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data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="2">killed his two children</a> in Mexico with a spearfishing gun. </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_2-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <p id="mntl-sc-block_3-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> In the letter, handwritten on lined notebook paper, Coleman addressed some of his <a href="https://people.com/crime/matthew-colemans-wife-said-he-got-significantly-more-paranoid-while-researching-qanon-before-child-murders/" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="1">alleged conspiratorial thinking</a> — including his belief that his wife, <a href="https://people.com/crime/matthew-colemans-wife-wants-answers-about-childrens-alleged-qanon-inspired-murders/" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="2">Abby</a>, had reptile DNA that she passed down to the couple's kids, Kaleo, 2, and Roxy, 10 months. Coleman has been charged with two counts of foreign first-degree murder of United States nationals, and has pleaded not guilty. </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_4-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <p id="mntl-sc-block_5-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> "I was deceived," Coleman wrote in the letter, which was viewed by PEOPLE. "I was deceiving myself. I know now that the [reptile] DNA thing was a delusion in my own mind. I made myself believe something that wasn't there." </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_6-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <p id="mntl-sc-block_7-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> On Aug. 7, 2021, Matthew and Abby were packing for a family trip. Authorities allege that Matthew abruptly put Kaleo and Roxy into his van and drove away from their Santa Barbara, Calif., home. </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_8-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <figure id="mntl-sc-block_9-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res"> <div class="figure-media"> <div class="img-placeholder" style="padding-bottom:66.6%;"> <img data-src="https://people.com/thmb/GqvtDzzmbF2R5bNrS8KGGtPYtEI=/4000x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)/Matthew-Taylor-Coleman21-d166304cea4c42a38637664b735347ab.jpg" width="1500" height="1000" data-srcset="https://people.com/thmb/GqvtDzzmbF2R5bNrS8KGGtPYtEI=/4000x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)/Matthew-Taylor-Coleman21-d166304cea4c42a38637664b735347ab.jpg 4000w" data-sizes="4000px" alt="Matthew Taylor Coleman" class="lazyload mntl-image universal-image__image" data-expand="300" id=mntl-sc-block-image_1-0 data-tracking-container="true" data-img-lightbox="true" data-click-tracked="true" /> <noscript> <img src="https://people.com/thmb/GqvtDzzmbF2R5bNrS8KGGtPYtEI=/4000x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)/Matthew-Taylor-Coleman21-d166304cea4c42a38637664b735347ab.jpg" width="1500" height="1000" class="img--noscript mntl-image universal-image__image" srcset="https://people.com/thmb/GqvtDzzmbF2R5bNrS8KGGtPYtEI=/4000x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)/Matthew-Taylor-Coleman21-d166304cea4c42a38637664b735347ab.jpg 4000w" sizes="4000px" alt="Matthew Taylor Coleman" /> </noscript> </div> </div> <figcaption id="mntl-figure-caption_1-0" class="comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption"> <span class="figure-article-caption-owner">Matthew Taylor Coleman/instagram</span> </figcaption></figure> <p id="mntl-sc-block_10-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> Abby called police out of concern. According to the FBI's report, she told authorities that she and her husband had not been arguing and that there was no marital strife. She told cops that she did not believe that the children were in any danger and that she thought Matthew would eventually return home with the kids. </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_11-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <div id="mntl-sc-block_12-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-featuredlink mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link--related"><a href="https://people.com/crime/new-docs-show-matthew-coleman-thought-he-was-neo-from-the-matrix-reveals-text-to-wife/" rel="nocaes" id="mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link__link_1-0" class="mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link__link mntl-text-link text-utility-300 global-link" data-tracking-container="true" data-tracking-id="featured-link" ><span class="link__wrapper"> New Docs Show Matthew Coleman Thought He Was Neo from The Matrix, Reveals Text to Wife Before Children's Killings</span></a> </div> <div id="mntl-sc-block_13-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <figure id="mntl-sc-block_14-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-portrait figure-high-res"> <div class="figure-media"> <div class="img-placeholder" style="padding-bottom:117.3%;"> <img data-src="https://people.com/thmb/vp6AE7AJKvj-iLwhRA-FmJot0wM=/4000x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(638x0:640x2)/Matthew-Taylor-Coleman20-791be9a41a5b490d94608ba96bf83f88.jpg" width="1278" height="1500" data-srcset="https://people.com/thmb/vp6AE7AJKvj-iLwhRA-FmJot0wM=/4000x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(638x0:640x2)/Matthew-Taylor-Coleman20-791be9a41a5b490d94608ba96bf83f88.jpg 4000w" data-sizes="4000px" alt="Matthew Taylor Coleman" class="lazyload mntl-image universal-image__image" data-expand="300" id=mntl-sc-block-image_2-0 data-tracking-container="true" data-img-lightbox="true" data-click-tracked="true" /> <noscript> <img src="https://people.com/thmb/vp6AE7AJKvj-iLwhRA-FmJot0wM=/4000x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(638x0:640x2)/Matthew-Taylor-Coleman20-791be9a41a5b490d94608ba96bf83f88.jpg" width="1278" height="1500" class="img--noscript mntl-image universal-image__image" srcset="https://people.com/thmb/vp6AE7AJKvj-iLwhRA-FmJot0wM=/4000x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(638x0:640x2)/Matthew-Taylor-Coleman20-791be9a41a5b490d94608ba96bf83f88.jpg 4000w" sizes="4000px" alt="Matthew Taylor Coleman" /> </noscript> </div> </div> <figcaption id="mntl-figure-caption_2-0" class="comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption"> <span class="figure-article-caption-text">Kaleo and Roxy Coleman.