A newly released body camera video and interrogation transcript detail the case of Summer Coffin, accused of first-degree murder in the death of her father, Kirk Coffin, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The incident occurred around 3 a.m. when a 911 call reported that Summer shot her father after he allegedly attacked her. According to her account, she has endured years of abuse, including threats of rape, physical violence, and emotional trauma, with her father allegedly trying to assault her multiple times. Summer claims she was upstairs, smoked a cigarette, and took defensive action when her father attempted to climb the stairs and grab her. However, police question the consistency and specificity of her testimony, noting gaps in timing, lack of detailed threat recall, and discrepancies with the physical scene. They also point to prior reports involving mental health concerns and inconsistencies in her narrative, suggesting her story does not align with the evidence. Summer faces a jury trial scheduled for December. Despite her emotional and traumatic claims, investigators maintain that her account does not support the self-defense narrative, and the case hinges on whether her allegations of abuse are credible or fabricated. The interrogation highlights deep personal trauma, but also raises concerns about the reliability of such testimonies in high-stakes criminal cases.
If I ask the question, you know what the answer is? We can just say you don't answer that. Or it's in the center view that you have to know what it says. What is the last thing you've done? We have intense, newly released interrogation video of a daughter accused of shooting her dad dead. You know what you're like? I said he isn't serious. You're f---ing doing it? [MUSIC PLAYING] [LAUGHTER] The newly released video reveals what she told police about what happened, and we'll tell you why police say her story doesn't add up. We're on the case presented by Lawncrime. I'm Chris Stewart. Well, let's get to this new body cam video that we have in out of New Mexico. This is a story that took place in the middle of the night. It's in Albuquerque, New Mexico. And a call comes in at 9-1-1 from a woman who is claiming she just shot her father. And as police arrive at the house, the 9-1-1 caller is in the front. Her name is Summer Coffin. And this is when police approach her. And then they go inside the house and find her dad's body. So he's trying to attack me as he has since I lived here. Do you have any lefties on? No, sir. OK, stay with these officers right here, OK? John's 67 since he came here for 4555. 10-4, unknown where. A single, he's probably 10-7. [MUSIC PLAYING] Now, the redacted part of the frame is where we believe the body of Kirk Coffin was located. That is Summer's dad. And he was shot dead. Now, you may have heard, as Summer was standing outside the house, she said that her dad was allegedly attacking her. And she even called him a pedophile. This is the body cam from another responding officer who then takes Summer into custody. Oh, man. He's a pedophile. I don't know if he's convicted. And my family has been taken care of. He's going to protect me. I really want my mom to run my mom killed herself. My brother is his mom. Are the officers there? Yes, ma'am. So get over here, please. Yes, ma'am. Would you like with us? OK, I'm going to go. I'm just going to go see what's going on. OK, I'm going to go over here, Summer. Where are we going? [INAUDIBLE] Let's sit there. Where is it? I am going. So we call them now. On the way, OK? No! No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. [SCREAMING] Do you want to bring your unit closer by? [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] All right. What you going to do with her sitting down? Yes, ma'am. Ma'am, I'm going to actually put your hands behind your back, please. Right now, you're just detained. [LAUGHTER] [MUSIC PLAYING] [LAUGHTER] [MUSIC PLAYING] [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] So all of this outside the house is taking place around 3 o'clock in the morning. And Summer, it seems, is claiming self-defense. She's taken into custody. She is transported to the police station. Where hours later, she sits down with detectives. [INAUDIBLE] I didn't get some stats. [INAUDIBLE] Well, we're waiting for him. Let me check my notes. OK? [LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] So it's around 6 and a half hours after she's taken into custody that Summer is interviewed. It's around 9.30 in the morning. [MUSIC PLAYING] So obviously, we're police officers, right? We're detectives, right? Yeah, we're detectives. And your handcuffs were in a police station. Like, we're dictating your commitment. I want to have a conversation with you. I think it's important we have a conversation. I'm sure you have some questions for me. But in order for us to have a conversation after you was called your Miranda, right? So have you ever heard about those? Sure. Sure. Have you ever been ready for Miranda? No. What happened? I don't know what the matter is. I think it's pretty important. Are there any questions to summarize? Whether they've been ready to eat, or whether you're familiar with them. No, I'm not. You know you're with them. OK. So the way I do it is I reach off this part. I read this part of everybody. I will stop after each one. Make sure you understand that one. The only ask for you is a verbal yes or no. If you understand that. Right. Does that make sense? All right. Do you have the right turn? I don't know. Do you understand that? Yep. Anything you say a candidate will be used against. Uh-huh. Do you have the right to talk with them and turn you before? And during questioning? Do you have the right to talk with them? I'm going to help you in a while. That's what he is, this seems. What the f*ck are you doing? What I was a child and I just got my name here. Oh He was a me Oh this is this is this time Are you here? He just was hungry so I was hungry. He used to When I was a child he would beat the f*ck up me I had to go to school every day I have been keeping him away for two years for me What happened to you? He would try to attack me All the time he kept talking about me He might really have kids right from me and right from my listener and being a part of the f*ck We used to hear rape kids at night sometimes and he started just hitting me all the time Summer as you can tell here is making very strong and disturbing allegations against the man please say she just shot dead her own father and police want to know what led up specifically in the minutes before the shots were fired to the violence in the home He tried to attack me but it's like he always did Why are you raising him up? Can you tell me where was he? He was trying to run off the stairs and grab me He was trying to run off the stairs and grab me Where were you? I was right on the edge of the stairs Was that upstairs? What? Were you upstairs? Yes sir Why am I saying he tried to run off the