More than 30 years have passed since the day Rhonda Sue Coleman left her home in Hazlehurst and did not return. Rhonda, 18, was a graduating senior and had attended an event at a classmate’s home on a Thursday. That night, a friend found her car still running by the side of the road, her purse in the passenger seat and her footprints leading from her 1989 Chevy Cavalier to an unidentified vehicle. Three days later, police found her partially burned body in a wooded area the next county over. Since then, her parents, Milton and Gayle Coleman, have fought valiantly to bring the killer to justice but have been frustrated by the lack of information, the poorly managed investigation and what they believe could be a cover-up by law enforcement. “Over the years, we can’t get a lot of answers,” said Milton Coleman, who spoke with me by phone as he and his wife drove through town. Whenever they have asked for information, law enforcement officers have said “we can’t answer that,” Coleman said. ...

On July 1, 2023, the Coleman-Baker Act was enacted in the state of Georgia, allowing families to request that a cold case be reexamined by law enforcement. The act is, in part, named after Rhonda Sue Coleman, an 18-year-old whose body was found in a wooded area in Montgomery County, Georgia, on May 20, 1990.  Dateline featured Rhonda’s story in our “Cold Case Spotlight” series in 2018. At the time, we spoke with Layla Miller Marshall , a classmate of Rhonda’s, who found her abandoned car on the side of the road in Hazlehurst, Georgia, on the evening of May 17, 1990, and called the police. “When her dad drove up was one of my most vivid memories.  He was asking ‘ Layla, where’s Rhonda?’ I said, ‘Mr. Coleman, I don’t know.’ And his eyes immediately filled up with water ,”  Layla said. “I could tell he knew something was very wrong right then.” “Rhonda only lived two miles from my house.” said Layla while explaining why she was driving the same rural road that night.  “...

Will Rhonda Coleman’s 1990 homicide be the next to be solved?  GBI says "we're closing in on him" April 30, 2026, 3:46 PM CDT By  Meghan O'Brien On July 1, 2023, the  Coleman-Baker Act  was enacted in the state of Georgia, allowing families to request that a cold case be re-examined by law enforcement. The act is, in part, named after Rhonda Sue Coleman, an 18-year-old whose body was found in a wooded area in Montgomery County, Georgia, on May 20, 1990. Rhonda Sue Coleman Dateline featured  Rhonda’s story  in our “ Cold Case Spotlight ” series in 2018. At the time, we spoke with Layla Miller Marshall, a classmate of Rhonda’s, who found her abandoned car on the side of the road in Hazlehurst, Georgia, on the evening of May 17, 1990, and called the police. “When her dad drove up was one of my most vivid memories. He was asking ‘Layla, where’s Rhonda?’ I said, ‘Mr. Coleman, I don’t know.’ And his eyes immediately filled up with water,” Layla said. “I could tel...

There are no secrets that time does not reveal . In a recent episode of the true crime podcast, local inciter Roy Roberson implicates Mickey Beecher and Mark Hall Jr . in the unsolved murder of Rhonda Sue Coleman in May 1990. Roberson claims that Mickey Beecher essentially confessed his involvement in the murder and events leading up to Rhonda's murder the night of May 17th.1990 in Hazlehurst Georgia. Roy Roberson also claims Jeff Davis County Sheriff Mark Hall admitted to him that his son, Mark Hall Jr, was involved in Rhonda's abduction and murder. He stated, "Mark Hall had reached the point that he knew he was going to have to arrest his son. It was eating Mark alive!"   Roy Roberson tells podcaster Sean Kipe that Sheriff Mark Hall was fighting an internal conflict over Marky Hall's r ole in the murder of the 19-year-old high school senior from Hazlehurst, Georgia. Do you believe Roy Roberson's claims? Why would he wait all these years to disclose this in...

Mitchell Wood (Facebook) In a recent episode of Fox Hunter, Sean Kipe interviews Mitchell Wood of Hazlehurst Georgia. Mitchell Wood, a lifelong friend of Rhonda's, grew up in Hazlehurst and was also a member of the Jeff Davis High School Class of 1990.  According to statements given by Mitchell Wood to law enforcement, he claimed to have seen Rhonda Sue Coleman and Marky Hall together on the side of the road the night she was abducted and murdered. According to Wood, when he drove up on the pair Marky Hall threatened him and said: "You better turn around and get out of here unless you want something bad to happen" Mitchell Wood agreed to a polygraph test given by a retired GBI expert polygraph examiner. After the polygraph, the retired GBI agent said that Mitchell Wood was being truthful in his account of what happened the night Rhonda Coleman was abducted. What does Marky Hall know about Rhonda Sue Coleman's murder?

