Nancy Cooper, 34, of Cary, N.C. #3

[SeriouslySearching]

Yes, that board is interesting. They seem to have the low-down.

But WS was the board to break the news of the store visit thanks to Momto3kids! :clap:

 

[wherego]

My husband is frequently called upon to be an expert witness in court trials, sometimes for the plaintiff and sometimes for the defendant. No matter what side he is requested by, I always discuss the case with him and argue against his opinions (Partly to be annoying, and partly to prepare him for what the opposing attorney might question him on). So, I thought I would do the same here and play devil's advocate since EVERYONE seems to have tried, convicted and placed on death row the prime suspect in this case.

Other possible suspects:

1. The hard to find Carrie, the supposed running partner, both the friend who reported Nancy missing and Brad said that they knew of her but not much about her, phone number, last name etc.

2. A current or former partner in one of Brad's alleged affairs.

3. IF Brad had affairs as alleged for a long period of time, that does not exclude the possibility of Nancy having one also. This would add the possibility of a man whom she had a relationship with, but had broken it off. AND/OR

4. The wife or ex-wife of someone that Nancy had possibly had an affair with.

5. A person within the running community who might have had a crush on Nancy and whom she had rejected.

6. Any person who had been involved in an affair with either Brad or Nancy and feared they would be publicly exposed during a divorce and custody battle.

Those are just a few of the possibilities I would argue, even though it looks pretty bad for Brad right now. However, I also find it hard to believe the rumor about the detergent with bleach. It seems unlikely that a teenage store employee would be randomly invited into the police viewing of the security tapes, and then allowed to go out and discuss that evidence with whomever they choose. Extremely questionable police work if this really happened, and all else points to LE being very cautious and responsible about letting information out on this case.

Welcome Raeann!! I am sorry the regular members have ignored your post and not welcomed you to the board. They have welcomed several members who are not bringing up sensible questions, but validating their existing opinions. I've been reading here for several days and really wish for a more balanced discussion as you are propossing. I would really hope at least that most of these posters would disqualify themselves from ever being on a jury of any case they had ever heard anything about at all.

This is a great place to get news links and some info from locals though.

You brought up some great questions and I will try and discuss them later.
I have difficulty typing, and very slow.

 

[close_enough]

This would be the same woman who turned her in as missing to LE. The woman (Adams) who made that call knew something we are not privy to, imo. If she was the mistress, I don't see her calling.

yes, that's my understanding, but i don't think she's the mistress...

 

[nursebeeme]

You guys could be right. He may have wanted to further humiliate her by leaving her naked to be found or he may have undressed her because of his blood on her clothing.

exactamundo! He either spread the running clothes around to look like they were ripped off or he threw them away. I think this guy knew how he wanted the crime scene to look which is WAY SCARY! That puts him in a whole different level of crime....as he is posing or positioninig the body instead of trying to hide it (burial or submersion in one of the many, many, many bodies of water in that area). Also, did not mean that to be distasteful...merely discussing what this could mean...if he really committed this crime and positioned the body......

 

[PrayersForMaura]

Friends, family and neighbors say they are shocked by the murder of Nancy Cooper and they are in disbelief that a homicide like this could take place in their community.
"I would have never guessed it would happen in Lockmere," Cooper's neighbor Rachel Bentley said.

Rachel Bentley has lived in the Lockmere neighborhood since she was a child and grew to love her home and neighbors like the Coopers.

"My parents always told me this is a safe place to live and I shouldn't be scared," Bentley said.




More: http://cary.mync.com/site/cary/news/story/5439/cary_community_reacts_to_murder

 

[close_enough]

Agreed...but I think she knows who the mistress is.

no doubt in my mind, NC.....LE is probably questioning this woman, as we type....(or have already)

gosh, i see visions of the "mystery woman" having a press conference now, ugh.....

 

[jilly]

This type of thing has become common here in NC in the last few years. I can only hope the court system will start actually executing these animals to send a message that they won't get away with this.
Domestic abuse is not treated as seriously as it should be. I have a now ex-friend whose husband was abusing her. She actually called me in the middle of the night to tell me he had thrown her on the floor and tried to strangle her. I told her to call the police. They came..saw...went. Said they couldn't do anything, not even remove him from the house as it was his residence and he denied the allegations...wth?

Interesting. I've also learned that grandparents have no rights in NC either. It almost seems like they are behind the times.

 

[nursebeeme]

I can't imagine that the Adams woman was the mistress at all

I agree LM! I think that Adam was her friend for real...that knew the deal with Brad (I mean...she is the one that filed the mp report).

 

[SuziQ]

Welcome Reann!! I am sorry that the regular members have ignored your post and not welcomed you to the board. They have welcomed several menbers who are not bringing up sensible questions, but validating their existing opinions. I've been reading here for several days and really wish for a more balanced discussion as you are propossing. I would really hope at least that most of these posters would disqualify themselves from ever beging on a jury of any case they had ever heard anything about at all.

This is a great place to get news links and some info from locals though.

You brought up some great questions and I will try and discuss them later.
I have difficulty typing, and very slow.

