Bobby Cook was executed by the State of Texas for the murder of Edwin Holder
According to court documents Edwin Holder would go camping and would be shot six times as he was laying in his sleeping bag. An investigation would lead to Bobby Cook who attempted to say that he was acting in self defense however the evidence told a different story
Bobby Cook would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
Bobby Cook would be executed by lethal injection on March 11 2003
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Bobby Cook was executed on March 11 2003
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Bobby Glen Cook, sentenced to death for the 1993 murder of an Anderson County man, is scheduled to be executed tonight at the Huntsville “Walls” Unit. If his sentence is carried out, Cook with be the 299th person executed in Texas since the death penalty was reinstated in 1982.
Prosecutors successfully claimed Cook was one of three people involved in the killing of Edwin Earl Holder on or about Feb. 6, 1993. Holder left his home on the morning of Feb. 5, 1993, to go fishing, but never returned. His body was discovered three days later, when a man examined what he thought was a partially submerged boat in the Trinity River near the town of Cayuga. What was initially thought to be a boat turned out to be Holder’s truck, with his body – which had been put in a sleeping bag – inside. The truck was in gear, with the ignition on and the windows up. After they were called to the scene, Anderson County Sheriff’s deputies discovered what they believed to be blood on the truck’s back bumper and the tailgate.
What investigators found when they removed Holder’s body from the truck was a bloody mess. Holder had been shot six times in the head by a .22 caliber gun. The medical examiner who performed the postmortem on Holder’s body said the shots were fired from less than three feet away and that any of the bullets – all of which struck Holder’s brain – would have been fatal. Due to the proximity of the shooter to Holder when the shots were fired, it was believed he was murdered in his sleep.
After talking to a number of witnesses who were on or near the river on Feb. 6, investigators began looking for two men who were seen near Holder’s campsite in a red and white Chevrolet pickup truck. The search led authorities to the residence of Robin Jenkins and Steven Cockroft, who were taken into custody and questioned about their roles in the killing. Each pointed the finger at Cook as the trigger man. Cook was arrested Feb. 10, and told authorities he had shot Holder, but did it during a struggle.
Cook’s story did not pass muster with an Anderson County jury, who convicted Cook of capital murder in April 1994 and sentenced him to death. Both Jenkins and Cockroft were given life sentences for their roles in the crime. Cook’s appeals appear to be exhausted, as the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected his requests for a stay or commutation of sentence Monday by an 18-0 vote. Barring a stay from Gov. Rick Perry, Cook’s sentence will be carried out sometime after 6 p.m
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