Internal PSP Investigation in Murder Case
In a state police internal investigation on the slaying of Cindy Jo Coleman, on March 13. Police are trying to find out why it took more than an hour for officers to act on a tip that Coleman's son was talking about killing her. Jesse James Campbell of Clearfield County was arrested the day of the slaying, and charged with killing his mother. A friend of Campbell told police that he was talking about killing her just hours before she died. More than an hour after receiving that tip, state police called Cindy Jo Coleman's parents, asking them to check on their daughter. When her parents went to her apartment just after 5 a.m., they found her dead. State police arrived at the scene at 5:30 a.m. Police said that Coleman wanted Campbell to return her computer. They said Campbell went to his mother's apartment, hit her with a plastic weight, and then cut her neck with a kitchen knife. Police said Campbell then read her the Bible as she died.
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