A Florida man is scheduled to be executed on Thursday after being convicted of killing a college freshman and raping the student’s sister while the siblings camped in a national forest 30 years ago.
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| Loran Cole. Photo: Florida Department of Corrections via AP |
Unless there is an intervention from the US Supreme Court, the man, Loran Cole, is set to be put to death just after 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison for the 1994 killing.
Cole is also serving two life sentences for rape.
According to apnews.com:
According to court records, Cole and a friend, William Paul, befriended the two college students in the Ocala National Forest. 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.
The brother, 18, who was a student at Florida State University, was beaten, had his throat slit and left in the forest. His sister, who was 21 and a senior at Eckerd College, was taken back to the campsite, where Cole tied her up and raped her.
HC: Naaaa! This is too much. After taking the brother’s life, he “tied up and raped” the sister.
