SUN-TIMES, July 22, 1984 

* Spree killers Alton Coleman & Debra Brown captured

The front page has a headline: "COLEMAN'S GIRL STAR WITNESS?" with subheads. (see images) Coverage continues on page 12.
Complete with all 108 pages, tabloid size, some foxing along the spine, nice condition.

Background: The capture of Alton Coleman and accomplice Debra Brown on July 20, 1984, marked the dramatic conclusion to a brutal, six-state crime spree that had left eight people dead and paralyzed communities across the American Midwest. Coleman’s inclusion on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list on July 3, 1984, underscored the extreme urgency of the manhunt, which was uniquely complicated by his targeting of vulnerable victims—primarily children and the elderly—and his rapid movement across state lines that exposed severe gaps in local law enforcement coordination. The significance of his eventual arrest in Evanston, Illinois—triggered by a vigilant citizen who recognized Coleman from widely distributed FBI flyers—lay not only in ending a summer of widespread panic but also in highlighting the critical power of public vigilance and centralized federal resources in stopping nomadic, interstate offenders. Ultimately, this high-profile capture paved the way for a complex multi-state legal battle, culminating in Coleman's conviction and his execution by lethal injection in Ohio on April 26, 2002.