GUILTY MI - Rose Cobb, 47, dies in contract killing, Detroit, 26 Dec 2007

[philamena]

I also hate to say it but this shooting sounds like a hit to me too.
Exactly the way 'Baretta's' wife was killed.
He left her in the car while he returned to the restaurant....

oh WUDGE, here's another one for ya.

 

[White Rain]

hmmmmmm...something doesn't quite seem on the up and up here to me!

 

[TGIRecovered]

I also hate to say it but this shooting sounds like a hit to me too.
Exactly the way 'Baretta's' wife was killed.
He left her in the car while he returned to the restaurant....

oh WUDGE, here's another one for ya.

Shhhhh! Please-no-please-no!

It is so much more fun to discuss the crime without someone following everyone around nitpicking and twisting legal concepts to fit his purpose.

Yeah, I said that.

Susan

 

[Taximom]

LOL, Susan. I guess what bothers me about that (any poster) is that I think we all know that stuff and that's not what I'm here to discuss anyway.

This one is sure being kept quiet though. Any pictures of the couple?

 

[Filly]

I also hate to say it but this shooting sounds like a hit to me too.
Exactly the way 'Baretta's' wife was killed.
He left her in the car while he returned to the restaurant....

oh WUDGE, here's another one for ya.

Philamena, now we all know Bobby Blake the great child actor, and bizarre weirdness of a guy was innocent. That could happen. Sorry, O/T, but Bobby Blake been keeping a low profile. Internal Affairs will so be all over that cop.

 

[mrsjonnob]

I really think it is strange that a police officer would let his wife wait alone in the car at night in a bad area. I am very suspicious of the husband.

Maybe she wasn't feeling well, so she waited in the car while he went to get her medicine?

Just speculation... I tend to think the husband had something to do with it too.

 

[calidreamin]

Maybe she wasn't feeling well, so she waited in the car while he went to get her medicine?

Just speculation... I tend to think the husband had something to do with it too.

That is definatly possible mrsjonnob but it just strikes me as really strange. My husband would never allow me to sit in a car alone at night in a bad area and he isn't even a cop. I tend to think he had something to do with it but speculation is always good.

 

[angelmom]

That is definatly possible mrsjonnob but it just strikes me as really strange. My husband would never allow me to sit in a car alone at night in a bad area and he isn't even a cop. I tend to think he had something to do with it but speculation is always good.

Although my money is on the husband, I can see my DH leaving me in the car thinking it would be safer. Usually if one of us has to run in to a gas station, etc., he does it if it is a bad area or at night and locks me in the car with the phone. I think he feels I am safer b/c if someone was robbing the store or something I could drive away and call 911. Also, when he used to have his concealed weapons permit, the gun was in the car. This officer very likely could have had a weapon in his car and felt he was leaving his wife in the safer place.

 

[philamena]

Philamena, now we all know Bobby Blake the great child actor, and bizarre weirdness of a guy was innocent. That could happen. Sorry, O/T, but Bobby Blake been keeping a low profile. Internal Affairs will so be all over that cop.

Filly,
Hard to believe he got off. :furious:

 

[MCDRAW]

It does seem strange that nothing was taken.

 

[Filly]

Filly,
Hard to believe he got off. :furious:

That's Hollyweird for ya, Philamena. Wonder what's happening in this investigation of this poor woman's murder?

 

[Filly]

Here's a link to a few video's concerning Sgt. Cobb. It seems he was in trouble at one point. Not sure how true this is, and I couldn't get the video fast enough. Worth a look maybe.http://behindthebluewall.blogspot.com/2007/12/mi-sgt-cobbs-wife-shot-dead-in-parking.html

 

[MagicRose99]

Here's a link to a few video's concerning Sgt. Cobb. It seems he was in trouble at one point. Not sure how true this is, and I couldn't get the video fast enough. Worth a look maybe.http://behindthebluewall.blogspot.com/2007/12/mi-sgt-cobbs-wife-shot-dead-in-parking.html

<snip from your link>

One of the videos mentions that David Cobb was formerly charged with harrassment of and solicitation of sex from a minor, but was cleared, and another of the videos announces that Cobb IS now a person of interest in the murder of his wife Rose, but not a suspect.

 

[oceanblueeyes]

Although my money is on the husband, I can see my DH leaving me in the car thinking it would be safer. Usually if one of us has to run in to a gas station, etc., he does it if it is a bad area or at night and locks me in the car with the phone. I think he feels I am safer b/c if someone was robbing the store or something I could drive away and call 911. Also, when he used to have his concealed weapons permit, the gun was in the car. This officer very likely could have had a weapon in his car and felt he was leaving his wife in the safer place.

