A QAnon conspiracy theory follower has been indicted for murdering his two children.
Forty-year-old Matthew Taylor Coleman was charged with two counts of foreign first-degree murder of United States nationals. His charges come after traveling to Mexico and using a spearfishing gun to kill his 10-month-old daughter and 2-year-old son.
A criminal complaint was filed last month, claiming Coleman murdered his children “by shooting a spearfishing gun into their chests.” According to a complaint, Coleman, a surfing instructor from Santa Barbara, admitted to killing his kids.
Coleman said his reason for killing his kids was because he believed his children were going to grow into monsters, so he had to kill them.” The complaint contained, saying, “Coleman explained that he was enlightened by QAnon and Illuminati conspiracy theories and was receiving visions and signs” that made him believe his wife was telling him “he was saving the world from monsters.”
On Aug. 7, Coleman’s wife told police he’d taken the kids and left. The family had planned to all go together; his wife said she grew concerned when she saw Coleman leave the car seat behind. The next day she reported them as missing and used “find my iPhone” to locate Coleman; the device showed Coleman’s last known location was Rosarito, Mexico.
Mexican officials found the children’s bodies in a ditch. The criminal complaint said that the baby and the toddler had “large puncture wounds in their chest cavities,” the criminal complaint said.
“There are no words to describe the profound grief that envelops an entire community when a child is murdered,” acting U.S. Attorney Randy Grossman said in the statement, Yahoo! News reports. “The Department of Justice is determined to achieve justice for these victims and their loved ones.”
The attorney general over the case “will decide whether to seek the death penalty at a later date.”
