Post by SeabiscuitChick on Oct 23, 2008 12:57:42 GMT -5
The Murder of Nancy Cooper
It's a story we've all heard too often, yet is as individual as each victim and their family is.
Nancy Cooper, 34, was a mother with 2 small daughters, Isabella, 4, and Gabriella, almost 2.
She and her husband, Brad Cooper, moved to Cary North Carolina from Canada eight years ago when he was transferred with his job.
She was training for a half marathon and is a member of Lochmere Swim and Tennis Club. She had friends and family who loved her dearly.
Nancy went missing on Saturday morning, July 12th, 2008. Her husband, Bradley Cooper, said she had gone out for a jog early that morning, around 7:00am, and never returned. She didn't take her keys or identification when she left.
Volunteers searched through the week-end and into Monday.
Nancy's body was found by a man walking his dog Monday evening, floating in a pond in the Oaks at Meadow Ridge neighborhood, which is under construction. It is in a 5-mile radius of the Cooper home.
The case is now being investigated as a homicide. Police made the announcement at a news conference Tuesday afternoon. Cooper's parents, brother and identical twin sister were present. Nancy's husband, Brad Cooper, was scheduled to be there but declined to attend at the last moment.
Just minutes after announcing Nancy Cooper's death is a homicide investigation, Cary Police put crime scene tape around the Cooper's home on Wallsburg Court in Cary.
Although the police say that they have no suspects at this time, and that Brad Cooper is co-operating, they do NOT think this was a random act of violence and that it is an isolated incident.
Cooper's husband said he and his wife were having marital issues, but he wouldn't discuss them further. He said this had been a very difficult time for his family.
Nancy's parents and sister traveled from Canada when she went missing. On Wednesday her father, Garry Rentz, and twin sister, Krista Lister, filed an emergency custody order to take the two children into their care. The judge ruled in their favor.
According to the complaint it was alleged that Bradley cooper had been having an affair and in the past few months he had been yelling at Nancy and belittling her in front of the children.
They also told the judge in the complaint that they didn't feel that Cooper was stable and posed a danger to the physical safety of the minor children.
In the complaint, Rentz, the former executive director of Alberta Social Services, and Lister say that a few months ago Bradley Cooper had removed the children's passports from Nancy Cooper's vehicle, essentially prohibiting her from moving to Canada with the children.
They also claim Bradley Cooper was withholding money from his wife, and Nancy Cooper had to borrow money from her family to buy groceries for her and the girls.
The judge also ordered Bradley Cooper to turn over the passports of Isabella, 4, and Gabriella, almost 2, so they might attend their mother's funeral in Canada. Later this month, a judge will consider a request for Rentz and Lister to care for the children more permanently.
A search warrant was obtained to search the couple's home and cars, and to collect DNA evidence from Brad Cooper.
Bradley Cooper has retained attorneys Howard Kurtz and Seth Blum and has promised to assist in law enforcement efforts to bring his wife's killer or killers to justice.
CARY (WTVD) -- For the first time since Nancy Cooper was murdered, her husband Brad Cooper talks about her death and their family life.
Cooper agreed to a seven hour videotaped deposition to bolster his position that he is fit to raise his two daughters. But a lead investigator in the case who viewed the interview, says in an affidavit Cooper paints a different picture this time around.
It's the first time Cooper has answered questions about his wife's death and the couple's infidelity since her body was found July 14 in an undeveloped Cary subdivision.
In a videotaped deposition, Cooper tells lawyers about the events in the days and hours surrounding Nancy's disappearance and murder.
But in an affidavit filed Thursday, Cary Police Detective George Daniels says some of Cooper's statements in the video are inconsistent with statements made to police after Nancy's body was discovered.
He also says Cooper has not fully cooperated with the Cary Police Department in their investigation.
Cooper has not been named a suspect and he denies any involvement in the murder, but he's remained at the center of the murder investigation and a custody battle for the couple's two children.
Cary Police Chief Pat Bazemore will not speak to the specifics to the case, but in a statement Thursday says, "Detective Daniels has been able to meet the civil attorneys' requests for information without jeopardizing our murder investigation, which continues to be going very well and his sworn statement stands on its own and speaks for itself."
In the affidavit Detective Daniels doesn't say specifically which part of the interview does not match up.
Murdered Jogger's Daughters Will Stay With Her Family in Canada
Thursday, October 23, 2008
RALEIGH, N.C. — A judge decided that the daughters of a jogger found murdered near her North Carolina home in July will stay with her sister in Canada.
Wake County District Judge Debra Sasser on Wednesday granted another temporary custody order allowing the girls to live with Nancy Cooper's twin, Krista, and her husband, Jim Lister.
Custody of 4-year-old Bella and 2-year-old Katie has been in question since Cooper, 34, was found dead after she vanished days earlier.
Nancy Cooper's parents said they were happy with the judge's ruling. But a lawyer for her husband Bradley Cooper said he was disappointed with the court order.
Brad Cooper, whom police have been investigating for months in his wife's killing, wanted custody of his daughters, but must settle for limited contact with the girls.
No one has been arrested in Nancy Cooper's death.
Brad Cooper, also 34, told police his wife went jogging on the morning of July 12 and never came home. Her body was found two days later at a construction site about three miles away.
He has not been named as a suspect, and police have said he has cooperated. The couple lived together with their little girls but had been planning a separation.
