DANIEL WAYNE COOK (EXECUTED IN ARIZONA ON AUGUST 8, 2012)

On this date, August 8, 2012, Daniel Wayne Cook was executed by lethal injection in Arizona for the July 20, 1987 murders of 16-year-old Kevin Swaney and his friend, Carlos Froyan Cruz-Ramos. I will post the information about him from clarkprosecutor.org.

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Daniel Wayne Cook

Citations:
State v. Cook, 170 Ariz. 40, 821 P.2d 731 (Ariz. 1991). (Direct Appeal)
Cook v. Schriro, 516 F.3d 802 (9th Cir. 2008). (Habeas) 

Final Words:
"I'd like to say sorry to the victim's family. I know that's not enough . . . (significant pause) . . . Where am I? To my lawyers, thank you. Red Robin, yum. I'm done. I love you". 

Final / Special Meal:
Eggplant lasagna, garlic cheese mashed potatoes, roasted brussel sprouts, broiled asparagus, root beer soda, and ice cream. 

Internet Sources:

Arizona Department of Corrections
Inmate: DANIEL W. COOK
DOC#: 069007
DOB: 07/23/61
Gender: Male
Height 71"
Weight: 132
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Ethnic: Caucasion
Sentence: DEATH
Admission: 08/23/88
Conviction Imposed: MURDER 1ST DEGREE (DEATH), Kidnapping (21 years), Sexual Assault (21 years), Burglary 1st Degree (21 years).
County: Mohave
Case#: 0009358
Date of Offense: 07/20/87
Last Meal Request: •Eggplant lasagna •Garlic cheese mash potatoes •Roasted brussel sprouts •Broiled asparagus •Ice cream •Root beer. 

Summary: Cook, John Matzke, and Carlos Froyan Cruz-Ramos worked at a restaurant in Lake Havasu City and shared an apartment. On July 19, 1987, Cook stole some money from Cruz-Ramos. When Cruz-Ramos began searching the apartment for the money, Cook and Matzke tied Cruz-Ramos to a chair and began beating him with their fists and a metal pipe. Cook also cut Cruz-Ramos with a knife, sodomized him, and burned his genitals with cigarettes. After several hours of this torture, Matzke and Cook crushed Cruz-Ramos' throat with the pipe. When Kevin Swaney, another co-worker, arrived at the apartment, Cook forced him upstairs and showed him Cruz-Ramos' body. Cook and Matzke then tied Swaney to a chair. Matzke went to sleep while Cook sodomized Swaney. When Cook was finished, he woke Matzke and the two men strangled Swaney to death with a bed sheet. Matzke pled guilty to second-degree murder and testified against Cook. 

PROCEEDINGS
Presiding Judge: Steven F. Conn
Prosecutor: Eric Larsen
Start of Trial: June 27, 1988
Verdict: 8 July 7, 1988
Sentencing: August 8, 1988
Aggravating Circumstances: Especially heinous/cruel/depraved, Multiple homicides, Pecuniary gain (Cruz-Ramos murder only)
Mitigating Circumstances: None 

PUBLISHED OPINIONS
State v. Cook, 170 Ariz. 40, 821 P.2d 731 (1991) 

Daniel Wayne Cook

Arizona Department of Corrections
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release
August 8, 2012 

Inmate Daniel Cook executed 

Florence, Az – Arizona Department of Corrections inmate Daniel Cook, #069007, was executed at 11:03 a.m. Wednesday. Cook’s last meal included, eggplant lasagna, garlic cheese mashed potatoes, roasted brussel sprouts, broiled asparagus, root beer soda, and ice cream, which was served to him Tuesday night. His last words were: "I'd like to say sorry to the victim's family. I know that's not enough…. (significant pause) …Where am I? To my lawyers, thank you. Red Robin, yum. I'm done. I love you". He was executed by lethal injection. The one drug protocol was administered at 10:26 a.m. and the execution was completed 37 minutes later. ### 

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