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Paula Cooper dead: Police say the one-time youngest woman on death row was found dead

TheIndyChannel.com Staff

1:58 PM, May 26, 2015

5 hours ago

The woman who was once the youngest death row inmate in Indiana reportedly committed suicide Tuesday morning.

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Paula Cooper

Lake County Sheriff's Department

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS:

Paula Cooper was once the youngest death row inmate in Indiana.
Police said she committed suicide Tuesday morning in Indianapolis.
Cooper was convicted of killing 78-year-old Ruth Pelke in 1985 and was sentenced to death.
The Indiana Supreme Court reduced Cooper's sentence, and she was released on parole in 2013.

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