Diana Coe
Appearances
48 Hours
Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
And the wedding invitations had already been mailed out. And I said, rape? I said... Oh, there's no way.
48 Hours
Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
He kept telling me it was a big misunderstanding. And so in my mind, I thought, well, he must be telling the truth because if he got arrested, he's not in jail. But you didn't really believe it was rape.
48 Hours
Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
wanting to get married then then we have to support as a family he was like i'm so so sorry and i love you i want us to be married i want us to have a family and so i was like okay you know so i went i went through with it diana and clayton stayed married for a little more than 11 years they had a son
48 Hours
Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
I remember that he had ordered those handcuffs. Well, he had them hung over the rearview mirror, and I didn't think anything of it.
48 Hours
Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
I think I was, you know, crying, and I said, oh, my God. I said, somebody has murdered Catherine. And he goes, oh, really? Just, like, no emotion. When we hung the phone up, I can remember, because I was, like, kind of squinting and kind of, like, going, God, that's kind of odd.
48 Hours
Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
They were always close to me in my heart. I'm Diana Coe and I was friends with Catherine and her twin sister Allison since middle school. They were so sweet and so funny. They had a cute laugh and everybody just loved them.
48 Hours
Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
Tina told you that? Oh, yeah. Yeah. And I just went, oh, my god. Please don't tell me it was Clay. I almost fell to the ground. I was just like, oh, my god. Oh, god. I can't believe he's done this.
48 Hours
Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
That was, that was, that was hard. Yeah. I thought of Allison. Mm-hmm. And I just couldn't believe it. My father immediately went to Alison and I just said, Alison, oh my God, she's going to hate me.
48 Hours
Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
When you saw him at trial, how hard was that for you? That was very hard. And it was very embarrassing to me. And I do feel ashamed.
48 Hours
Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
It was the most horrific thing that I could have ever heard. I couldn't imagine what she went through and was so brave to get up and say what she said.
48 Hours
Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
I've always wondered, did he say something about me? Hey, it's Clay. I need to talk to you about something about Diana. I've always wondered, but I thought I'll never know.
48 Hours
Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
I find it hard to believe that he has not assaulted other people. I really feel with all my being, I feel that there are others. And how do you think he was able to conceal this darker side?
48 Hours
Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
I can't. I don't understand it. I don't know how he could. Like I always say, it's like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
48 Hours
Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
I was married to a monster, is what I was married to, and didn't know it. I think if he wouldn't have married me, she'd still be alive.
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Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
Diana Coe remembers hearing the news. And so she said, have you not heard about Catherine? And I go... My Catherine?
48 Hours
Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
I was new to the area, so I knew no one. And they just started talking to me, asked me my name, and we were friends from that point forward.
48 Hours
Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
He was so kind. He had the most wonderful personality.
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Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
And they were one of the first ones I thought of as a bridesmaid. And I asked them, and they said yes.