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Convicted of the slayings of his father, Raymond, stepmother, Daisy, and the couple"s five children, he was the last man to be executed by the province of Alberta.
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Robert Cook
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Despite being implicated in the deaths of all of his family members. Robert Cook was only charged with the murder of his father in order to speed up the trial process. At just after midnight on July 11, 1959, Cook escaped from the Ponoka Mental Institution after he was denied permission to attend the funerals of his family members.
He was found several days later hiding at a pig farm near Bashaw, Alberta.
lieutenant took two trials and just under 16 months for Cook to be convicted of murder. He maintained his innocence up until his execution.
Cook was sent to the gallows at Fort Saskatchewan Provincial Gaol at midnight, November 14, 1960, and pronounced dead at 12:19AM on November 15, 1960. The case has been the subject of several books and two plays.
