Ennis Cosby
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Ennis William Cosby (1970 – January 16, 1997) was the son of actor Bill Cosby and Camille Hanks. He had four sisters.
Ennis had aspired to become a special education teacher after he overcame dyslexia. Ennis was murdered by a Ukrainian immigrant named Mikail Markhasev on January 16, 1997 at the age of 27 in Los Angeles, California. Ennis was on his way to visit a friend when his Mercedes got a flat tire. Ennis then pulled his car to the side of Interstate 405 to change the tire, where he was confronted by Markhasev. According to prosecutors, Markhasev demanded money from Cosby, and then shot him in the head and fled the scene. While the prosecutors stated that the case was very circumstantial, and that the verdict could have gone either way, Markhasev did confess after his conviction, because, in his own words, "{he} wanted to do the right thing … More than anything, {he} wanted to apologize to the victim's family". Markhasev is currently serving a life sentence in San Quentin State Prison without the possibility of parole.
In 2000, Bill Cosby started a scholarship in Ennis' name at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.