I didn't respond because I don't like to argue for the sake of arguing, which is the impression I got in that post. They even stated they do it to their husband to be annoying and wanted to argue the points. I try to stay out of the way of mods whenever possible. They have enough to deal with as it is.

 

[Lucy's mom]

Welcome Reann!! I am sorry that the regular members have ignored your post and not welcomed you to the board. They have welcomed several menbers who are not bringing up sensible questions, but validating their existing opinions. I've been reading here for several days and really wish for a more balanced discussion as you are propossing. I would really hope at least that most of these posters would disqualify themselves from ever beging on a jury of any case they had ever heard anything about at all.

Wow, not too sure how to take that.

 

[NC-Curious]

Robert Petrick, Michael Peterson, Jason Young....

 

[momto3kids]

I have to ask the members who follow cases like this closely....why would Brad lead the police to a shovel he found while he did a search on Monday?? My understanding is it was one left behind from some construction and not a key piece of evidence. This was a location I am sure was combed time and time again. Why would it just appear or not be seen sooner? At the time the person spoke to him they did not know it was Brad. A conversation took place and then Brad revealed who he was with a handshake. It has freaked this person out.

I do know Brad wore the same cap and shirt in the search he was wearing to the press conference, but was wearing shorts in the search and not long pants on Monday. As I posted before it was pouring and gave us all a chill. He complained to someone very close he was being eaten up and itching all over.

 

[close_enough]

I didn't respond because I don't like to argue for the sake of arguing, which is the impression I got in that post. They even stated they do it to their husband to be annoying and wanted to argue the points. I try to stay out of the way of mods whenever possible. They have enough to deal with as it is.

i wasn't going to respond to the post, but i must give you :thumb: Suzi...

 

[dancingdaisy]

Quote:
Originally Posted by wherego
Welcome Reann!! I am sorry that the regular members have ignored your post and not welcomed you to the board. They have welcomed several menbers who are not bringing up sensible questions, but validating their existing opinions. I've been reading here for several days and really wish for a more balanced discussion as you are propossing. I would really hope at least that most of these posters would disqualify themselves from ever beging on a jury of any case they had ever heard anything about at all.

Why so hostile

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Welcome Reann!! I am sorry that the regular members have ignored your post and not welcomed you to the board. They have welcomed several menbers who are not bringing up sensible questions, but validating their existing opinions. I've been reading here for several days and really wish for a more balanced discussion as you are propossing. I would really hope at least that most of these posters would disqualify themselves from ever beging on a jury of any case they had ever heard anything about at all.

This is a great place to get news links and some info from locals though.

You brought up some great questions and I will try and discuss them later.
I have difficulty typing, and very slow.

I actually did not ignore her post and I very much did welcome Raeann to WS. I have been gone all day and am now playing catch up through the last thread and this one. (Most of us work and have to do this!)

While you may be thinking we didn't read a post or "validate" it in some way...this isn't neccessarily true at all. There are a lot of excellent posts...Raeann's being just one of them...that we will go back to comment on after we have read through everything. With new posters, it is a learning experience here as to how we do things. We aren't a comment board like you see other places and we do take time to read what is being said.

Welcome to WS, Wherego! I think your opinion might change if you stay here long enough. We are really a group of nice people.

By the way, if I was ever in need of a fair Jury...I would hope it was filled with WSers! They look at every piece of evidence and do weigh all the options. They are intelligent and very thorough at what they do. (This is why they are right most of the time, too.)

 

[swimmom]

Swimmom, whiteangora, NC-curious, Tarheelfan and Courtney

:Welcome-12-june:

Thanks for the welcome. What an articulate and interesting group of people. I have family in Cary only a few miles from the Coopers home in another subdivision where Mrs. Cooper had been visiting Friday. This is the best source of information anywhere!

 

[Blink34]

I found this from a site that i frequent. I couldnt beleive it.

http://www.bluelineradio.com/news714.html

Can someone snip a post from here like that and not give credit without permission from WS?

 

[citygirl]

interesting....you're not the only one that thinks this either, Bee..another person here thinks she was probably unclothed....

That would be me. I only based that on my assuming that he killed her sometime after she returned home from the cocktail party the night before. Would he take the time to clothe her in running gear after he murdered her? Very macabre thought, indeed. Therefore, I think she was found unclothed or maybe partially clothed ( as in under garments)? Very telling if the clothes she wore to the party are not accounted for.

 

[Carrington]

I have to ask the members who follow cases like this closely....why would Brad lead the police to a shovel he found while he did a search on Monday?? My understanding is it was one left behind from some construction and not a key piece of evidence. This was a location I am sure was combed time and time again. Why would it just appear or not be seen sooner? At the time the person spoke to him they did not know it was Brad. A conversation took place and then Brad revealed who he was with a handshake. It has freaked this person out.

I do know Brad wore the same cap and shirt in the search he was wearing to the press conference, but was wearing shorts in the search and not long pants on Monday. As I posted before it was pouring and gave us all a chill. He complained to someone very close he was being eaten up and itching all over.

Oh, maybe the murder weapon?

 

[JDB]

no doubt in my mind, NC.....LE is probably questioning this woman, as we type....(or have already)

gosh, i see visions of the "mystery woman" having a press conference now, ugh.....

An if her first name is AMBER I will freak :crazy: