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Jeanette McCraney, the wife of Coley McCraney, the man convicted of killing 17-year-olds Tracie Hawlett and J.B. Beasley, recalls how her "American dream" was unraveled following his arrest.
A jury has recommended a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for Coley McCraney, a man who was found guilty Wednesday for the 1999 murders of J.B. Beasley and Tracie Hawlett.
Where is Coley McCraney and what’s next for the convicted killer? A Dale County jury in April convicted him of executing J.B. Beasley and Tracie Hawlett, 17-year-old Dothan students who Ozark ...
Dale County Circuit Judge William “Bill” Filmore on Thursday entered his order denying 49-year-old Coley McCraney’s request. The judge did not give any reason for the denial. Attorneys for ...
On March 15, 2019, a dream life quickly became a nightmare for the McCraney family when police arrested Coley McCraney for the 1999 murders of two 17-year-olds.
Coley McCraney – who lived his life crime-free and built a family in the 20 years following the murders - was convicted in April of four counts of capital murder in the shooting deaths of Tracie ...
Coley McCraney, 45, faces murder counts in the Aug. 1, 1999 killings of J.B. Beasley and Tracie Hawlett, who were found fatally shot in the trunk of Beasley's car, not far from the Ozark ...
A Dale County judge quashed subpoenas that would have forced jurors who convicted Coley McCraney of murdering two teens to testify during his bid for a new trial. The sentencing was a formality ...
Both the defense and the prosecution have rested their case in the closely watched south Alabama murder trial of Coley McCraney on the same day the defense began calling witnesses to the stand.
The ruling comes a day after jurors convicted Coley McCraney, 49, of capital murder for the deaths of Tracie Hawlett and J.B. Beasley, court records show.
In 1999, 17-year-old friends J.B. Beasley and Tracie Hawlett were shot to death. Find out how the case was finally solved 20 years later.
Almost four months after being found guilty by a jury of his peers, Coley McCraney has been transferred to a state prison where he will serve his life sentence, according to Dale County Sheriff Mas… ...