WILMINGTON, Del. - The jury in the James Cooke case has recommended the death sentence. James Cooke was found guilty of the rape and murder of University of Delaware student Lindsay Bonistall in her off-campus apartment in Newark, Delaware on April 13th.
Cooke was also tried and convicted of two nearby burglaries of two young women in the days leading up to the killing. The next step in the case is sentencing, in which the judge will impose a sentence of life in prison or a sentence of death.