Nancy Cooper, 34, of Cary, N.C. #10

[carolinalady]

One thing he may not have factored into covering "his tracks" (assuming he is the perpetrator) is that it's highly likely shoeprints were left where his wife's body was found. It's highly unlikely that he would have been able to remove every single shoeprint he may have left at that scene. If LE was able to lift prints and can link them back to a pair of BC's shoes........he's toast.

It did rain the day her body was found. I'm not sure how heavy it was in that particular area and I have no clue if it would've affected any prints.

http://www.wunderground.com/history...tml?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA

 

[Crazy Canuck]

Just finished reading brad's affidavids. I found them to be void of any substance and just full of more bs. Especially his parents. His mother sounds just like the b**tch that I was blessed with as a mother-in-law. I believe everything negative said about her because I've been through it and mothers are like that with their sons wives sometimes. Their son does no wrong. My mother in law was so evil she tried to convince me that I would be shipped overseas just after 911 because I am a nurse (I was 7 months pregnant and she felt that I would be going shortly after I gave birth! The funny part is I live in Canada!!! That would never happen but she really wanted to get rid of me. Anyways sorry for the off topic.

I believe that Brad did this after planning it out down to the last detail and may get away with it. Then him and his old lady will be free to raise the girls how they please.

 

[mahmoo]

It did rain the day her body was found. I'm not sure how heavy it was in that particular area and I have no clue if it would've affected any prints.

http://www.wunderground.com/history...tml?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA

Thanks for that info...........good point.

 

[OtisCampbell]

I thought he did a pretty good job with that Rebuttal.
A lot of his statements could be checked with phone calls, looking at records, or looking at emails. For example he mentioned taking one of his daughters to the doctor after it was alleged that he never did. It would be fairly easy to confirm that he was in the doctors office.

My impression was that a lot of the statements from NC's friends were just lies/exaggerations in an effort to pile on someone they see as guilty. Some of the things they stated just seemed absurd to me and hard to believe.

That said, just because he may not be as bad a person as NC's friends tried to paint him out to be that doesn't mean he didn't kill his wife.

 

[raisincharlie]

Just think, MASTERS DEGREE he just obtained.

It's not free.

Just sayin'
fran

Fran,

I have a feeling a portion of the cost for his tuition to get this MBA was most likely provided by CISCO. How much I have no clue but it is very possible a portion was paid by the company.

See I don't have tunnel vision.

What a mud wrestle this has turned into aye? I understand why a fellow would want to fight hard to get his children back but at the expense of his murdered wife...not a very pleasant person IMO. Should be very interesting tomorrow - my quess it will be continued until the psych evaluation is done. The cornered animal act isn't going to fly well.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

It seems to me that he has been trying very hard to be a good father since the threat of divorce. I believe the reason for it is one of the following:

1. The thought of losing his family made him wake up and realize what he was about to lose
2. His lawyer told him to so he would look better in a custody hearing
3. He was plotting Nancy's murder and wanted to have all his ducks in a row because he knew her parents would go after custody when she was dead

the impression from the affidavids is that brad was trying TOO hard - he was putting on the performance of his life

 

[Fairy1]

Just finished reading brad's affidavids. I found them to be void of any substance and just full of more bs. Especially his parents. His mother sounds just like the b**tch that I was blessed with as a mother-in-law. I believe everything negative said about her because I've been through it and mothers are like that with their sons wives sometimes. Their son does no wrong. My mother in law was so evil she tried to convince me that I would be shipped overseas just after 911 because I am a nurse (I was 7 months pregnant and she felt that I would be going shortly after I gave birth! The funny part is I live in Canada!!! That would never happen but she really wanted to get rid of me. Anyways sorry for the off topic.

I believe that Brad did this after planning it out down to the last detail and may get away with it. Then him and his old lady will be free to raise the girls how they please.

