial, Assistant Prosecutor Joe Dangelo said Coker held down the 27-year-old woman and choked her so hard that bones broke in her neck.
According to News 5 in Cleveland: a vast number of domestic violence abusers rarely spend a day behind bars. The "5 On Your Side Investigators" reviewed nearly 700 felony domestic violence cases filed in Cuyahoga County in 2015.
In addition, News 5 found that 582 of nearly 700 felony abusers struck plea deals leading to reduced charges, including when guns are involved. Only 161 abusers actually went to prison, and only 180 spent time in jail.
If a man like Coker is not punished appropriately due to their feigned sincerity over their own abusive behavior then why wouldn't they continue severely beating women? When their love of abuse escalates to murder - who is to blame but the very courts that were so lenient and negligent in their duties to protect victims of these crimes?
References:
Cleveland.com, Man Found Guilty Of Murder Of Ex-Girlfriend
News 5 Cleveland, Man Found Guilty Of Attacking Ex-Girlfriend, Killing Another
News 5 Cleveland, Man Found With Dead Woman's Car
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