stairs and grab me He did that while I was alive and he kept telling me when I moved in he kept threatening me and telling me he was going to hit me in the sand and just friend f*ck I don't even know if that's a real name we never even met her my mom committed suicide Did you protect us more than anyone? But the woman strangled me when I lived on 28th and 28th were low and nobody has ever told me I called the cops and they told me so I moved to Michigan and I just worked out there for five years and I just worked out there for five years and I'll tell you what I'm going to lie to you and I'll tell you what I'm going to lie to you I was smoking a cigarette and every time I would try to eat on the evening, he would try to hurt me and every day he would tell me how he is at my mom. You would just walk up and whisper things. You would walk up and whisper things. You would, like, right away, you would walk up and be like, "I'm going to sit at your mom like this," and then try to lunge at me. But being an adult, it's been a very different situation from being a child. So please come in. It seems like they're trying to make summer comfortable. They adjust your handcuffs. And you may notice, as this interrogation's gone on, that each time that detectives ask about the moments leading up to when those shots were fired, summer will pause, and then eventually circle back to the stories she has of struggles and trauma from her childhood. So you were smoking a cigarette upstairs? No. In the backyard. And you're not sleeping. Where's his room at? On the bottom floor. So then you're smoking a cigarette to see come outside or do you go in, but when you first start interacting. I went upstairs and lay down for a good, probably 30 minutes or something. Okay, and then what happened? And then I went and smoked a cigarette? A second cigarette? Oh, this was the first time. Come on. So some room, you know, this kind of stuff is not easy to talk about, but I can only imagine. That being said, they're perspective on what happened last night. This is really important. Like, then, did I break a coffee cup? And you started to check me. What used to happen when I was a child, like he spent two years setting stuff that looked like to me. As a child, I was doing, I walked in the door, I just started hitting me. I'm beautiful crap on him. And last night, not last night, the night before, he was reaching for his knife, and he was trying to threaten me. And I'm just, it's been two years already dealing with him threatening me every single day. I can't really figure out what the hell he's talking about anymore.
I just. has hit me so many times. So. My wife? But he was hitting me and growing up. Did he also do this to your brother and your sister? My brother, no. He used to, but I just can't remember. Honestly, I can't hardly remember mine. So we made a sure move where I moved back to focus. I'm just thinking about our childhood. I can put their mom in the back. It's been 10 years since she. Now. Is this here? No, last year was 10 years. No. So it's 2015, she took her life. I'm sorry. It's 2017. Look, it's clear where ever the truth lies. There has been trauma in summer's life. This is someone who has been struggling. And summer goes on to talk about an issue that she had with her dad the night of the shooting. And reportedly, all of this may have come down to $3 and a pack of cigarettes. My dad was mad because he has to for $3. We're getting serious! So how long have you been living with your father? I have super $3. And I told him I'd do these chores. And he just just mad at me every time I spoke to him. What is your question? How long have you been living with your father? Two years. Okay. And I just. Oh, it's approximately because I was only with my cousin for like nine months or something. Okay. What's your cousin's name? And you live near your son's head. And he just tried to call and get a restraining order in the frickin' lane. Like hell no. Hell no. Bows and dails. And I'm getting a conditional discharge for it. The. The. They said it aggravated a soul. And I'm not even my. Nobody frickin said anything about it being a legitimate. And I had so many lives, so many don't listen to me. Because. Because they tried to steal my soul's security. And they. They. They. We're going so good at the policies and switching their name tags. You're gonna see them wearing different name tags. But they were in small crack and they say I'm taking your soul's security and they were talking about me because I'm native. Who is this? I was switching their name tags. And the jail? I broke down everything. I really don't want any of those cops to see a lot of them. Somewhere I want to bring back what you said last night. You said that you were upstairs. And you went for another cigarette. And then you really went and got into a repulteration number to call them back. I don't know. When did you go back upstairs? I don't know. I have a phone for like a month and I couldn't even tell him he's been so evil. There's a lot going on here. Police tried to wrangle Summer in to figure out her side of the story from that night once again. So what happened last night? You. He tried to attack me. Okay. He kept running up the stairs when I would go upstairs. And then what happened? So you're upstairs. He tried to run up the stairs. Huh? You were upstairs and you tried to run upstairs. Then what happened? I told him don't mess with me. Why the fuck are you doing that? Because he kept threatening me over and over and over and over and over and over and over. What did he say to you? What did he say? What did he say? I don't know. Trying to think that you seem to recall that they were threats. So what did he say? I don't know. Can you remember how you felt? No! You don't remember how you felt when your father was threatening? Are you okay? Is there a mic on this? Of course. Some of these are cameras that court video are on video. Some of the things you say and the things you do. What did I ask? What did I ask? It's because we have been fighting him to not treat me that way for so long in my family. Who's me? My brother? It's my brother. It's just me. So your brother would be able to tell us about what your father did? I'm sure. Is he a trustworthy person? What is your brother's name? I don't want to take you back. A long time ago? What did you get? I didn't get it. Tell me about that. When did you grab it tonight? Before I heard him stop it up the stairs? I just did it. I just put the stuff right there and made sure that I could make it to it before he could try to hurt me. Because he kept saying he would kill me over and over and over and that woman threatened me a lot. Someer then talks about a woman who her dad, she claims, would bring into the house and she claims that woman would threaten her. This interrogation went on for roughly a half hour and as someer gets emotional over and over again, detectives eventually ask her if she would like to talk to an attorney. I don't believe what I mean.