I don't find that part odd at all. Maybe she wasn't feeling well and he went to the drugstore to get her some meds. Either OTC or prescription. Many times I will ride with my hubby and wait in the car while he runs in the grocery store, convenient store or drugstore. Now that this has happened and other unsuspecting women in my city have been targeted because they were alone in the car, I am not going to do that anymore.

I am still leaning that this was a botched carjacking by a younger person that may have known the area and been on foot milling around up to no good. I don't think Mrs. Cobb would ever open the door for anyone. Imo when she refused to open the door they fired through the passenger glass window out of anger.

I know no matter what I would never open my door to a or thugs that were trying to get inside of my car where I was.

It also explains why some witnesses scattered. I think somebody around that area knows who the shooter is and are afraid to get involved.

I hope LE gets a tip on their tip line even if the caller is anonymous.

imoo

 

[SuziQ]

Here's a link to a few video's concerning Sgt. Cobb. It seems he was in trouble at one point. Not sure how true this is, and I couldn't get the video fast enough. Worth a look maybe.http://behindthebluewall.blogspot.com/2007/12/mi-sgt-cobbs-wife-shot-dead-in-parking.html

Great find on those videos.

LE has to have seen the video tapes by now. It would show whether there was any sort of confrontation or a walk up and shoot situation.

 

[Taximom]

Hmm, their vehicle was a van too. I wonder how many carjackers choose to steal vans rather than cars? I guess it depends on what the carjacker needed...

I'm trying to give Cobb the benefit of the doubt here, but my brain is really struggling with this one.

 

[Taximom]

Watching the video...no sign of carjacking or robbery.

No comment from him either? Hmph.

 

[Taximom]

Interesting, I just noticed she's 47 and he's 37. I wonder how long they've been married.

 

[TGIRecovered]

Hmm, their vehicle was a van too. I wonder how many carjackers choose to steal vans rather than cars? I guess it depends on what the carjacker needed...

I'm trying to give Cobb the benefit of the doubt here, but my brain is really struggling with this one.

I did not realize it was a van! Much less likely for the carjacker theory to be true, IMO. Just think... you want to 'jack a vehicle, if you choose a van there is no telling how many people are in it. I know you can't see thru the rear side windows of my van at night unless the rear inside lights are on. Also, if there were children in carseats it would be logical for one of the adults to stay out in the van with the kids rather than drag them all inside.

Years ago, there was a significant period of time in our marraige during which my cop-husband did not want to be married and didn't give a flip about my personal safety. Coincidentally, he is also younger than I am, by a little more than 8 years. I've no doubt that he would have chosen a pharmacy in a dangerous neighborhood and left me in the car, pregnant belly and all, the same way one might leave their old car on the street with the keys dangling from the ignition, hoping someone would steal it in order to collect the insurance for a nice downpayment on a new car.

It is truly by God's grace that we both weathered thru that awful time in our marraige. I mention this both to witness that I've seen the depths to which a marraige can disentigrate, and that while it did not culminate in murder for me, I can see how easily it could end in murder for others.

Of all people, a cop knows that a locked vehicle is no deterrent to a criminal. Windows can easily be "popped" in a second, without much noise. Definitely no need to shoot the window out. I do not believe that a cop would consider a locked vehicle to be sufficient protection from harm. IMO, He would not have left anything of value in there and in plain sight , like his gun or a wallet. Why did he leave his wife?

Also, it seems the shooting happened relatively soon after he went inside. Wouldn't most criminals expect that if he left the vehicle running, he intended to be right back out? If so, then why steal a cop's car...you know they carry a gun even off duty? Cop could have run back out, shooting at the fleeing van.

Susan

 

[Filly]

TGI, thank you for sharing your story with us. I'm glad that you and your husband made it through such a truly bad time. My dad was a cop for almost 40 years and I was discussing this with my mom. "Daddy wouldn't even bring me through a bad neighborhood, period let alone stop and leave me in the car". A little off topic, but my child had to do something for a police based program and it was in an extremely bad neighborhood. My dad didn't let us go even though we were going in a marked police van. Anything can happen at any time. Hopefully they will get to the bottom of this. How would they know though his street car was a policeman's? Here they have a tiny shield like ornament used to go on your license plate. They now keep them in the back windows because they get stolen. Thank you again, TGI.