By TOMMY WITHERSPOOON
Waco Tribune-Herald

Monday, August 25, 2008

The sister of the first wife of convicted murderer Billie Wayne Coble testified this morning in his capital murder retrial that Coble acted inappropriately with her on at least four occasions.

Judge Matt Johnson's court is taking a lunch break until 1:15 p.m. in the trial of Coble, 59, who spent more than 17 years on death row before a federal appeals court overturned his death sentence but left intact his conviction in the August 1989 deaths of Robert and Zelda Vicha, and their son, Waco police Sgt. Bobby Vicha.

Patricia Woolley, whose sister Pam was married to Coble for 10 years, said the first instance was when she was 13. Her sister had not yet married Coble, but while they were in the back seat of a car returning from a trip, Coble rubbed her thigh, she said. Patricia Woolley said she slid away from Coble after his advance.

The next time was when she was 15, she testified. She and Coble had pretended to wrestle, but then he fondled her breast.

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