Nancy Cooper, 34, of Cary, N.C - Media links only *NO DISCUSSION*

Welcome to Websleuths!
Click to learn how to make a missing person's thread

DNA Solves
DNA Solves
DNA Solves

New Posts

Slain Jogger's Parents Win Custody Ruling
Brad Cooper Will Not Get Custody of His Two Daughters for Now

.............snip..................

Seth Blum, one of Cooper's attorneys, told ABC News affiliate WDTV reporter Ed Crump that his client is innocent is still deciding whether to appeal the custody decision.

Adding that his client misses his children, Blum told Crump that the hearing over full custody is a "different animal."

Wake Court District Judge Debra Sasser, who presided over the Cooper custody case, made it clear at the start of the hearing that the ongoing murder investigation would certainly play a role in her decision.

According to the Raleigh News & Observer, Sasser said during the court hearing Sept. 29, "I am not going to avoid the elephant in the room: Did Brad Cooper kill his wife?"

"That's what I have to determine in this custody case if no one is charged and convicted in Nancy Cooper's death before the custody hearing."

Nancy Cooper's family and Brad Cooper, the girls' father, have been fighting over custody of the two kids since she was found strangled in an undeveloped subdivision July 14.

Her husband, Brad Cooper, may have been the last person to see Nancy and told police that his wife went jogging and never returned.

<<<<<<<<<full article at link>>>>>>>>>>>

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=6089443&page=1
 
Cooper girls will remain in Canada
Sister of slain Cary woman gets temporary custody of children, ages 4 and 2

...................snip....................

Wednesday's decision is another temporary custody order and will lapse after a certain period of time. The judge did not strip Cooper of his parental rights but selected a living arrangement she thought would be in the best interest of Bella and Katie.

Cooper's attorneys could challenge Sasser's decision at the N.C. Court of Appeals. Blum said they'll await the final order before making that decision.


<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<full article at link>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
http://www.newsobserver.com/2864/story/1265368.html
 
Brad Cooper asks for court-appointed attorney

Raleigh, N.C. — Brad Cooper stood expressionless and said nothing Tuesday afternoon as he faced a judge for the first time since being charged with murder in the July death of wife, Nancy Cooper.

<<<<<<<<<full article at link>>>>>>>>>>>>>

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/3837364/
 
Much more at link but this part jumped right out:

..."At NCSU, Brad Cooper seemed reserved but likable enough, classmate Joey D'Antoni said in an interview Tuesday. It wasn't until several MBA students took a class trip to France last spring that D'Antoni started to wonder about Cooper.

Just days into the trip, Cooper paired off with a young French woman in the program. D'Antoni saw him slip his wedding ring off and spend more time her.

"He said he was going to leave his wife," D'Antoni said, adding that Cooper promised the young woman he would stay in France longer."...

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/story/1272879.html
 
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=d0f33237-c105-4905-a5b5-f026e8887939


Murder charge not father's biggest worry
Former Albertan mostly wants to be with daughters, his lawyer says



EDMONTON - Brad Cooper is more concerned about being away from his daughters than his arrest for the murder of his wife, one of his lawyers says.

"He is very sad," said Seth Blum, who is representing Cooper alongside lawyer Howard Kurtz. "He is certainly concerned for what's happening to him, but his greatest concern is that he is not with his daughters."

