Okay so I got curious about this today – Tiffany Cole. Heard the name pop up somewhere, couldn’t remember the exact story. Just a nagging feeling it was something dark. Figured, hey, quick Google search, right? Should be straightforward.
My Initial Plan Was Simple
Opened up my laptop, jumped straight into Google. Typed in “Tiffany Cole”. Hit enter. Boom, pages of results. Started clicking the top news links. That’s when it hit me. Oh yeah. Florida. Kidnapping. Murders. Buried alive. Horrific stuff. Totally forgot the sheer brutality of it.
My brain went: “Is she still locked up? Did anything change?” I wanted the current situation, not just the history lesson.
The Practical Roadblocks
Man, I’m thinking this is gonna be easy. Federal case, high profile, right? So I head over to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website – they gotta have a find an inmate tool. Cool. Type in “Tiffany Cole”. Nothing. Zilch. Nada.
Scratched my head. Maybe the spelling? Tried variations. Cole. Still nothing.
Back to Google. Dug deeper into the articles. Ah! Here it is! She got sentenced to death, but she was in Florida state court for the actual crimes, not federal. Duh. That explained the BOP search failing. Totally my bad. Wrong prison system.
Shifting Gears to Florida
Okay, new plan. Needed Florida’s Department of Corrections inmate search. Headed to their official site. Found the inmate search page pronto. Filled in:
- First Name: Tiffany
- Last Name: Cole
- Didn’t bother with the DC number (her inmate number) at first.
Hit search. One result popped up. Bingo. Listed as Cole, Tiffany A. Opened her profile.
Verifying the Details
Wanted to be sure it was the right person. The profile page showed:
- Birthdate: Matched what I remembered.
- Location: Lowell Correctional Institution Annex. Death row for women is there.
- Admission Date: Way back in 2007. That tracks.
- Most importantly, Custody: DEATH – big, bold letters.
Double-checked her charges listed: Two counts of First Degree Murder. Yep, that lined up with the plot against Carol and Reggie Sumner. Case closed on identity.
The Present Reality
So there it is. Tiffany Cole is absolutely still alive. She’s currently sitting on Florida’s death row. Has been there for over 17 years. As of today’s date, her status is unchanged: Sentenced to Death.
The background info confirmed through the process? Convicted back in 2007 with her then-boyfriend Michael Jackson (not the singer, obviously) and two others for those brutal 2005 murders. They targeted Carol and Reggie Sumner, kidnapped them, drove them to Georgia, forced them into a grave they’d dug earlier, covered it up… just evil. Her appeals are likely still winding through the system, which is why she’s still on death row and hasn’t been executed.
Reflecting on the Search
Funny how things you think will be simple sometimes need a little extra digging. Messed up forgetting it was a state case, not federal. Live and learn. The Florida DOC site worked like a charm once I got pointed in the right direction. It was all about understanding where the jurisdiction landed. Got the answers I wanted about her status and background, straight from the source. Simple process, just needed the right starting point.