</span> <span class="figure-article-caption-owner">Matthew Taylor Coleman/instagram</span> </figcaption></figure> <div id="mntl-sc-block_15-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-featuredlink mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link--related"><a href="https://people.com/crime/california-surfing-coach-accused-stabbing-toddlers-death-in-mexico-arrested-returning-to-states/" rel="nocaes" id="mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link__link_2-0" class="mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link__link mntl-text-link text-utility-300 global-link" data-tracking-container="true" data-tracking-id="featured-link" ><span class="link__wrapper"> Calif. Surfing Coach Accused of Stabbing Children to Death in Mexico Is Arrested Trying to Return to U.S.</span></a> </div> <div id="mntl-sc-block_16-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <p id="mntl-sc-block_17-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> But he didn't return, instead allegedly driving the children into Mexico. Two days later, authorities allege, he took the kids to a ranch, where he <a href="https://people.com/crime/california-surfing-coach-accused-stabbing-toddlers-death-in-mexico-arrested-returning-to-states/" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="1">killed them with a spearfishing gun</a> and returned to his hotel a few hours later. He was arrested when he attempted to cross the border back into the United States. </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_18-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <p id="mntl-sc-block_19-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> According to an FBI criminal complaint obtained by PEOPLE last August, Matthew was allegedly motivated by various outlandish conspiracy theories. </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_20-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <div id="mntl-sc-block_21-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-featuredlink mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link--related"><a href="https://people.com/crime/crazy-thoughts-text-exchange-matthew-coleman-wife-morning-kids-murders/" rel="nocaes" id="mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link__link_3-0" class="mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link__link mntl-text-link text-utility-300 global-link" data-tracking-container="true" data-tracking-id="featured-link" ><span class="link__wrapper"> 'Crazy Thoughts': Inside the Text Exchange Between Matthew Coleman & Wife on Morning of Kids' Murders</span></a> </div> <div id="mntl-sc-block_22-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <p id="mntl-sc-block_23-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> "He said visions and signs revealed that his wife, A.C. [Abby Coleman], possessed serpent DNA (M. COLEMAN mentioned that he was not sure if his wife was a shapeshifter) and had passed it onto his children and that all things were pointing to the idea that his children have corrupted DNA that will spread if something is not done about it," according to the affidavit. </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_24-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <div id="mntl-sc-block_25-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-featuredlink mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link--related"><a href="https://people.com/crime/matthew-coleman-qanon-serpent-dna-inside-state-of-mind/" rel="nocaes" id="mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link__link_4-0" class="mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link__link mntl-text-link text-utility-300 global-link" data-tracking-container="true" data-tracking-id="featured-link" ><span class="link__wrapper"><strong> QAnon, Secret Hand Signals & 'Serpent DNA': Inside Matthew Coleman's State of Mind Before Child Murders</strong></span></a> </div> <div id="mntl-sc-block_26-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <p id="mntl-sc-block_27-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> Authorities allege Coleman believed in the QAnon conspiracy theory, which holds the false belief that former president <a href="https://people.com/tag/donald-trump/" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="1">Donald Trump</a> has secretly been battling a cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophiles at the highest levels of political power and influence. </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_28-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <p id="mntl-sc-block_29-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> In a later affidavit, Abby allegedly told authorities she had also researched QAnon with her husband, but said he "became <a href="https://people.com/crime/matthew-colemans-wife-said-he-got-significantly-more-paranoid-while-researching-qanon-before-child-murders/" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="1">significantly more paranoid</a> that people around him were involved in a conspiracy." Friends told PEOPLE earlier this year that Coleman spent hours a day on websites and message boards, reading about conspiracy theories. </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_30-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <p id="mntl-sc-block_31-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> PEOPLE has not been able to reach Coleman's public defender. </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_32-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <p id="mntl-sc-block_33-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> But now Coleman is in jail with no access to conspiracy websites. In his letter, he explains that he's processing through his beliefs. </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_34-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <p id="mntl-sc-block_35-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> "I'm sorting through it all now," he wrote. 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