(L.A.) Edward Cole, 31, Died in a Hospital

Case Number: 2019-02797

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 31-year-old Caucasian male that occurred in a hospital.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Edward Cole.

Manner of Death: Homicide

Cause of Death: Stab Wound of Chest

RIP EDWARD COLE (December 13, 1987 – April 9, 2019)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Tuesday at 10:50 p.m.

The decedent was fatally stabbed by his girlfriend Melissa Buranasomba after an argument in Lake Los Angeles.

She was convicted in November 2021 of second-degree murder using a knife.

The woman’s son testified that he saw her take a knife from the kitchen before going to the garage, and a friend of Buranasombati saw her “swing” at Cole, causing Cole to bleed from his chest.

She was sentenced in April 2022 to 16 years to life in state prison.