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Coley McCraney sentenced to life without parole for 1999 Alabama teen murders.

Coley McCraney, an Alabama man, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 1999 murders of two high school seniors. McCraney was convicted of four counts of capital murder, including vehicle and rape, and capital murder of two or more persons. The murders of Tracie Hawlett and J.B. Beasley haunted the Wiregrass region for decades until a DNA match was found through a family DNA website in a genealogy search. McCraney, who had lived a crime-free life for 20 years following the murders, was arrested in 2019. The jury spared him the death penalty, with 10 jurors voting for life without parole and two for the death penalty.

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Coley McCraney sentenced to life without parole for 1999 teen murders.

Coley McCraney has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 1999 murders of Dothan high school students JB Beasley and Tracie Hawlett. McCraney, who has no prior criminal record and pastored a church in recent years, was found guilty of Capital Murder charges. He plans to appeal his conviction.

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Coley McCraney receives life sentence for 1999 double murders.

Coley McCraney has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 1999 murders of J.B. Beasley and Tracie Hawlett. McCraney was found guilty of two counts of capital murder, including shooting into an occupied vehicle, capital murder of two or more people, and capital murder during the course of another felony (rape). McCraney's defense attorneys plan to file a motion for a new trial within 30 days. The murders remained part of a high-profile cold case for years until DNA evidence was revealed that implicated McCraney.

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McCraney Convicted of Murder by Jury

Coley McCraney has been found guilty of Capital Murder for the brutal killing of two Dothan teens in 1999. The jury rejected McCraney's outlandish claims and his testimony likely proved detrimental to the defense. The jury will decide between life without parole or execution for his punishment.

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McCraney Admits to Prior Sexual Encounter with Victim in Murder Trial

Coley McCraney, the suspected killer of two teens in 1999, denied killing them but admitted to having sex with JB Beasley the night she died along with her friend Tracie Hawlett. He claimed he met Beasley a few weeks before the shootings and agreed to meet her at a convenience store where the girls were last seen. After they didn't show up, he left but returned later, where he encountered the teens, got into the car with them, and led them to where he had parked his truck and trailer in rural Dale County. He testified that one thing led to another and they ended up having sex.

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