31 years after Rhonda Sue Coleman’s murder her parents still seek answers Rhonda Sue Coleman was murdered on May 17, 1990 near Hazlehurst in Jeff Davis County The evening of May 17, 1990, Rhonda Sue Coleman's parents saw her for the last time. In the 31 years since her murder, Milton and Gayle Coleman have never stopped loving her, or wanting answers to what happened. The evening of May 17, 1990, Rhonda Sue Coleman walked into her parents living room and said goodbye. T he 18-year-old was heading to a party where she and other seniors at Jeff Davis County High would paint graduation banners. The Colemans never let their daughter go out on a school night, but decided to make an exception. It would be the last time Milton and Gayle Coleman would see their only child alive. “She leaned over, put her hand on the chairs and said she was fixing to leave,” her mother recalled recently in an interview with The Telegraph. “I literally watched her walk out that door.” Rhonda gave Gayle a kis...
The murder of 18-year-old Rhonda Sue Coleman in Hazlehurst, Georgia has remained unsolved for over 30 years despite leads, eyewitness accounts and evidence.