Exclusive | Matthew Coleman, QAnon dad charged with slaughtering his kids, is nearly incomprehensible behind bars as trial reaches deadline
Matthew Taylor Coleman, the California QAnon follower accused of killing his two small children with a speargun, is still incompetent to stand trial, his attorneys say — and they have only days to agree to a treatment plan for him.According to documents filed in Federal Court last month, attorneys on both sides have repeatedly asked the court to extend the deadlines for trial, because the 43-year-old is unable to help prepare his own defense.The next hearing is on Feb.18, and the judge has said that there will be no more extensions in the case.Feds are noting that there has been no discernible progress with Coleman’s mental health in the past several months.Coleman has repeatedly tried to mutilate himself in federal lockup — cutting himself with a razor, diving headfirst into a toilet, punching himself in the face and repeatedly slamming his head against the floor, according to court records.Coleman, who allegedly slaughtered Kaleo, 2, and Roxy, 10 months, in 2021 because he believed they had serpent DNA, is now under constant observation — and authorities have started medicating him against his will, according to court records.
He has been medicated since May.The Post has learned that Coleman has limited contact with his family — and when they talk, the former surf instructor is nearly incomprehensible.“He rambles a lot,” said a Coleman family member.
“And it doesn’t make a lot of sense.Something has happened, but he’s not the man we know and love.
I don’t know what switched.”On Aug.7, 2021, Coleman was packing for a family trip with his wife Abby, when authorities say he abruptly and wordlessly put the two kids into his van and drove away.Coleman took his kids over the border into Mexico and stayed at a resort hotel for two days.Then, investigators say, he drove his kids to a nearby farm, where he stabbed them both with a spearfishing gun.
A farmer made the grim discovery within an hour of the killings.Coleman was arrested as he atte...