Donald
Lee GILSON |
In this Tuesday, Feb. 13, 1996 file photo, Bertha
Jean Coffman, left, and her boyfriend, Donald Lee Gilson, right,
leave the Cleveland County courthouse in Norman, Okla., after their
arraignment for murder and other charges resulting from the death
her son, Shane Alan Coffman. Gilson is set to receive a lethal
injection at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in
McAlester
for the murder.
(AP Photo/J. Pat Carter, File)
Donald Gilson walks into court during the trial
where he was convicted
of killing 8-year-old Shane Coffman.
Donald Lee Gilson mugshot.
Donald Lee Gilson
Donald Lee Gilson
Donald Lee Gilson
Cleveland County detective Jo Ann Sellars says
she'll never forget covering the case
and seeing in what condition the children were living.
Shane's mother, Bertha Jean Coffman, pleaded
guilty to killing her son.
The body of 8 year old Shane Coffman was found in an abandoned freezer
outside the
mobile home of his mother, Bertha Jean Coffman, and her
boyfriend, Donald L. Gilson.
The victim
Shane Coffman died in August 1995, according to the Medical Examiner.
An autopsy showed two fractures to the
boy's skull, a tooth missing from his right jaw,
and fractures to his
collarbone, shoulder blades, ribs, legs and spine.
Shane Coffman, 8.
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