Sara Cole

An elderly woman is attacked during an attempted robbery
On the quiet Sunday of August 27, 1967, a shocking act of violence shattered the peace of a Vancouver, Washington neighborhood. Inside a residence at 901 W 16th Street, two elderly Caucasian women, one of whom was Sara J. Amelia Cole, were subjected to a terrifying home invasion. The tranquility of their home was ripped away when a man broke in, violently assaulting and robbing both women. The injuries Sara sustained during the brutal attack would ultimately prove to be fatal, her life tragicall ...