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Eric Edgar Cooke
Born
(1931-02-25)25 February 1931
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died
26 October 1964(1964-10-26) (aged 33)
Fremantle Prison, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Cause of death
Execution by hanging
Other names
The Night Caller
The Nedlands Monster
Criminal status
Executed
Spouse
Sarah Lavin (m. 1953)
Children
7
Conviction(s)
Wilful murder
Criminal penalty
Death
Details
Victims
8
Span of crimes
1959–1963
Country
Australia
State(s)
Western Australia
Date apprehended
1 September 1963
Eric Edgar Cooke (25 February 1931 – 26 October 1964), nicknamed the Night Caller and later the Nedlands Monster, was an Australian serial killer who terrorised the city of Perth, Western Australia, from September 1958 to August 1963. Cooke committed at least 20 violent crimes, eight of which resulted in deaths.[1]
Following a four-year killing spree, Cooke was eventually arrested and made extensive admissions to his crimes, including to ones others had been wrongfully convicted of. He was convicted of wilful murder in the Supreme Court of Western Australia after a jury rejected an insanity defence. He was sentenced to death and hanged at Fremantle Prison. Cooke was the last person to be executed in Western Australia.
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