Let us take a look into ‘John Anthony Cole, 45, Charged With Kidnapping And Dismembering Victim Over Money Dispute’ Inside look at ‘John Anthony Cole, 45, Charged With Kidnapping And Dismembering Victim Over Money Dispute’ An Arizona man has been charged with kidnapping a man he said owed him the money he then killed and dismembered him.
John Anthony Cole, 45, Charged With Kidnapping And Dismembering Victim Over Money Dispute
John Anthony Cole, of Tucson, was arrested by Arizona Department of Public Safety officers on Interstate 10 heading toward California, KOLD reported.
Officials said they found portions of Antoine Smith’s body in his vehicle. A source told KOLD they found Smith’s head and hands there.
The 45-year-old Cole, according to the Phoenix Police Department, showed them where he had dumped additional parts of the 28-year-old Smith’s body after confessing to killing him.
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According to investigators, Cole abducted Smith on September 16 from his Phoenix home and took him to Tucson. He claimed that Smith attacked him when he stopped on the way to use the restroom.
Cole allegedly admitted to the officers that he had strangled his hostage after placing him in a submission hold and transported the body to his Tucson residence. Once there, he purchased tools to dissect Smith’s body, including cleaning equipment.
Reporters took note of a crime scene near Federal Correctional Institution-Tucson the day after Cole was apprehended on September 20; they later found that the area was related to the kidnapping and murder.
KOLD said that Cole was sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison in 2003 on a drug charge and was facing aggravated assault and aggravated harassment charges from an incident earlier this year.
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