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Shirley Cole

Age: 27
Race: White
Sex: Female
Date Reported Missing:
Date of Death: 11/22/1970
Date of Recovery:
Cause: Shooting
County: Cecil
Referring Case Number: CCR-7724-F

On November 22, 1970 at approximately 8:00 p.m. Robert Kay Cole became involved in an argument with his wife Shirley Cole at the residence located in the 700 block of Susquehanna Avenue in Perryville, Cecil County, MD. Both Robert and Shirley Cole went to the upstairs of the residence where Robert Cole shot Shirley Cole causing her death. Robert Cole fled the area and has never been apprehended. Robert Cole was alleged to have associates in North Carolina and West Virginia at the time.

Contact Information for this case:Maryland State Police Homicide

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