The Haunting of David Coffin

48 Hours

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True Crime, News, Tv & Film, Cbs

3.9 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In December 1996, Atlanta resident David Coffin returned home from a weekend away with his girlfriend, Megan Lee, to find it had been ransacked and his Porsche was stolen. Two days later, David's house caught on fire and he was found dead inside. Police zeroed in on Scott Davis, Megan's estranged husband, as a suspect when he revealed he knew David died from a gunshot wound and not due to the fire. “48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 6/19/2007. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+.

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0:18.4	The street was blocked off, and there was lots of fire trucks there.
0:22.6	The house was fully involved in flames.
0:25.6	I said it's at 9.51.
0:30.6	And they said, yeah.
0:32.6	And I said, that's my boyfriend's house.
0:35.6	And they said, do you know how to get in touch with your boyfriend? I said, that's my boyfriend's house. Go! You go! And they said, do you know how to get in touch with your boyfriend?
0:40.3	I said, no, I haven't talked to him today.
0:42.3	And I believe it was the police chief, I'm not sure.
0:47.3	Came up to me and said, are you the next of kin?
0:52.3	And I said, why?
0:56.0	And they said we found a body in the kitchen.
1:00.0	David Coffin was a 41-year-old male who was full of life, very attractive, a lot of fun.
1:21.6	He was beautiful and outgoing and athletic.
1:27.4	My name is Megan Lee, and in 1996, I was dating David Coffin.
1:32.3	He liked to ski hard slopes.
1:35.3	He liked to live life to the fullest.
1:38.3	Very Robert Redford-esque.
1:40.3	David came from the Coffin family of the Northeast. It's a very prominent family.
1:46.0	He was a good kid.
1:48.0	They loved the outdoors.
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