Oh dear! I once had an evil MIL too - and a highly questionable spouse! I agree that the affidavits of his friends and family are vague - at best. And I totally did not pick up on anything that indicated she had a drinking problem!

IF BC did kill Nancy, I'm inclined (and hopeful!) to believe that it was a spur-of-the-moment, crime of passion type of thing. The reason I'm hoping this is how it went down is that he would've been more likely to slip up somewhere along the way. And that will be his undoing.

On another note - earlier today, there were some who were questioning why - if things were so bad for NC at home, didn't she leave? I'm no attorney, but I feel it's possible she was advised by her divorce lawyer NOT to leave the family home. IIRC, this advice is given often by divorce lawyers to avoid any claim of "abandonment."

And finally, I have seen absolutely nothing about Nancy that leads me to believe she was a high-maintenance, designer conscious type woman. With the exception of the photos at her sister's wedding, in all of the photos I've seen, she is dressed very casually - t-shirts, ponytails and baseball caps. I am - by no means - a foo-foo girl, but I would NEVER wear a baseball cap - in public or anywhere else!

 

[raisincharlie]

I thought he did a pretty good job with that Rebuttal.
A lot of his statements could be checked with phone calls, looking at records, or looking at emails. For example he mentioned taking one of his daughters to the doctor after it was alleged that he never did. It would be fairly easy to confirm that he was in the doctors office.

My impression was that a lot of the statements from NC's friends were just lies/exaggerations in an effort to pile on someone they see as guilty. Some of the things they stated just seemed absurd to me and hard to believe.

That said, just because he may not be as bad a person as NC's friends tried to paint him out to be that doesn't mean he didn't kill his wife.

I agree Otis Campbell - some of that stuff definitely was not first hand knowledge and based on things told. I also agree many things could be checked through existing records but what kind of bothers me is Brad was able to state what emails he sent on what date to whom and where for events over a year old. Granted they were having problems but this seems to indicate to me that he definitely was keeping track of every single thing very closely. That makes me wonder if it is indeed possible he was as controlling as all these people suggest. In this case phone records kind of bother me as well given his profession. It will take LE much longer to sort things out because of that and they need to make darn sure they have one extremely good computer wizzard doing it.

 

[outside_of_apex]

It did rain the day her body was found. I'm not sure how heavy it was in that particular area ,,,

Yeah, I live in the area and can't even remember what the weather was like a week ago from last Monday. Around here the rain can be hit & miss; absolutely downpour at one spot while another spot a mile or so away can be absolutely dry.

Thing is, we can suppose that the body was at the location as early as early Saturday. Even though the body was found up to 60 hrs later I find it hard to believe that it took the medical examiner a full day to identify the body as NC. The Cary PD is stifling information. I don't know why but obviously they have their reasons.

One thing that bothers me is why was the body located at the edge of the water of a runoff pond? If you were going to do the job right, wouldn't you spend a little extra effort and submerge it in the pond? Was the body supposed to be found? Or the murderer didn't care? Or careless? Or not thinking rationally?

I've read all the affidavits and BC comes across as a rational guy. I'm not ready to jump onto the bandwagon to railroad him (are mixed metaphors a crime ). Statistics and related cases don't look so good for BC but that's certainly not proof.

Time to buy more popcorn.

 

[fran]

Also wanted to post a link I found for the boat show BC references in his rebuttal affidavit.

http://www.overtons.com/boatshowldpage2007.shtml

Well alrighty then, there was a boat show. Guess he shouldn't have been so vague with his wife about it then.

Now all we have to see is {proof} of all those emails and phone calls that he CLAIMS he made.

JMHO
fran

 

[Snowlover77]

It seems to me that he has been trying very hard to be a good father since the threat of divorce. I believe the reason for it is one of the following:

1. The thought of losing his family made him wake up and realize what he was about to lose
2. His lawyer told him to so he would look better in a custody hearing
3. He was plotting Nancy's murder and wanted to have all his ducks in a row because he knew her parents would go after custody when she was dead

the impression from the affidavids is that brad was trying TOO hard - he was putting on the performance of his life

Crazy Canuck, I agree that he was doing much of the good father thing especially because I do believe he planned her murder.

