Florida convict to be executed for killing college student in forest, raping another

A Florida man convicted of killing a college freshman and raping the student's sister while the siblings camped in a national forest 30 years ago is scheduled to be executed Thursday.

Loran Cole is set to be put to death just after 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison for the 1994 killing. Cole is also serving two life sentences for rape. The U.S. Supreme Court denied Cole's final appeal earlier Thursday.

According to court records, Cole and a friend, William Paul, befriended the two college students in the Ocala National Forest.