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The murder of Corey Story in Kokomo puzzled the investigators till they received crucial information that led them to the victim's alleged girlfriend and killer, Cynthia Coates. Coates had shot Story in the back of the head two weeks after they had broken up.
Cynthia Coates was charged with one count of murder but she took a plea deal and was convicted for voluntary manslaughter resulting in 20 years of jail time. She is currently incarcerated at the Indiana Women's Prison and will be released in 2029 after which she will be under 10 years of supervised probation.
The Snapped: Women Who Kill episode showcases the murder of Corey Story as it re-airs on July 9, 2024, at 11 p.m. EST on Oxygen. The official synopsis reads,
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"When a man returns home from a party and finds his caregiver shot to death, detectives must sift through a complicated network of animosity and resentment to find their killer."
How was Cynthia Coates arrested?
The 45-year-old Corey Story was found dead at the 1000 block of Quail Run Drive by Tommie Hammock Jr on October 25, 2014, per the Kokomo Tribune. Tommie had suffered a stroke and had been bound to his wheelchair since. He had employed three caregivers and Corey was one of them.
According to Oxygen, Corey had grown close to one of Tommie's family friends, Cynthia Coates, who had also been nurturing her wheelchair-bound husband. They were acquainted since 2012 after which he took responsibility for Tommie. While the first suspect in the case was Tommie, his alibi checked out as he had been at Cynthia's husband, Louis' birthday party.
After Corey's death in October 2014, the investigators were informed of his romantic relationship with Cynthia. Corey had reportedly moved out of Cynthia's home two weeks before his murder as he was allegedly not comfortable with the idea of living with a married woman.
Suspicion arose when it was reported that Cynthia had gone missing from Louis' party for two hours to get her car washed but returned with it unwashed. Moreover, the police received an anonymous tip claiming that Cynthia had confessed to her daughter, Angel Benson, about having shot someone.
Where is Cynthia Coates now?
Cynthia Coates was arrested on October 27, 2014, for the murder of Corey Story and was charged with murder the following day, per Fox59. Cynthia had initially withheld fact that she had left the party for two hours. During interrogation, she came up with different stories behind the murder and allegedly appeared disoriented. At one point, she also blamed her daughter and Louis for being behind Corey's murder.
Cynthia Coates took a plea deal before she stood for trial and pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, per Associated Press. Oxygen reported that Prosecutor Mark McCann mentioned in Snapped,
"She admitted that she knowingly or intentionally, on or about October the 25th, 2014, killed Corey Story on Quail Drive, here in Kokomo Indiana, while acting under the sudden heat, which is voluntary manslaughter."
According to the Kokomo Tribune, Coates was sentenced to 20 years in prison and 10 years of supervised probation after her jail time. She is presently scheduled for release on February 2029, per the Indiana Department of Corrections.
Catch all the details of Corey Story's murder as Snapped re-airs on Oxygen on Tuesday.
