QAnon Dad Accused of Killing Kids with Speargun Is on Antipsychotic Drugs to Get Him Well Enough for Trial (Exclusive)

Matthew Taylor Coleman is locked up in a maximum-security federal prison in Southern California, attending therapy sessions and taking multiple antipsychotic drugs — but it’s unclear what will happen next to the man authorities say killed his two kids with a spearfishing gun because he was motivated by QAnon conspiracy theories.

Last month, Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo ruled that Coleman, 42, of Santa Barbara, was not competent to stand trial for the 2021 deaths of his son Kaleo, 2, and daughter Roxy, 10 months.

So, he is now undergoing intensive treatment, which includes very strong medication that a federal law enforcement source describes as a “cocktail” of drugs.

“The point is to see if he can get better and then stand trial,” the law enforcement source tells The Messenger. “We will see what happens.”

Coleman has pleaded not guilty of two counts of murdering U.S. nationals on foreign soil — but records obtained by The Messenger indicate that he confessed to killing his kids in Mexico because of his belief in various QAnon conspiracy theories.

On a sunny afternoon of Aug. 7, 2021, Coleman was packing for a family trip with his wife, Abby.

Authorities say Coleman abruptly put Kaleo and Roxy into his van and drove away from their home.

The father and his two kids ended up in Mexico, where they stayed at a resort for two days, according to authorities. Then, they say, he drove his kids to a farm and he stabbed them both with a spearfishing gun.

Coleman was arrested days later as he attempted to re-enter the U.S.

In a 30-page search warrant application released last year, authorities alleged that Coleman was fascinated by conspiracy theories like QAnon and Illuminati. He also expressed interest also in Strong’s Concordance, a numerology index of every word in the Bible.

Coleman allegedly told FBI agents that he was “seeing all the pieces being decoded like The Matrix, and that he was Neo.”

“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,” reads the affidavit, “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.”

Judge Bencivengo will reevaluate Coleman in March to determine if his condition has improved enough for him to stand trial.