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Two brothers sentenced in death of 61-year-old woman

Saturday, Jan. 13, 2001 | 10:14 a.m.

James Cook, 17, received a life sentence Thursday in addition to a four- to 15-year sentence. He will serve at least 24 years in prison before becoming eligible for parole.

Daniel Cook, 20, got a 25-year sentence in addition to a two-to-five-year sentence. He will serve at least 12 years before parole becomes possible.

Prosecutors said Walburga Soult took the brothers into her home after they lost their apartment. Daniel Cook was a former boyfriend of Soult's daughter, Pamela Fremou, 23, and the father of her unborn child.

On April 8, Daniel Cook and Soult got into an argument, and moments later James Cook shot Fremou in the head, neck, earlobe and arm.

Fremou jumped out of a window to get help, and when she returned moments later she found her mother stabbed to death on the floor. Soult had been nearly decapitated in front of Fremou's 5-year-old son.

Days later, Fremou had a miscarriage.

The brothers entered plea agreements in November.

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