Anthony and Nathaniel Cook are African-American brothers who committed a string of racially motivated attacks against white people in the Toledo, Ohio area in the 1980s.
Biography
Anthony Cook was born on March 9, 1949, while Nathaniel was born on October 25, 1958.
In October 1981, Anthony was arrested and ultimately convicted of murdering a real estate agent. Authorities suspected that he and Nathaniel had committed other crimes, and continued their investigation. In the late 1990s when forensic DNA evidence became more sophisticated and reliable, Ohio authorities were able to link the Cook brothers to several unsolved murders.
In 2000, Anthony pleaded guilty to nine counts of murder while Nathaniel pleaded guilty to three murders. The Cook brothers would typically take advantage of young lovers who were parked in isolated locations, killing the men and then raping and killing the women. They committed other murders as well, dating back to 1973 and including the rape-murder of a 12-year-old girl.