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Ruth Pelke was a 78-year-old American living in Gary, Indiana, who was stabbed to death by Paula R. Cooper [1] (August 25, 1969 – May 26, 2015), then aged 15, on May 14, 1985. Cooper stabbed Pelke 33 times with a butcher knife before stealing ten dollars and her car. A year later, Cooper was sentenced to death on July 11, 1986.
Paula R. Cooper was sentenced to death for the murder of Ruth Pelke, Paula who was 15 at the time of the crime was later resentenced to life in prison and was transferred to the Rockville Correctional Facility from which she was released on June 17, 2013, and committed suicide on May 26, 2015.
Paula Cooper may refer to: Paula Cooper (art dealer), founder of a New York art gallery; Paula Cooper, the murderer of Ruth Pelke This page was last edited on 29 ...
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Paula Cooper – In 1985 in Gary, Indiana, Cooper and her friends robbed 78-year-old Bible teacher Ruth Pelke under the pretense of asking for Bible lessons. When Pelke allowed the girls into her home, Cooper stabbed Pelke to death. Cooper was sentenced to death but later had her sentence commuted to 60 years in prison.