Cooper is being held in the Wake County Prison in North Carolina without bail.


~~~


Blum said that since Brad Cooper has now been charged, he looks forward to reviewing the state's case against him.

'TOLD VERY LITTLE'

"We've been told very little, despite asking repeatedly," Blum said. "We look forward to the opportunity to evaluate everything and see if their is a case against him."
 
Cooper assigned public defender

....................snip...................

McCarthy and others who ran and walked the same Cary trail where Nancy Cooper was reportedly last seen said the husband's arrest was a kind of closure.



"I feel safer and I'm just glad it's done and it's over with, and I'm going back to my routine," McCarthy said.



It was also a relief for Cheri Reed, who owns the Java Jive coffee shop where Nancy Cooper would often stop after her morning run.



"When I heard the news on TV last night, my hair stood on end," Reed said. "I was actually very relieved. I was happy to hear the news."



Though Brad Cooper's arrest and indictment are not proof that he is responsible, some say it validates their suspicions.



"I'm hoping to see him arrested, go to jail for the crime that in my mind and heart I know he committed," Reed said. "I'd like to see it just be done and over."



<<<<<<<<<<<<full article at link>>>>>>>>>>>

http://news14.com/content/local_news/triangle/600887/cooper-assigned-public-defender/Default.aspx
 
maconrich said:
Much more at link but this part jumped right out:

..."At NCSU, Brad Cooper seemed reserved but likable enough, classmate Joey D'Antoni said in an interview Tuesday. It wasn't until several MBA students took a class trip to France last spring that D'Antoni started to wonder about Cooper.

Just days into the trip, Cooper paired off with a young French woman in the program. D'Antoni saw him slip his wedding ring off and spend more time her.

"He said he was going to leave his wife," D'Antoni said, adding that Cooper promised the young woman he would stay in France longer."...

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/story/1272879.html
Click to expand...

Will the prosecution be able to subpeona the French girl to testify? If she testifies about any sort of sexual relations it would be a BOMBSHELL to quote our friend, NG. I'm one of many that have suspected an overseas affair between these two since the beginning.
 
Mother's murder may test Tories' clemency policy
North Carolina Killing

Randy Boswell , Canwest News Service
Published: Saturday, November 01, 2008

In a case tailor-made to test the Conservative government's shifting stance on seeking clemency for Canadians facing execution abroad, a former Calgary man charged with killing his wife in North Carolina will learn next month whether U. S. prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty if he is convicted.

Brad Cooper, 35, was arrested last week and indicted for first-degree murder in the July strangling death of his wife, Nancy Cooper, near the couple's home in Cary, N. C.

................snip....................

during a September court hearing in Smith's lawsuit over the new policy the government's lawyer clarified Canada's official stance, saying the non-intervention policy would indeed apply in all cases in any democratic country.

<<<<<<<<<<full article at link>>>>>>>>>>>>>

http://www.canada.com/news/canada/story.html?id=925399
 
Updating The Nancy Cooper Murder In North Carolina
5:30am

11/6/2008

Accused wife-killer Brad Cooper will know in a month if prosecutors in Cary, North Carolina will seek the death penalty. Cooper was charged with first degree murder of his wife Nancy, a former Edmonton-area woman late last month. WRAL-TV in Raleigh reports a hearing, to be held on December 5th in North Carolina, will determine if the state will seek the death penalty if he is found guilty. In related developments, police have again searched the home the Coopers shared in Cary. They collected more of Nancy's footwear and a diamond pendant necklace that friends said she never left the house without. They supplied pictures of Nancy wearing the pendant while swimming. For his part, Cooper's lawyers have asked a judge to seal the custody order for his two daughters...claiming its release could taint potential members of a jury.

http://www.630ched.com/Channels/Reg/NewsLocal/Story.aspx?ID=1037982
 
"The Internet can tell people practically anything they need to know, and police are using that fact to crack some of the Triangle's highest-profile cases."
"If you've done searches on strangulation and the cause of death in a homicide is strangulation, that's a circumstance that someone is going to look at," Knudson said. "Those sets of circumstances can be really compelling to a jury – that kind of information – because it's difficult for someone to manipulate after the fact."


Full article at link:
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/3921736/
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

DNASolves

Who is Fairfield County Jane Doe (1993)?

Members online

... and 135 more.
Total: 1,924 (members: 136, guests: 1,788)

Online statistics

Members online
136
Guests online
1,788
Total visitors
1,924
Totals may include hidden visitors.

Forum statistics

Threads
605,902
Messages
18,194,711
Members
233,637
Latest member
Rhojensenbeach
Back
Top