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Fun run honors Nancy Cooper

CARY -- More than 100 people gathered this morning at Koka Booth Amphitheatre for a fun run to honor the memory of Nancy Cooper, the Cary woman who was murdered a year ago Sunday.

Police have charged her husband, Brad Cooper, with first-degree murder in her death.

The first annual Butterfly Run was held by Nancy's Butterfly Fund to raise money for Interact, the Wake County nonprofit that works with domestic violence victims. Money will go toward the group's client assistance fund, which helps women who don't have the financial means to leave abusive homes, said Damita Chambers, a spokeswoman for Interact.

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Raleigh, N.C. — Prosecutors have turned over evidence against a Cary man charged with the July 2008 slaying of his wife.
At a status hearing Thursday, Wake County Assistant District Attorney Howard Cummings said his office has given computer hard drives and a Blackberry to attorneys representing Brad Cooper.


http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/5879369/
 
From the Cary News:

http://www.carynews.com/news/story/13998.html

"The state Court of Appeals agreed with an earlier decision by a lower court to keep search warrants in the Nancy Cooper murder case sealed.

The warrants were made public last year, but The News & Observer and Capitol Broadcasting Co. continued pursuing their request to have them opened so that there could be a clear legal precedent in such cases."
 
From the News Observer, Dec. 18. 2009
"Brad Cooper, accused of killing his wife, Nancy, in July 2008, will go to trial on first-degree murder charges Oct. 25.

Wake Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens set the date Thursday during a daylong hearing where homicide cases are reviewed.

The trial will be heard by Wake Superior Court Judge Paul Gessner, and a jury will decide Cooper's fate. Cooper is facing a first-degree murder charge and would be sentenced to life in prison without parole if he's convicted.

The trial could take as long as a month, attorneys said. Cooper has been in jail since October 2008, when he was arrested by the Cary police department and charged with the July 11, 2008, death of his wife. "

Here's a link:
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/counties/wake_county/story/246512.html
 
"In pre-trial hearings Tuesday, Brad Cooper's attorneys claimed that Nancy Cooper had at least one extra-marital affair and that other people could have had motive to kill her."

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" Tuesday, defense attorneys pulled out testimony from a man who they claim was sexually involved with Nancy."

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"The defense says the stunning allegations were found in evidence provided by the state. "

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" 'The very first phone call when Mrs. Cooper gets an STD test back is to [name's] number, and she wasn't sexually active with Mr. Cooper for years, indicating that she was sexual active,' Cooper's attorney said."


More at:

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7346283
 
Family and friends of slain Cary mom Nancy Cooper plan to remember the two-year anniversary of her death with a 5K run to benefit domestic violence victims on Saturday July 10, 8:30am at Wake Med Soccer Park in Cary. All proceeds go to NCCADV (North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence).

Also, Gary & Donna Rentz are in town and gave an interview as well (video link below is all inclusive).


http://www.wral.com/news/local/video/7870392/
 
RALEIGH -- Police say Nancy Lynn Cooper was seeking a divorce from her husband Brad after he admitted to an affair and that the couple had viewed a "draft" of a separation agreement days before her body was found dumped in a storm drain in an unfinished subdivision near their home.

Police charged Brad Cooper with his wife's death after a three-month investigation, and a search warrant application made public late Friday afternoon indicated that investigators are looking for more evidence of "marital discord" between the couple.

Investigators obtained the search warrant this week because they wanted to review computer software seized nearly two years ago from Bradley Cooper's office at Cisco Systems Inc., in Morrisville.


The software includes four Sony CD-R discs and one Sony DVR disc that Cary investigators recovered from Brad Cooper's office on July 21, 2008.

The police seized the software from Brad Cooper's office exactly one week after a resident discovered his wife's body on July 14, 2008, according to the court affidavit.

Two days before, on July 12, police began looking for Nancy Cooper after her friends filed a missing person report.

During the investigation of her death, which was determined to be a homicide by the state medical examiner's office, Cary police investigators learned that Nancy Cooper wanted a divorce. The couple were also enduring financial difficulties, police reported.

A Wake County grand jury issued an indictment on Oct. 27, 2008 charging Brad Cooper with his wife's death. Cary police took him into custody that same day.

Brad Cooper has been in custody at the Wake County jail since his arrest and the trial will be heard by Wake County Superior Court Judge Paul Gessner. A jury will decide his fate. Charged with first-degree murder --- Cooper could be sentenced to life in prison without parole if he is convicted.

Homicide investigators applied for the search warrant on Monday. They obtained it on Wednesday and searched the discs and Dell computer software they seized from the couple's former home at 104 Wallsburg Court in Cary, court records show.

Det. J.A. Young stated in the search warrant application that the police are searching for evidence related to Nancy Cooper's death and signs of marital strife.



Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/07/30/605394/nancy-cooper-sought-divorce-before.html#ixzz0vgXKqUuT
 
"A Superior Court judge on Friday denied defense attorneys' request for FBI procedures used to examine computer files of a Cary man accused of killing his wife more than two years ago."

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"Attorneys were also supposed to argue a motion for a change of trial venue, but it was continued until Sept. 10."

Lots more at:

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/8199733/
 
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