The Paper | Calendar | |Businesses | Attractions | Nightlife | Resources | Gay Links | Home The Paper - September/October 1998 Gay Help Wanted in Solving Murder in Pacific Grove By Gloria Dial, Crime Stoppers of Monterey County Crime Stoppers of Monterey County is a volunteer organization that assists enforcement agencies by urging the public to call anonymously with information about criminals and crimes. The following account regards a murder that took place in Pacific Grove in 1995 of a young man who was known in the gay community. The Crime On March 4, 1995 an unknown male called police aabout 9 p.m. to report what was discovered to be the body of Richard Graham Coleman III in Apt. A at 303 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove. He had been murdered. Coleman's body was found on the floor of the kitchen that Saturday night. There were signs of a struggle and indications of boxes and cupboards having been searched. The victim had reported that the same apartment had previously been burglariezed. Two days before teh murder, he had moved to a motel room in Marina because he feared for his life. What is Known Coleman was at Doc Rickett's Lab, a local nightclub, late Friday night, March 3. The victim was seen in teh company of two very clean cut, heavy set, and smartly dressed Hispanic men. They were in their late 20s or 30s. Coleman said they were friends from Los Angeles. The victim di not introduce them by name but left the nightclub in the company of these two men. On Saturday morning, March 4, a witness saw a well-dressed, heavy set Hispanic male wearing a "Shriner-type" fez walk up the stairway to Coleman's Grand Ave. apartment. The apartment is located above businesses at street level. Background Information Coleman was a native of the Monterey Peninsula and a graduate of Pacific Grove High School. He had a wide range of friends and acquaintances in teh real estate profession, the music trade, the gay community, nightclub scene, and with is own design background among artists of the area as well. If you have information relating to the murder of Richard Graham Coleman III or about either of the young men who accompanied him on Friday, March 3, please call Crime Stoppers of Monterey County at 800/499-CRIME. Crime Stoppers also have a website at www.crimestopmc.com