ABC To Televise Griffin DA Case On Friday

ABC has announced it will be airing “In The Cold Dark Night,” a 20/20 Event, on Friday, July 17, 2020 at 9 p.m. EST. 

This special follows the case of the 1983 racially motivated murder of Timothy Coggins through the jury trial of one of the co-defendants in 2018. District Attorney Marie G. Border and former District Attorney Benjamin D. Coker successfully convicted Mr. Coggins’ murderers over three decades after they committed this heinous act. 

District Attorney Broder said about the announcement, “Some stories need to be brought forth from the dark and into the light. Timothy Coggins’ story is one of them. Just over two years ago, Franklin Gebhardt, one of the individuals responsible for the brutal murder of Timothy Coggins, finally faced a jury. 

At the end of the trial, the Spalding County District Attorney’s Office, Spalding County Sheriff, Darrell Dix, GBI Agent Jared Coleman, and the Coggins family sat with pounding hearts in a courtroom awaiting the jury’s verdict. 

Now, it is time for America to hear Timothy Coggins’ heart wrenching story. I am honored to have played a small part.”

We hope you will tune in with us on Friday, July 17, 2020 at 9 p.m. EST.