In this two-part podcast episode, Holly Coomber shares her life experiences growing up in the foster care system and the events leading up to the murder of two convenience store workers when she was a teenager.
Holly's teen years can only be described as horrible. She was put up for adoption as a child. She endured many beatings and broken bones until she was put in a Wayne County foster home of William Allen. Allen sexually abused Coomber, took her as his lover, and then took her to Missouri at age 16. Holly eventually had Allen's child, which she gave up for adoption.
Holly served more than 30 years related to the two murders; She didn't commit them but was on hand when they happened. Her abusive foster father did the killings, one during a robbery of a store in Georgia and then during a robbery of a store in Seneca Falls, NY. William Allen was convicted of both slayings and is currently serving a life sentence in Georgia.
Holly was released from prison in March 2018after a long journey to justice.
