Cole was sentenced to death for the 1994 slaying of 18-year-old Florida State University student John Edwards. He was also ordered to life in prison for the rape, kidnapping and robbery of John's 21-year-old sister, Pam Edwards.
The State Supreme Court sent the execution notice to the state's prison director on August 23, permitting him four Fridays by law to execute Owens.
Loran Cole, now 57, would later go on to murder 18-year-old Florida State University student John Edwards, and rape his sister, 21-year-old Pam Edwards, during a brother-sister camping trip in Ocala National Forest, in 1994.
Magistrate Judge Michael Merz issued a court ruling delaying the implementation of Ohio's new lethal injection process. The state's three drug method has been questioned by opponents for the use of midazolam, which causes too much pain to an inmate.
