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~ Loran Cole, 29Aug24, (FL) ~
By: BuzzC Date: July 29, 2024, 10:27 pm
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Man convicted of killing FSU student in 1994 to be executed in
August--
Governor Ron DeSantis signed Loran Kenstely Cole’s death warrant
on Monday
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - A man convicted of killing a Florida
State University student in 1994 is scheduled to be put to death
in August.
Governor Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant on Monday for
57-year-old Loran Kenstley Cole, according to documents posted
Monday evening on the Florida Supreme Court website.
According to the documents, in 1995, Cole was found guilty and
sentenced to death for the murder of John Edwards, an
18-year-old FSU student.
On February 18, 1994, Edwards and his sister, Pam Edwards a
21-year-old Eckerd student, set up their campsite at Ocala
National Forest where they met Cole and William Paul, according
to a court brief.
Cole and Paul led Edwards and his sister away from their
campsite where they brutally attacked the siblings and robbed
them, according to court documents.
Cole then slashed Edwards’ throat, killing him. He then sexually
assaulted John’s sister and left her tied to trees before she
was able to escape and call the police.
The man who was with Cole, William Paul, is currently serving
life in prison in Cross County.
Cole’s execution is scheduled for Thursday, August 29 at Florida
State Prison.
According to the Florida Department of Corrections, 105 people
have been executed by the State of Florida since 1979.
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Re: ~ Loran Cole, 29Aug24, (FL) ~
By: BuzzC Date: August 29, 2024, 6:59 pm
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Fla. Executes Man Convicted of Killing Student, Raping Sister--
Thursday, August 29th, 2024
A Florida man convicted of killing a college freshman and raping
the murder victim's older sister while the siblings camped in a
national forest 30 years ago was executed Thursday.
Loran Cole, 57, received a lethal injection and was pronounced
dead at 6:15 p.m. at Florida State Prison for the 1994 killing
of the 18-year-old student. Cole also was serving two life
sentences for rape.
Cole did not have a last statement. “No sir,” he said when asked
if he had some final words.
After the procedure began about 6 p.m. Cole briefly looked up at
a witness in the front row. After three minutes, he began taking
deep breaths, his cheeks puffing out. For a brief moment, his
entire body trembled. Five minutes into the procedure, the
warden shook him and shouted his name. Cole then appeared to
stop breathing and then was declared dead.
Cole and a friend, William Paul, befriended the two college
students in the Ocala National Forest, court records showed.
After talking around a fire, the men offered to take the
siblings to see a pond. While away from the campsite, Cole and
Paul jumped the victims and robbed them, according to the
records.
The brother, 18, who was a student at Florida State University,
was beaten and had his throat slit and left in the forest. His
sister, then a 21-year-old senior at Eckerd College, was taken
back to the campsite, where Cole tied her up and raped her,
according to the record.
The woman was left tied to a tree overnight and raped again the
next day. She eventually managed to free herself and flagged
down a driver for help. Police found her brother’s body lying
face down on the ground, according to court records.
Paul and Cole were both convicted of first-degree murder. Paul
was sentenced to life in prison.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the death warrant for Cole last month.
The execution was the first in Florida since Michael Zack was
put to death last October for the 1996 killing of Ravonne Smith.
Department of Corrections officials described Cole as
“compliant” in the hours before his execution and said he had
two visitors, including his son.
The U.S. Supreme Court denied Cole’s final appeal earlier
Thursday.
His lawyers had raised several points in seeking a stay of
execution, including the fact that Cole was an inmate at a
state-run reform school where he and other boys were beaten and
raped. The state has since apologized for the abuse and this
year passed a law authorizing reparations for inmates at the
now-shuttered reform school. The lawyers also argued Cole
shouldn't be executed because he was mentally ill and had brain
damage and Parkinson’s disease.
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