William Cochrane, 1956 April 13

tioning. Cochran denied knowing anythi ing about the girl other than

what he had read in the newspapers, but two witnesses were brought
in who had seen her in his truck and hairs found in the interior of
the truck were found to match hairs taken from her hairbrush, When
confronted with this evidence, Cochran confessed and directed offi-
cers to the spot where the body had been thrown in the river. Con-
“victed of the repe-murder, he was electrocuted on April 1 tObG,

4

TRUZ DETECTIVE, July, 1962, ° Pagel8

tioning. Cochran denied knowing anything about the girl other than
what he had read in the newspapers, but two witnesses were brought
in who had seen her in his truck and hairs found in the interior of
the truck were found to match hairs taken from her hairbrush. When
confronted with this evidence, Cochran confessed and directed offi-
_cers to the spot where the body had been thrown in the river,

Con=
victed of the repe-murder, he was electrocuted on April 13, 1956.

li DETECTIVE, July, 1962, ° PagelS

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COCHRAN, Willie Grady

white

Cochran, a/36-year-old resident “of Paulding erry Ga, had spent more
than one-half of his life as an inmate in various Georgia jails and

prison camps for a variety of offenses. He was paroled for the last
“tine in Becenbar, 1954, and returned home where he obtained employ-
_maent_at.a Yallas, Ga.,.logging camp, On June 20, 1955, he drove his.
green pickup truck to nearby Rome, Ga., to visit a friend, He had
some difficulty in locating the horie of ‘his friend though he knew ~~
_the general neighborhood in which he lived, He stopped to ask di-
rections of ll-year-old schoolgirl Patricia Ann Cook who was sun-

bathing in her backyard and after a few minutes conversation, he ~
offered to drive the girl to a_nearby swimming pool,__She slipped a—
robe over her bathing suit and got into the truck, but instead of

“going to the pool, Cochran drove to the Etowah Hiver and turned off
on a little used. dogging road. After forcing the girl to remove her
bathing sult, he raped her, shot her in the head and wrapped the

~ body in a quilt which he weighted with a wrench and some Meavy
_ chain before throwing it into the River. When an officer xxmxk who |
was familiar with Cochran's record recalled having seen him in Rome
~on the day of the girl's disappearance, he was taken in-for-ques-—

COCHRAN, Witlie Grady ‘ AUR as Ue

white :
Cochran, a/36-year-old resident of Paulding Co., Ga., had spent more
than one-half of his life as an inmate in various Georgia jails and
prison camps for a variety of offenses. He was paroled for the last
time in Yecenbér, 195l;, and returned home where he obtained employ=
ment ata allas, Ga., logging camp. On June 20,1955, he drove his
green pickup truck to nearby Rome, Ga., to visit a friend. He had
some difficulty in locating the horie of ‘his friend though he knew ~
_the general neighborhood in which he lived, He stopped to ask di- |
rections of 1ll-year-old schoolgirl Patricia Ann Cook who was sun=
bathing in her backyard and after a few minutes conversation, he
offered to drive the girl to_a_nearby swimming pool, _She-slipped_a—_|
robe over her bathing suit and got into the truck, but instead of
“going to the pool, Cochran drove to the Etowah Wiver and turned off
on_a_little used logging road, After forcing the girl to _remove_her |
bathing suit, he raped her, shot her in the head and wrapped the

“body in a quilt which he weighted with a wrench and some heavy
chain before throwing it into the River. When an officer Sak who
was familiar with Cochran's record recalled having seen him in Rome

on the day of the girl's disappearance; he was-taken in for ques-———

| COCHRAN. Sones Grady

Cochran, es ear=old resident of Paulding Co, spent more
than one-half of his life as an inmate in various Georgia jails and
prison camps for a variety of offenses. He was paroled for the last
time in Hecerber, Ran and returned home where he obtained employ=
ment_at.a ass logging camp, On June 20, 1955, he drove his
green pickup truck to nearby Home, Ga., to visit'a frisnd, He had
sane difficulty in locating the hone of his friend though he knew
the general neighborhood in which he lived, He stepped to ask

old schoolgirl Patricia Ann Cook who was sun-

bathing in her backyard and after a few minutes See
ered to drive r1to_a_nearby swimming pool. She-s
robe over her bathing suit and got into the truck, but 4
going to the pool, Cochran drove to the Etowah Hiver and turned off |
on @ little used Jogging road. +1 t0-renove-her
athing suit, he raped her, shot her in the head and wrapped
oe th quilt viiioh he wetgited vith & wrench and sone heavy
a into the River. Wh or Sak
Haba Gua. h Sjasny ee arg having 5 i
on the day of the girk's disappearance, he ‘taken in for ques-