For decades, Cheryl Cole has pleaded to keep her husband’s killer in prison. Now, with 75-year-old Roland Reaves up for a parole hearing soon, she once again took to the podium alongside Cincinnati law enforcement on Thursday.
“The reason why we’re here is because the judicial system has totally let David down,” she said. “And for us to contact the parole board to oppose the release of Roland Reaves for the cold-blooded murder of David that night.”
Officer David Cole died in the line of duty on July 16, 1974. He was 24 years old. According to police, Cole took a call that night at the United Dairy Farmers on Florence Avenue in Walnut Hills. Reaves and his accomplice, Ricardo Woods, were looking to rob the store. When Cole intervened, Reaves, using Woods as a shield, appeared from behind and ambushed the young officer, according to the Greater Cincinnati Police Museum…