Community organizers in Jeff Davis County are working to solve a 31-year-old cold case and bring the victim's alleged murderer to justice. This summer, a new podcast about Rhonda’s case is set to be released by Sean Kipe. The hope for the new podcast “Fox Hunter,” is for someone to come forward with information that leads to the case being solved. According to information provided on the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's website, Rhonda Sue Coleman left a senior class meeting on May 17, 1990, and never made it home. Her car was found abandoned beside the highway in Hazlehurst, and her body was discovered three days later in a wooded area in Montgomery County. Coleman was a lifelong Hazlehurst resident, a student at Jeff Davis High School, and lived with her mother and father at the time of her death. According to the GBI, an autopsy was completed on Rhonda and no cause of death was determined. Some people in Jeff Davis County say they not only believe Rhonda was murdered, b...

Who Killed Rhonda Sue Coleman? Rhonda Sue Coleman was two weeks away from graduating high school in Hazlehurst, Georgia on May 17, 1990. That night, as a part of a Jeff Davis High School tradition, she and fellow seniors gathered at a student’s house to decorate a graduation banner to put up at school. She never returned home that night. Rhonda's burned body was discovered several days later in a remote area of a neighboring county. The murder of 18-year-old Rhonda Sue Coleman in 1990 has been a thorn in the side of the small community of Hazlehurst, GA for over 30 years. No arrests, no answers, and no justice. The family, friends and townspeople have never let go of the hope of finally getting the answers they so desperately seek. It’s a quiet spring night in 1990, and 2 men fox hunting in a secluded area of rural South Georgia stand patiently by their truck. Pulled off the side of a dirt road, they wait silently for the sound of their dogs barking to alert them to game nearby. ...

Unsolved slaying in Hazlehurst another case of delayed justice More than 30 years have passed since the day Rhonda Sue Coleman left her home in Hazlehurst and did not return. Rhonda, 18, was a graduating senior and had attended an event at a classmate’s home on a Thursday. That night, a friend found her car still running by the side of the road, her purse in the passenger seat and her footprints leading from her 1989 Chevy Cavalier to an unidentified vehicle. Three days later, police found her partially burned body in a wooded area the next county over. Since then, her parents, Milton and Gayle Coleman, have fought valiantly to bring the killer to justice but have been frustrated by the lack of information, the poorly managed investigation and what they believe could be a cover-up by law enforcement. “Over the years, we can’t get a lot of answers,” said Milton Coleman, who spoke with me by phone as he and his wife drove through town. Whenever they have asked for information, law enforc...

Rhonda Sue Coleman was two weeks away from graduating high school in Hazlehurst, Georgia on May 17, 1990. That night, as a part of a Jeff Davis High School tradition, she and fellow seniors gathered at a student’s house to decorate a graduation banner to put up at school, her cousin Natasha Bennett told Dateline. Who Killed Rhonda Sue Coleman? After the banner-decorating party, Rhonda, 18, and a few other students went to a nearby convenience store. Rhonda’s friends would later tell police that a little after 10:00 p.m.,  Rhonda said she had to leave to get home by her 10:30 p.m. curfew, and that she planned to stop at a nearby Hardee’s drive-through on the way. She left her friends to drive the three miles to her house, Natasha said. That same night, one of Rhonda’s classmates, Layla Miller Marshall, couldn’t make it to the banner-decorating festivities because of her work schedule. When she got off work, she stopped at her boyfriend’s house before driving home. “Rhonda only lived...

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The families of two high-profile unsolved homicides in the State of Georgia have joined together with the hopes of having Georgia's legislature lead the nation by passing the Georgia Homicide Victims' Families Rights Acts. The legislative push is modeled after a federal piece of legislation introduced by Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Tx). H.R.3359 - Homicide Victims’ Families’ Rights Act of 2021 • 117th Congress (2021-2022)   Full Text PDF Download Rhonda Sue Coleman was murdered on May 17, 1990 in Hazlehurst, Georgia. For more than 30 years, her family has sought justice and answers in her case despite the lack of information and substantive leads. A recent inquest into the case by Sean Kipe and Foxhunter Podcast has led to public interest and a demand for action by the community.  University of Georgia Law student Tara Louise Baker was killed on January 19, 2001 in Athens, Georgia the day before her 24th birthday. Twenty years have passed as the...

Scott Baldwin Demands Justice For Rhonda Sue Coleman in Emotional Video  

Sign the Petition for "Rhonda's Law" Sign the Petition for "Rhonda's Law " Small towns like Hazlehurst, GA are the backbone of America. They are the places of unsung heroes, of hard-working middle-class men and women. But sometimes, these very same small towns hide the deepest and darkest of secrets. Such is the case of 18-year-old Rhonda Sue Coleman, who was abducted in May of 1990 after a senior class party and found three days later in a neighboring county. She had been murdered, her body dumped in a wooded area and burned in an attempt to conceal any evidence. There were dozens of suspects - classmates, ex-boyfriends, and even members of the police force. Despite many people in the community still claiming to know who really killed Rhonda, the lack of hard evidence has caused the case to remain open. Now, more than 30 years later the Coleman family and the community of Hazlehurst, GA still want answers as to who is responsible for Rhonda Sue Coleman'...