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In the winter of 1950, a 32-year-old man named Robert Dewey was tragically killed near Yuma, Arizona, an event that marked the end of a violent crime spree. Dewey's death was at the hands of Billy Cook, a spree killer who had been terrorizing the southwestern United States.

The encounter that led to Dewey's death began after Cook had already committed a string of kidnappings and murders. After abandoning a deputy sheriff's car in Ogilby, California, just across the border from Mexico, Coo ...
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  • Billy Cook (criminal) - Wikipedia
  • Useless Information: Badman Billy Cook - Podcast #148
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