Loran Cole executed for the murder of a Florida State University student, sister was violated

Florida executed Lauren Cole for the 1994 murder of 18-year-old Florida State University student John Edwards and the sexual assault of Edward's older sister at age 57 Cole was put to death by lethal injection marking Florida's first execution of the year and the 13th in the United States criticism erupted from advocacy groups noting Cole's abusive past at a notorious boy school and raising concerns about the executions fairness despite his son contesting his guilt edwards's family expressed relief at Cole's execution details of Cole's last meal and Final Moments were shared including reports of his body jerking during the lethal injection process ultimately Lauren Cole was pronounced dead closing a chapter on a crime that has haunted two families for nearly three decades