A Santa Barbara, California, surf school owner was indicted Wednesday for allegedly killing his 2-year-old son and his 10-month-old daughter with a spearfishing gun last month in Mexico. Matthew Taylor Coleman was charged with two counts of foreign first-degree murder of United States nationals and is eligible for the death penalty. "The murder of a child is difficult to understand under any circumstances," Kristi K. Johnson, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, said in a statement. "I’m proud of the quick investigative efforts by FBI Agents, the Santa Barbara Police Department, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and our Mexican counterparts which led to the arrest of Mr. Coleman as he entered the United States, and I look forward to delivering justice for the young victims and their family." Coleman’s wife, Abby Coleman, reported her husband had left with their two children last month and she didn’t know where they had gone. Sh...
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