James Ray Cable: Kentucky Serial Killer and Rapist
Overview
James Ray Cable was a Kentucky serial killer and repeat sexual offender whose documented history of violence stretched from the early 1970s through his final arrest in 1990. His known record includes the killing of a fellow prisoner, three murders of women later connected to him through DNA evidence, and the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl whose escape ultimately brought his freedom to an end. Cable also was implicated in the suspected murders of two teenage girls who disappeared in 1990, although he was never convicted of killing them.
What makes Cable's case especially troubling is the amount of time he spent outside prison despite an already serious criminal history. He received a life sentence for the rape of a young child, killed another inmate while incarcerated, and nevertheless was eventually paroled. Several of the killings later attributed to him occurred during periods when he was free on parole. Years afterward, advances in DNA testing allowed investigators to connect evidence preserved in old homicide cases to Cable, transforming several long-unsolved murders into cases prosecutors believed they could finally take to trial.
Early Criminal History
Cable was born in Kentucky in 1948. His documented criminal record was already severe by 1971, when a Daviess County jury convicted him of raping a 7-year-old girl. He received a life sentence. On June 11, 1972, while incarcerated at the Kentucky State Reformatory, Cable escaped, but authorities captured him later the same day.
His violence continued inside prison. In April 1977, Cable attacked fellow inmate Willie S. Daniels in the prison gymnasium. Daniels, 35, was struck in the head with a metal object and suffered fatal injuries. Cable was subsequently convicted of first-degree manslaughter for Daniels' death. The conviction added another sentence to a record that already included the child rape and prison escape.
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