A man killed his children, thinking that the reptiloids changed they DNA
Matthew Taylor Coleman, 40, is accused of killing his 2-year-old
son and 10-month-old daughter in Mexico (
https://bit.ly/3pFJ19c).
Months after he was arrested for allegedly killing his two children
with a spearfishing gun in Mexico, Matthew Taylor Coleman has
sent a handwritten letter from prison to at least one friend, asking
for forgiveness.
"He's really despondent and hopeless," the longtime family friend
tells PEOPLE. "He's alone with his thoughts 24/7. He's reflecting
on the mistakes he made in life and wondering if there's any chance
for redemption."
"He poured out his heart," the friend says. "He begged for
forgiveness, but says that he's now where he deserves to be."
On August 7, Matthew and his wife, Abby were packing for a family
trip when authorities allege he abruptly put his two kids -
Kaleo, 2, and Roxy, 10 months - into his van and drove away from
their Santa Barbara, Calif., home.
Police say Coleman drove the children into Mexico. Two days later,
authorities say he took the kids to a ranch, where he allegedly
killed them with a spearfishing gun and returned to his hotel a few
hours later. He was arrested when he attempted to cross the border
back into the United States.
According to an FBI criminal complaint which was obtained by
PEOPLE, Coleman allegedly told police he was motivated by the
QAnon conspiracy theory, which holds the false belief that former
president Donald Trump has secretly been battling a cabal of
Satan-worshipping pedophiles at the highest levels of political
power and influence.
In the criminal complaint, FBI special agent Jennifer Bannon wrote
that Coleman claimed to be "enlightened by QAnon and Illuminati
conspiracy theories and was receiving visions and signs revealing
that his wife, A.C., possessed serpent DNA and had passed it on
to his children."
Coleman was indicted on murder charges in September. If convicted,
he is eligible for the death penalty. Coleman is now being held in
protective custody in a federal prison. He has pleaded not guilty to
the charges, and the public defender's office has not returned
PEOPLE's calls for comment. His childhood friend tells PEOPLE
that he's unsure if Coleman sent letters to anyone else, but that he
was dreading the holidays in jail.
"He said he's sorry, that he never wanted to cause pain, and that
he's working through why he made the choices he made," the friend
says. "It was a very sad note."
