Augustus D. Cole

Cole did a tour of duty with U.S. Marine Squad J-7 in Vietnam during the early 1970s. After his return to the states, Cole spent twelve years at the V.A. Hospital in East Orange, New Jersey in the psychiatric ward. Much of that time was spent in an isolated cell. According to hospital authorities, Cole had been disturbing the sleep patterns of the other patients. He escaped from the hospital in 1994. According to Agent Mulder, Cole had participated as a test subject in sleep eradication experiments while receiving his basic training on Parris Island. During the short period of time away from the V.A. hospital, Cole is suspected to have committed three murders. It remains unclear how he killed his victims. Cole was fatally shot by Agent...