Carroll Edward Cole (May 9, 1938 – December 6, 1985), was an American serial killer who was executed in 1985.
Contents[hide]
1 Biography
1.1 Early life
1.2 Murders
1.3 Death
2 See also
3 References
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Carroll Cole was born in Sioux City, Iowa. While his father went to fight in World War II, Cole was taken along by his mother and forced to watch as she had sexual encounters with men. She would often beat him to scare him into not telling his father. Even when his father returned home, Cole was frequently whipped and beaten by his mother for the most minor infractions, and he grew up with a deep hatred of women. He was also picked on at school for having a "girl's name", so he would usually go by his middle name, Eddie.
[edit] Murders
At the age of 10, Cole drowned a classmate of the same age in a lake. The boy's death was regarded as an accident until Cole confessed to it many years later.
After scraping through school with a D+ average, even with an I.Q. of 152, Cole became a drifter, doing menial jobs, drinking heavily and serving frequent prison sentences for crime such as burglary, vagrancy, arson and car theft. He attempted suicide at least once, and on a number of occasions, had himself committed to mental hospitals where he confessed his fantasies of murdering women. Although diagnosed as a psychopath, Cole was usually discharged promptly, as he had a personality disorder, as opposed to a mental illness - the former was considered to be untreatable by psychiatrists at the time, unlike the latter.
His first victim as an adult was Essie Buck, whom he'd picked up in a tavern in San Diego, California, on May 7, 1971. He strangled her to death in his car and drove around with her body in the trunk before eventually dumping it. Just two weeks later, he killed an unidentified woman and buried her in some woods.
In July 1973, Cole married barmaid Diana Pashal, who was also an alcoholic. They argued and fought frequently, and Cole regularly went off on his own for days at a time. He would commit murders while he was away, including one woman he allegedly cannibalized to a degree. In September 1979, Cole strangled Pashal to death. A suspicious neighbor called the police eight days later, but although they found Pashal's body wrapped in a blanket and stuffed in a closet, they inexplicably decided that she had died because of her heavy drinking, and Cole was released without charge after questioning.
By 1980, Cole was married again and living in Las Vegas. Toward the end of the year, he murdered three more women. Arrested on suspicion of murdering the final victim, Cole began his confession, claiming that he had murdered at least 14 women over the previous nine years, although he added that there may have been more — he couldn't remember exactly, as he was usually drunk when he committed his crimes.
[edit] Death
Sentenced to death, Cole refused to appeal and was executed in Nevada on December 6, 1985 by lethal injection.
[edit] See also
Capital punishment in Nevada
Capital punishment in the United States
[edit] References
Carroll Cole at the Crime Library
Persondata
Name
Cole, Carroll
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth
May 9, 1938
Place of birth
Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.
Date of death
December 6, 1985
Place of death
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll_Cole"
Categories: 1938 births 1985 deaths 1948 crimes American serial killers Executed serial killers People executed by lethal injection People from Sioux City, Iowa American cannibals People executed by Nevada Executed American people American people convicted of murder People convicted of murder by Nevada Incidents of cannibalism
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Contents[hide]
1 Biography
1.1 Early life
1.2 Murders
1.3 Death
2 See also
3 References
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Carroll Cole was born in Sioux City, Iowa. While his father went to fight in World War II, Cole was taken along by his mother and forced to watch as she had sexual encounters with men. She would often beat him to scare him into not telling his father. Even when his father returned home, Cole was frequently whipped and beaten by his mother for the most minor infractions, and he grew up with a deep hatred of women. He was also picked on at school for having a "girl's name", so he would usually go by his middle name, Eddie.
[edit] Murders
At the age of 10, Cole drowned a classmate of the same age in a lake. The boy's death was regarded as an accident until Cole confessed to it many years later.
After scraping through school with a D+ average, even with an I.Q. of 152, Cole became a drifter, doing menial jobs, drinking heavily and serving frequent prison sentences for crime such as burglary, vagrancy, arson and car theft. He attempted suicide at least once, and on a number of occasions, had himself committed to mental hospitals where he confessed his fantasies of murdering women. Although diagnosed as a psychopath, Cole was usually discharged promptly, as he had a personality disorder, as opposed to a mental illness - the former was considered to be untreatable by psychiatrists at the time, unlike the latter.
His first victim as an adult was Essie Buck, whom he'd picked up in a tavern in San Diego, California, on May 7, 1971. He strangled her to death in his car and drove around with her body in the trunk before eventually dumping it. Just two weeks later, he killed an unidentified woman and buried her in some woods.
In July 1973, Cole married barmaid Diana Pashal, who was also an alcoholic. They argued and fought frequently, and Cole regularly went off on his own for days at a time. He would commit murders while he was away, including one woman he allegedly cannibalized to a degree. In September 1979, Cole strangled Pashal to death. A suspicious neighbor called the police eight days later, but although they found Pashal's body wrapped in a blanket and stuffed in a closet, they inexplicably decided that she had died because of her heavy drinking, and Cole was released without charge after questioning.
By 1980, Cole was married again and living in Las Vegas. Toward the end of the year, he murdered three more women. Arrested on suspicion of murdering the final victim, Cole began his confession, claiming that he had murdered at least 14 women over the previous nine years, although he added that there may have been more — he couldn't remember exactly, as he was usually drunk when he committed his crimes.
[edit] Death
Sentenced to death, Cole refused to appeal and was executed in Nevada on December 6, 1985 by lethal injection.
[edit] See also
Capital punishment in Nevada
Capital punishment in the United States
[edit] References
Carroll Cole at the Crime Library
Persondata
Name
Cole, Carroll
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth
May 9, 1938
Place of birth
Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.
Date of death
December 6, 1985
Place of death
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll_Cole"
Categories: 1938 births 1985 deaths 1948 crimes American serial killers Executed serial killers People executed by lethal injection People from Sioux City, Iowa American cannibals People executed by Nevada Executed American people American people convicted of murder People convicted of murder by Nevada Incidents of cannibalism
Hidden categories: Articles with unsourced statements from November 2008 All articles with unsourced statements
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