Nancy Cooper was found wearing only a black and red sports bra when her body was discovered in a drainage pond on July 14th, 2008. On the afternoon of July 12th, Brad told police that she left to go running and hadn’t returned. Police questioned him extensively on the 12th and again on the 13th…
For those who didn’t follow this case, Brad Cooper was convicted of 1st degree murder for the death of his wife, Nancy Cooper in May, 2011. Although the State presented a lot of circumstantial evidence, the defense team was able to address every item and there was no evidence remaining to connect Brad in any…
This was another misleading part of the trial – Nancy’s running shoes. The prosecutors presented two pairs of her running shoes found in the home: an old pair of Asics and a newer pair of Sauconys. They wanted the jurors to believe that since her old and new pair of shoes were in the house,…
On the morning of July 12th, Brad made two trips to the Harris Teeter store. Trip one was made to buy milk for Katie, his two year old daughter. A second trip at 6:40AM was made to pick up laundry detergent. During the second trip, Brad received a phone call on his cell phone from…
As many of you are aware, the State computer experts’ testimony wasn’t videotaped, so we were unable to hear it live. This was disappointing because it’s some of the most important testimony of the trial. Now that I’ve had an opportunity to read that portion of the transcript, I would like to share some of…
One of the most unbelievable, yet memorable parts of the trial was Teresa Hackeling’s testimony about the rolled up sports bra. For those unfamiliar with the details, Nancy Cooper was found wearing only a sports bra and it was rolled up in the back. Brad told police that Nancy left to go running at approximately…
Brad’s cell phone is another subject worth discussing. Throughout the trial, prosecutors tried to suggest that Brad placed a 32 digit pass code on his cell phone and that he, or someone close to him deleted most of the data from the phone. They did this with full knowledge that it was Brad’s employer, Cisco…
I put together a flowchart of the investigation to try to simplify the case for those unfamiliar with it. I hope this is helpful.
Before watching the Cooper trial, I never paid much attention to trials. I always assumed that strong evidence must exist in these cases, otherwise we would see a lot more acquittals. I casually read the local news, never taking a close look at the specifics of the cases and without having the ability to view…
