GUILTY TN - LaToya Cole, 25, Jackson, 9 December 2007

hoppyfrog

Retired WS Staff
Joined
Jun 3, 2005
Messages
8,660
Reaction score
223
From http://www.jacksonsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071211/NEWS01/71211002

11 Dec 07

Jackson police are continuing their search for Latoyoa Cole, a woman who went missing on Sunday under suspicious circumstances, according to authorities.

Anyone with information should immediately contact the Jackson Police at 425-8400 or Crime Stoppers at 424-8477.

Police responded to a 911 hang-up call to check welfare at 61 Sherwood Lane at 1:20 a.m. Sunday, according to a press release.

Officers found the residence deserted. They did note there was blood and other evidence that indicated possible foul play, the release said.

Cole is believed to have been at the Sherwood Lane residence alone before the police call was made. The release said Cole on Monday had still not contacted relatives and is considered missing and endangered.

no pic at link

From http://www.jacksonsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071212/NEWS01/71212003

Jackson police are continuing their search for Latoya D. Cole, a 25-year-old Jackson woman who went missing on Sunday under suspicious circumstances, according to authorities.

and

Also known by the last name Guyton, Cole is believed to have been at the Sherwood Lane residence...

and

She is described as a black female, 5 feet and 7 inches tall and weighs 195 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes.


Cole has multiple pierced ears, a pierced tongue and a gold tooth in the left front of her mouth. She also has three tattoos: the word "Toya" and of roses on her breast, a "G-Man" tattoo on her right shoulder blade and a tattoo of a leopard on her left upper arm.

pic
 
This doesn't sound good if there was blood and other evidence of foul play at the apt where she had been. I wonder if she had been involved with anyone. They need to get a picture of her out there so people can watch for her. I hope she is alright and maybe hiding somewhere.
 
http://www.jacksonsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080226/NEWS01/802260323/1002

26 Feb 08

Authorities on Monday announced a $10,000 reward for information on the disappearance of a single mother of four from Jackson.

Gov. Phil Bredesen has offered the reward to the person or persons who provide information that leads to the apprehension, arrest and conviction of any person responsible for the kidnapping or death of LaToya Cole, according to a Jackson police press release.

more at link
 
Wanda Cole said that she always suspected that her daughter's estranged boyfriend had something to do with her Dec. 9 disappearance.

Four months later, Frederick Lamont Moore, 38, of Jackson, is being held without bond on a first-degree murder charge for the slaying of Wanda Cole's 25-year-old daughter, LaToya.

"I'm glad the police found enough evidence to develop him as a suspect and that it confirmed what we (the family) knew and felt he had done," Cole said Wednesday morning. "I hope and pray he gets the punishment he deserves."

Wanda Cole and other family members stated in a December interview with The Jackson Sun that they thought Moore was responsible for LaToya's disappearance. They also talked about the estranged couple's history together.

The following is portions of an interview the family gave on Dec. 14, four days after LaToya was reported missing. It was not published previously because police had not named Moore as a suspect in the slaying.

http://jacksonsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080327/NEWS01/803270315
 
From March 2011:

http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/sites/default/files/state_vs_frederick_lamont_moore.pdf

Following a jury trial, the Defendant, Frederick Lamont Moore, was convicted of first degree premeditated murder; first degree murder committed while in the perpetration of a felony (felony murder); aggravated kidnapping, a Class B felony; and two counts of tampering with evidence, a Class C felony. The trial court merged the first degree premeditated murder conviction with the felony murder conviction and ordered a sentence of life imprisonment for the resulting conviction.

As to the remaining counts, the trial court ordered a sentence of 20 years for the aggravated kidnapping conviction and concurrent sentences of 10 years for each of the tampering with evidence convictions. The trial court also ordered the Defendant to serve his 20-year sentence for aggravated kidnapping consecutively to his life imprisonment sentence for the first degree murder conviction.
 

Staff online

Members online

Online statistics

Members online
107
Guests online
872
Total visitors
979

Forum statistics

Threads
589,927
Messages
17,927,758
Members
228,002
Latest member
zipperoni
Back
Top