Preliminary Hearing Rescheduled in Coffman Murder Case
A preliminary hearing for a Pike County Illinois murder suspect has been rescheduled for September 2.
28-year-old Joseph Coffman of Fort McDowell, Arizona is charged with murder in the stabbing death of his half-brother, 47-year-old Dennis Coffman of Hannibal.
The incident allegedly took place early July 19 as the two men were driving along a stretch of Interstate 72 near the Hull exit just east of the Mark Twain Bridge at Hannibal.
Coffman remains in the Pike County Jail at Pittsfield without bond.