Child Molester Arrested in 1988 Slaying Of 8-Year-Old Boy Found Strangled & Beaten in Woods: Cops
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Murder
A convicted sex offender was arrested in Georgia on Wednesday for the unsolved 1988 murder of an 8-year-old boy. The Atlanta Journal-Consitution reported that James Coates, 56, was riding in an Uber when he was arrested during a traffic stop. Coates’ arrest comes months after murder victim Joshua Harmon was exhumed and Rosewell police conducted …