Are you going to want to speak to a lawyer? Just by go. Okay. Okay. So we're going to go ahead and then the conversation. Okay. We do have a water for your DNA and your major, your fingerprints. Okay. I'll be taken by a civilian. She's not a police officer. Can you share with her what a respect can you say to us? I want to get to the story girl. What do you mean? What's that? What do you mean? I have to tell you what happened. Well, hello. What do you mean? Well, what do you mean? I'm sorry, I look terrible. Well, if I'm just trying to explain the process to you, okay? And you've been respectful to us. I'm just saying that this person is not a police officer. That's doing it. So don't be disrespectful to her. I'm not saying that she do. I just say this to everybody. Okay. So what all is she's doing that? Just be nicer than her. Of course. That's all I'm trying to say. Summer Coffin is facing a charge of first-degree murder in the death of her father. According to K-R-Q-E television, police say after the interview, detectives believe that summer's allegations of abuse by her dad did not match up with what they found on scene. The TV station reports that there are several police reports related to summer and some of them mentioned issues of mental health. Now, in this case, where she is accused of murdering her father, she has a jury trial that is slated for December. That will do it. For on the case presented by law and crime, subscribe to us on YouTube and Spotify. And we're also streaming on Peacock. I'm Chris Stewart. We'll see you next time.
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
A body cam video from a New Mexico home invasion case shows Summer Coffin, a 22-year-old woman, claiming her 67-year-old father attacked her and shot him in self-defense during a midnight confrontation.
Summer’s interrogation reveals detailed allegations of long-term abuse, including her father threatening her with violence, whispering sexual threats, and trying to assault her as a child, which she claims continues into adulthood.
Police argue that her story contradicts physical evidence and timeline details, such as her admission of being outside and smoking a cigarette in the backyard, and her failure to recall specific events or threats from the night of the shooting, raising doubts about the credibility of her claims.
Summary:
A newly released body camera video and interrogation transcript detail the case of Summer Coffin, accused of first-degree murder in the death of her father, Kirk Coffin, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. m. when a 911 call reported that Summer shot her father after he allegedly attacked her.
According to her account, she has endured years of abuse, including threats of rape, physical violence, and emotional trauma, with her father allegedly trying to assault her multiple times. Summer claims she was upstairs, smoked a cigarette, and took defensive action when her father attempted to climb the stairs and grab her. However, police question the consistency and specificity of her testimony, noting gaps in timing, lack of detailed threat recall, and discrepancies with the physical scene.
They also point to prior reports involving mental health concerns and inconsistencies in her narrative, suggesting her story does not align with the evidence. Summer faces a jury trial scheduled for December. Despite her emotional and traumatic claims, investigators maintain that her account does not support the self-defense narrative, and the case hinges on whether her allegations of abuse are credible or fabricated.
The interrogation highlights deep personal trauma, but also raises concerns about the reliability of such testimonies in high-stakes criminal cases.
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Summer Coffin is accused of first-degree murder in the death of her father, Kirk Coffin, after police found his body at their home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She claims self-defense, alleging that her father attacked her and threatened her with violence.
Summer said her father tried to attack her by running up the stairs and grabbing her, and that he repeatedly threatened her, including making claims about being a pedophile and threatening to kill her.
The incident occurred around 3 a.m., and Summer was taken into custody immediately after police arrived. She was interviewed again about 6.5 hours later, around 9:30 a.m., during a lengthy interrogation.
Police believe her account of abuse and threats does not align with the physical evidence and timeline found at the scene, and they suspect inconsistencies in her narrative, particularly regarding her father's actions leading up to the shooting.
Yes, Summer reported that her father had a history of threatening her, hitting her, and making inappropriate comments since she was a child, including claims about having children from her and threatening to harm her.
Several police reports mention issues related to Summer’s mental health, which may have influenced her behavior during the interrogation and her ability to provide a consistent account of events.
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