Editing Carroll Cole (section)

{{Short description|American serial killer (1938–1985)}}
{{other uses|Carole Cole (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox serial killer
| name              = Carroll Cole
| image             = Carroll Cole.jpg
| caption           = Cole on November 14, 1984
| birth_name        = Carroll Edward Cole
| alias             = 
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1938|5|9}}
| birth_place       = [[Sioux City, Iowa]], U.S.
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|1985|12|6|1938|5|9}}
| death_place       = [[Nevada State Prison]], [[Carson City, Nevada]], U.S.
| cause             = [[Execution by lethal injection]]
| conviction        = '''Nevada'''<br>[[First degree murder]] (2 counts)<br>'''Texas'''<br>[[Murder]] (3 counts)
| penalty           = '''Nevada'''<br>[[Capital punishment in Nevada|Death]] (October 12, 1984)<br>'''Texas'''<br>[[Life imprisonment]]
| victims           = 5 convicted, claimed 16–35
| country           = United States
| states            = [[California]], [[Nevada]], [[Texas]]
| beginyear         = 1947
| endyear           = 1980
| apprehended       = November 30, 1980
}}
'''Carroll Edward "Eddie" Cole'''<ref name=":0">Myers, Laura (December 6, 1985). "Last-minute stay rejected; silent protest outside prison". ''Reno Gazette-Journal''. pp. 1A, 9A.</ref> (May 9, 1938 – December 6, 1985) was an American [[serial killer]] who was [[Capital punishment in Nevada|executed in Nevada]] in 1985 for killing two women by [[strangulation]]. He was also convicted of murdering three other women in [[Texas]] and is believed to have murdered up to thirty other people between 1947 and 1980.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1985-12-07|title=Nevada Executes Killer of Five : 25 View Death of Carroll E. Cole by Lethal Injection|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-12-07-mn-14259-story.html|access-date=2021-12-22|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref>