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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Ind. Law - Cole Banks, Evansville attorney, found dead

From Evansville News 14, the just-posted story headllined "Prominent Evansville lawyer found dead" reported by Rachel Folz:

According to the Evansville Police affidavit, Cole Banks, 61, was found dead in his Buena Vista Road home just before 3:00 Tuesday morning. According to the police report, Banks left suicide notes. The coroner's office has not yet released a cause of death for Banks.
A longer story here in the Courier & Press that begins:
A prominent Evansville defense attorney was found dead outside his residence early this morning in an apparent suicide, authorities said.

Cole G. Banks, 61, who was also an adjunct professor at the University of Southern Indiana, was found dead about 3 a.m. on the steps to the basement in back of his North Side home. A revolver was recovered underneath of him, police said.

Evansville Police Department Deputy Chief Joyce Molinet called it a "clear-cut suicide" and said police had recovered notes that shed light on his motive. She declined to release information on it out of respect for Banks' family.

"But there was nothing criminal about it, nothing negative about anyone else at all," Molinet said. "It was a total personal reason."

Mr. Banks is referenced in this Nov. 23rd Courier & Press story about the Terre Haute mayor's race decision the ILB posted about earlier today. The post in fact references a Nov. 23rd ILB entry citing the story.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 16, 2008 12:40 PM
Posted to Indiana Law