Natalie Blanche Holley, 25
Stephanie Collins, 17
Teri Lynn Matthews, 26
Summary of Offense:
Teri Lynn Mathews was last seen alive on December 5, 1986. She was believed to have been abducted in the vicinity of the Land O’ Lakes Post Office, where she had a post office box. Her car was found in the parking lot of the post office, with the engine running and the driver’s door open. Her mail was found scattered on the ground. Her body was found raped, stabbed and bludgeoned to death. The investigation into Mathew’s murder uncovered no significant leads until the summer of 1990, when Danny Coby contacted Crime Stoppers in Fort Wayne, Indiana with information about the murder. Danny Coby was married to Cheryl Coby, the former wife of the defendant, Oscar Ray Bolin. Following the call made by her current husband, Cheryl Coby gave investigators a statement regarding the murder of Mathews, after which Bolin was indicted for her murder.
Bolin was re-sentenced to death in Pasco County on December 28, 2001.
Bolin was also convicted and sentenced to death for a second murder in Hillsborough County on July 31, 1991 (Circuit Court Case #90-11832). Upon direct appeal, his conviction and sentence were reversed, and a retrial was ordered. Bolin was again sentenced to death on June 4, 1999. On appeal, his conviction and sentence were reversed for the second time. In 2005 he was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Bolin was convicted and sentenced to death for a third murder in Hillsborough County on October 11, 1991 (Circuit Court Case #90-11833). Upon direct appeal, his conviction and sentence were reversed, and a retrial was ordered. Bolin was again sentenced to death on June 4, 1999.
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