Diana Coe

And the wedding invitations had already been mailed out. And I said, rape? I said... Oh, there's no way.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

Diana Coe remembers hearing the news. And so she said, have you not heard about Catherine? And I go... My Catherine?

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.

Yeah.

He was so kind. He had the most wonderful personality.

And they were one of the first ones I thought of as a bridesmaid. And I asked them, and they said yes.