Robert Raymond Cook (b. July 15, 1937 in Hanna, Alberta - November 15, 1960 in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta) was a Canadian murderer. Convicted of the slayings of his father, Raymond, stepmother, Daisy, and the couple's five children, he was the last man to be executed by the province of Alberta.
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