January 14, 1959: Paul Coates — Confidential File

CONFIDENTIAL FILE

Red Tape Frequently Chokes Logic, Justice

Postscript to a tragedy:

Two and a half years ago, a young Norwalk housewife returned from the home of a neighbor to find her husband sprawled dying across his bed. He had been shot through the head with a .22-caliber rifle.

There was no mystery to the fatal shooting. Within minutes after they arrived at the scene, County Sheriff’s Department detectives had three suspects in custody, and detailed confessions from each…

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