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Josephine Holmes Cook

Case from South-fulton, GA dated Oct 16, 1996

Victim Details

Josephine Holmes Cook

Female

Black / African American

South-fulton

GA

1996-10-16

49

Josephine

Holmes Cook

07/16/2026

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In the fall of 1996, on October 16th, the prominent life of Superior Court Judge Josephine Holmes Cook, a 49-year-old female, came to a tragic and violent end in her South Fulton, Georgia home. She was discovered in a pool of blood, having bled to death from a single gunshot wound to her right shoulder. The wound, caused by a 9-millimeter pistol, was described as an 'oozing type injury' that, with prompt medical attention, she could have survived. Medical examiners determined her death occurred ...
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  • https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/aarl/afpc/pdfs/cookjosephineholmes19961020.pdf
  • Newspapers.com: Clipping from The Atlanta Constitution - Newspapers.com
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