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 ...

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, was 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. advertisement.

Loran Cole, 57, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. inside Florida State Prison from a lethal injection 30 years after he murdered 18-year-old FSU student by ruthlessly beating him and slitting his ...

For Atwood, Cole's execution brings a swirl of mixed feelings. Capital punishment in this case is "well deserved" and will bring relief to a lot of people, he said, but he isn't sure he'll ever ...

Thirty years after his crime, Loran K. Cole has been executed at Florida State Prison for the 1994 murder of John Edwards, an 18-year-old Florida State University student.

TALLAHASSEE — Attorneys for condemned killer Loran Cole have asked the Florida Supreme Court for a stay of his scheduled Aug. 29 execution, saying the state’s lethal injection procedures likely would ...

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 ...

FILE - This inmate photo provided by the Florida Department of Corrections shows Loran K. Cole, convicted of kidnapping adult siblings camping in a national forest in 1994 before raping the sister ...

This photo shows Loran K. Cole, convicted of kidnapping adult siblings camping in a national forest in 1994 before raping the sister and killing the brother. Florida Department of Corrections/AP ...

FILE - This inmate photo provided by the Florida Department of Corrections shows Loran K. Cole, convicted of kidnapping adult siblings camping in a national forest in 1994 before raping the sister ...

FILE - This inmate photo provided by the Florida Department of Corrections shows Loran K. Cole, convicted of kidnapping adult siblings camping in a national forest in 1994 before raping the sister ...