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Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast

The Murder of Luther "Luke" Lee Coe III & The Lies That Led to a Life Sentence

Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast

Moms got ya covered-feed

True Crime

4.68.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

On a summer evening in June 2021, a 911 call from a home in Newnan, Georgia, reported a terrible accident. Cheryl Coe claimed she had been startled awake and fired two warning shots at an intruder, only to realize she had shot her husband, Luther "Luke" Lee Coe III. But as investigators arrived and examined the scene, the physical evidence told a much different story. The gunshot wound was inflicted at close range, contradicting her claims of firing across the room. As detectives dug deeper, they uncovered a marriage strained by jealousy, control, and a complicated open relationship. With conflicting timelines, shifting stories, and a history of escalating arguments, what began as a tragic mistake quickly transformed into a complex murder investigation. Listen as we explore the tragic death of Luke the unravelling of Cheryl's varying accounts, and the two trials it took to finally reach a verdict. Check-out early release, ad-free and bonus episodes at patreon.com/momsandmysteriespodcast. Thank you to this week's sponsors! Upgrade your sleep with Boll & Branch. Get 15% off your first order plus free shipping at BollAndBranch.com/moms with code moms. Exclusions apply. Join the more than 3 million families who have been served by K12 and bring personalized learning to the comfort of your home. Enroll online today at K12.com/moms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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On a summer evening in June of 2021, a woman in noon in Georgia called 911 and said she had

0:29.1

shot her husband. When deputies got there, he was still alive, lying on the bedroom floor and

0:34.2

struggling to breathe. His name was Luther or Luke Lee Coe III. At first,

0:40.0

what happened sounded like a terrible accident, but the more Cheryl Coe talked, the less simple

0:44.8

that story became.

0:52.6

Hey guys, and welcome to the Moms and Mysteries podcast, a true crime podcast featuring myself, Mandy, and my dear friend Melissa. Hi, Melissa. Hi, Mandy. How are you? I am doing well. How are you? I'm doing really good. Beautiful day today.

1:06.3

Gorgeous. Gorgeous day. I think I mentioned on one of the recent episodes, well, I've mentioned my gardening journey a lot, but I think I might have mentioned that I was on the hunt for tulips last time. And I guess I kind of am late to the tulip party really for this year. Like they've already sprout, like they're already blooming and everything. So if I wanted, right. if I wanted them in my yard, like in the ground,

1:28.0

I should have done that like months ago. But I didn't. So I was, I've been looking for some and haven't been able to find any, but I saw some this morning at Target. And they were like kind of expensive, though, because it's Target. So I didn't get that many. I got like three little containers of Then they were like $8 a piece, but I was like, I don't know, this seems expensive.

1:46.4

But I got my tulips. So I'm excited. Well, there you go. Target, they've never been a sponsor of ours. So I feel very good saying this. I am not impressed. Every time I go there now, I'm like, everything's just I mean, everything's expensive. expensive everywhere. But like the little dollar thing in the

2:01.5

beginning, at least I could like, you know, get something, I would buy something from the store.

2:06.2

And now I'm too afraid to even walk past that because everything is so expensive. And the clothes don't work for me because I'm so freaking tall. And it's just a whole thing. And so that's my, I'm taking your positivity and turning it into a melissinous and it's

2:20.9

yeah, I know. Sorry about that. Unfortunately, I know. I unfortunately cannot really. I literally have to

2:25.1

force myself out of Target like the last few times I've gone because even the clothes, like I feel

2:29.4

like all the clothes they have right now are so cute. I want everything. Like I just want to buy

2:32.9

everything in Target. And, but like you said, I can't because it's really. I want everything. Like, I just want to buy everything in Target.

2:42.7

And, but like you said, I can't because it's really expensive. So I try to, I try to limit the reasons I go in there and only get what I'm there for.

2:52.6

Well, that's good. At least you have to, you're showing restraint. Mandy, we've on Patreon, we just covered an episode of worst roommate ever. Someone in our Patreon named Sarah, not someone, but Sarah in our Patreon. We just covered an episode of Worst Roommate Ever. Someone in our Patreon named Sarah,

3:02.5

not someone, but Sarah in our Patreon. She suggested a show called My Strain du Rest. It's on A&E. And so that means it's on like Prime. I definitely think we should do that. Okay. Yeah, I'm totally up for that. The first one, she said is a Florida one, and I was like, perfect. We got this. Okay. So we're naming it now. But if you wanted to hear that, you can find it on Apple Podcast Plus, Spotify, plus. Premium. Yeah. I can't remember what it's called. Yeah. And then also on Patreon, patreon. Patreon.com slash Moms moms and mysteries podcast. We will be covering that this next week. Awesome. I can't wait. So Luther or Luke

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