Warrants released last month said Brad Cooper's statements were inconsistent with interviews with family and friends.
It's a story we've all heard too often, yet is as individual as each victim and their family is.
Nancy Cooper, 34, was a mother with 2 small daughters, Isabella, 4, and Gabriella, almost 2.
She and her husband, Brad Cooper, moved to Cary North Carolina from Canada eight years ago when he was transferred with his job.
She was training for a half marathon and is a member of Lochmere Swim and Tennis Club. She had friends and family who loved her dearly.
Nancy went missing on Saturday morning, July 12th, 2008. Her husband, Bradley Cooper, said she had gone out for a jog early that morning, around 7:00am, and never returned. She didn't take her keys or identification when she left.
Volunteers searched through the week-end and into Monday.
Nancy's body was found by a man walking his dog Monday evening, floating in a pond in the Oaks at Meadow Ridge neighborhood, which is under construction. It is in a 5-mile radius of the Cooper home.
The case is now being investigated as a homicide. Police made the announcement at a news conference Tuesday afternoon. Cooper's parents, brother and identical twin sister were present. Nancy's husband, Brad Cooper, was scheduled to be there but declined to attend at the last moment.
Just minutes after announcing Nancy Cooper's death is a homicide investigation, Cary Police put crime scene tape around the Cooper's home on Wallsburg Court in Cary.
Although the police say that they have no suspects at this time, and that Brad Cooper is co-operating, they do NOT think this was a random act of violence and that it is an isolated incident.
Cooper's husband said he and his wife were having marital issues, but he wouldn't discuss them further. He said this had been a very difficult time for his family.
Nancy's parents and sister traveled from Canada when she went missing. On Wednesday her father, Garry Rentz, and twin sister, Krista Lister, filed an emergency custody order to take the two children into their care. The judge ruled in their favor.
According to the complaint it was alleged that Bradley cooper had been having an affair and in the past few months he had been yelling at Nancy and belittling her in front of the children.
They also told the judge in the complaint that they didn't feel that Cooper was stable and posed a danger to the physical safety of the minor children.
In the complaint, Rentz, the former executive director of Alberta Social Services, and Lister say that a few months ago Bradley Cooper had removed the children's passports from Nancy Cooper's vehicle, essentially prohibiting her from moving to Canada with the children.
They also claim Bradley Cooper was withholding money from his wife, and Nancy Cooper had to borrow money from her family to buy groceries for her and the girls.
The judge also ordered Bradley Cooper to turn over the passports of Isabella, 4, and Gabriella, almost 2, so they might attend their mother's funeral in Canada. Later this month, a judge will consider a request for Rentz and Lister to care for the children more permanently.
A search warrant was obtained to search the couple's home and cars, and to collect DNA evidence from Brad Cooper.
Bradley Cooper has retained attorneys Howard Kurtz and Seth Blum and has promised to assist in law enforcement efforts to bring his wife's killer or killers to justice.
CARY (WTVD) -- For the first time since Nancy Cooper was murdered, her husband Brad Cooper talks about her death and their family life.
Cooper agreed to a seven hour videotaped deposition to bolster his position that he is fit to raise his two daughters. But a lead investigator in the case who viewed the interview, says in an affidavit Cooper paints a different picture this time around.
It's the first time Cooper has answered questions about his wife's death and the couple's infidelity since her body was found July 14 in an undeveloped Cary subdivision.
In a videotaped deposition, Cooper tells lawyers about the events in the days and hours surrounding Nancy's disappearance and murder.
But in an affidavit filed Thursday, Cary Police Detective George Daniels says some of Cooper's statements in the video are inconsistent with statements made to police after Nancy's body was discovered.
He also says Cooper has not fully cooperated with the Cary Police Department in their investigation.
Cooper has not been named a suspect and he denies any involvement in the murder, but he's remained at the center of the murder investigation and a custody battle for the couple's two children.
Cary Police Chief Pat Bazemore will not speak to the specifics to the case, but in a statement Thursday says, "Detective Daniels has been able to meet the civil attorneys' requests for information without jeopardizing our murder investigation, which continues to be going very well and his sworn statement stands on its own and speaks for itself."
In the affidavit Detective Daniels doesn't say specifically which part of the interview does not match up.
Murdered Jogger's Daughters Will Stay With Her Family in Canada
Thursday, October 23, 2008
RALEIGH, N.C. — A judge decided that the daughters of a jogger found murdered near her North Carolina home in July will stay with her sister in Canada.
Wake County District Judge Debra Sasser on Wednesday granted another temporary custody order allowing the girls to live with Nancy Cooper's twin, Krista, and her husband, Jim Lister.
Custody of 4-year-old Bella and 2-year-old Katie has been in question since Cooper, 34, was found dead after she vanished days earlier.
Nancy Cooper's parents said they were happy with the judge's ruling. But a lawyer for her husband Bradley Cooper said he was disappointed with the court order.
Brad Cooper, whom police have been investigating for months in his wife's killing, wanted custody of his daughters, but must settle for limited contact with the girls.
No one has been arrested in Nancy Cooper's death.
Brad Cooper, also 34, told police his wife went jogging on the morning of July 12 and never came home. Her body was found two days later at a construction site about three miles away.
He has not been named as a suspect, and police have said he has cooperated. The couple lived together with their little girls but had been planning a separation.
Warrants released last month said Brad Cooper's statements were inconsistent with interviews with family and friends.