 

[Star12]

"I am - by no means - a foo-foo girl, but I would NEVER wear a baseball cap - in public or anywhere else!"

Well, I don't know about the rest of the country, but around Cary and especially in Nancy's age group and social bracket, ball caps are definitely IN!

(I wouldn't wear one, either)

 

[fran]

One thing he may not have factored into covering "his tracks" (assuming he is the perpetrator) is that it's highly likely shoeprints were left where his wife's body was found. It's highly unlikely that he would have been able to remove every single shoeprint he may have left at that scene. If LE was able to lift prints and can link them back to a pair of BC's shoes........he's toast.

I could be wrong, but didn't it rain heavily either later that day or Sunday? I thought I heard that.

fran

 

[jilly]

Time to buy more popcorn.

Here ->opcorn:

 

[SleuthyGal]

I never understood the psychology of a woman choosing to stay with her abuser until I had first-hand experience with an acquaintance/friend who has been dating a guy for the last 2 years and she's in an abusive situation and for one reason or another just won't get out of it. She agrees it's abusive (sometimes) but then other times thinks maybe it isn't because it isn't physically abusive. It's a complex situation, what abused women go through. They just don't quite see things the same as someone who is on the outside and objective.

Anyway, I believe the aspects that indicate BC was controlling. There are so many examples given that I believe there is truth there.

 

[mahmoo]

Here ->opcorn:

:cow: is :floorlaugh: rofl.........got any cokes jilly???

 

[Just the Fax]

I could be wrong, but didn't it rain heavily either later that day or Sunday? I thought I heard that.

fran

Yes, it rained very hard.

 

[MCDRAW]

Well, I don't know about the rest of the country, but around Cary and especially in Nancy's age group and social bracket, ball caps are definitely IN!

(I wouldn't wear one, either)

I wear one all the time. My children play sports, the hat helps to keep my hair out of my face.

 

[outside_of_apex]

Here ->opcorn:

Thanks, that's got me going again

What about the cellphones and the Lexus's? Cell phone providers can have logs providing locations of the phones (this is the reason why Hans Reiser removed the batteries from his and Nina's phones). Does a Lexus have something similar to On-Star? The car movements could then be tracked too. Considering the drainage pond was three miles away, that would be too far to carry a body unless you were an IronMan or something

 

[fran]

Fran,

I have a feeling a portion of the cost for his tuition to get this MBA was most likely provided by CISCO. How much I have no clue but it is very possible a portion was paid by the company.

See I don't have tunnel vision.

What a mud wrestle this has turned into aye? I understand why a fellow would want to fight hard to get his children back but at the expense of his murdered wife...not a very pleasant person IMO. Should be very interesting tomorrow - my quess it will be continued until the psych evaluation is done. The cornered animal act isn't going to fly well.

I thought that it was possible that they may cover a portion, but I wasn't too sure as I know they've cut out some of the perks they used to give them in the cafeteria. :waitasec:

Anyway, I just got done reading all those affidavits filed today. Phew! What a mess!

I dunno. I'm going to have to see what happens over the next few days. Just because these people (his friends) say he's a nice guy, doesn't mean nothin' to me. EVERYONE said Scott Peterson was just a wonderful, wonderful guy! That is, ...........until they found out he wasn't!..

It's possible that Nancy may have embellished a bit. But..........I don't think so. I think Brad may be embellishing a lot.

Interesting that he doesn't mind jumping on the band wagon to have his ehhh...friends say not very nice things about his wife. His wife who's poor dead body is hardly even cold. The mother of his children who was murdered in cold blood.

My, my, my, what is he thinking?

He better get another playbook. This one isn't working. At least with this Websleuther.:bang:

JMHO
fran