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They started learning evidence about the incident that happened in Pearl, Mississippi, which is just a suburb of Jackson. On October 9th, which is about a month before Latasha went missing, she takes Stanley Cole to get his paycheck. Latasha sometimes helps Stanley out with stuff, like giving him a ride. She was on the phone with Marquis Smith, who was her boyfriend at the time.

Stanley got mad and lunged at her and actually broke her phone.

Stanley got mad and lunged at her and actually broke her phone.

The women that are the victims of these crimes generally do not like to tell anybody because they're embarrassed about it.

The women that are the victims of these crimes generally do not like to tell anybody because they're embarrassed about it.

The car salesman in Jackson calls the police and says that this car, this 1998 Dodge Neon, is really suspicious. the carpet in the trunk was cut out, which is not something normally somebody does when you trade in a car. The fact that a car salesman would call the police about something being strange in a car was pretty odd.

The car salesman in Jackson calls the police and says that this car, this 1998 Dodge Neon, is really suspicious. the carpet in the trunk was cut out, which is not something normally somebody does when you trade in a car. The fact that a car salesman would call the police about something being strange in a car was pretty odd.

They positively identified the blood in the trunk of the car to the DNA of Latasha Norman. So they realized that she was in the trunk of that car. Jackson Police Department, as well as the FBI and Jackson State, decided to subpoena Stanley Cole's cell phone records.

They positively identified the blood in the trunk of the car to the DNA of Latasha Norman. So they realized that she was in the trunk of that car. Jackson Police Department, as well as the FBI and Jackson State, decided to subpoena Stanley Cole's cell phone records.

After the investigators recovered Stanley's cell phone records and realized that he was at Jackson State that day, and they found him at a wooded area off of Brown Street, they decided to go up to Greenville to see if they could speak to Simone Harris.

After the investigators recovered Stanley's cell phone records and realized that he was at Jackson State that day, and they found him at a wooded area off of Brown Street, they decided to go up to Greenville to see if they could speak to Simone Harris.

Stanley Cole was arrested on November 29th of 2007.

Stanley Cole was arrested on November 29th of 2007.

and they ended up eating at Garfield's restaurant in Jackson. And all the while during this time where they're going back and forth between people's houses, where they're picking friends up from classes, and they're eating dinner, LaTosha Norman is in the trunk of that Dodge Neon.

and they ended up eating at Garfield's restaurant in Jackson. And all the while during this time where they're going back and forth between people's houses, where they're picking friends up from classes, and they're eating dinner, LaTosha Norman is in the trunk of that Dodge Neon.

Because Stanley never told us how he killed her. I mean, his explanation was that he hit her.

Because Stanley never told us how he killed her. I mean, his explanation was that he hit her.

I don't know that his blow would have caused death to Ms. Norman. It just didn't seem likely to any of us.

I don't know that his blow would have caused death to Ms. Norman. It just didn't seem likely to any of us.

We had a community that was really aching from this crime because it happened at Jackson State, which is just a beloved university in the city. And then her family. And if you meet her dad or stepfather, Danny Bolden, you can see how much this man loved his daughter. And they were there every day rooting us on. That made us really, really want to go in there and win this case.