Murder in Grundy and the Power of DNA - Wanda McCoy
Housewives of True Crime
Tabitha Kane
4.6 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In March of 1981, 19-year-old Wanda McCoy was brutally attacked, raped, and murdered in her home in Grundy, Virginia. The scene was horrific—she had been stabbed repeatedly and nearly decapitated.
With no sign of forced entry, suspicion quickly fell on the one person who had easy access to the house: her brother-in-law, Roger Keith Coleman. But Roger claimed he was at work that night. Despite his protests, he was convicted and executed in 1992.
Years later, advanced DNA testing would provide a definitive answer—but not the one everyone expected.
Join us as we revisit this disturbing case, explore the controversy surrounding Coleman’s guilt, and examine how science finally had the last word.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi and welcome to Housewives of True Crime. |
| 0:05.4 | Welcome. |
| 0:06.3 | Welcome. |
| 0:07.4 | I am Tabitha. |
| 0:09.1 | Give me Dateline, white wine, and I'll pick up your kids in the carpool line. |
| 0:14.3 | The next day, right? |
| 0:15.2 | Yeah, the next day. |
| 0:15.9 | Okay. |
| 0:16.7 | And I am Gretchen. |
| 0:18.2 | I like white wine, true crime, and in bed by nine, because I have a lot of stuff to do in the morning. |
| 0:26.6 | We are housewives of true crime. |
| 0:30.5 | Yes, we are. |
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| 0:32.6 | We have. Welcome. |
| 0:46.3 | Welcome. |
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