Nancy Cooper, 34, of Cary, N.C - Media links only *NO DISCUSSION*

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news...s+Canadian+accused+killing/4397975/story.html


CARY, N.C. — Darla Kranau won't be watching much of Brad Cooper's murder trial this week. It would be too painful.

Kranau lives two doors down from where Cooper and his wife, Nancy lived with their two young daughters just outside Raleigh, North Carolina, after moving from their native Alberta.

Fighting back tears more than two years later, Kranau recalled seeing Nancy Cooper the day before she disappeared. The former Edmonton resident was standing barefoot in her front yard, wearing a lime-green sundress, twirling daughter Bella around in her arms
 
http://www.630ched.com/Channels/Reg/NewsLocal/Story.aspx?ID=1392903


Then exhibits siezed by police during a follow-up search on October 29th were introduced as evidence. One by one bags were cut open to reveal items including articles of clothing and shoes. A pair of runners resembled those worn by Cooper in one surveillance video taken the morning his wife was reported missing. A pair of shoes seen in another video from the same morning were never found.
 
Brad Cooper's cellphone had no contacts or call history

Raleigh, N.C. — A forensics electronics examiner testified Monday in the trial of a Cary man accused of killing his wife that he found text messages and video clips on the defendant's cellphone but no contacts or call history.

Charles Wilmore, an independent contractor for the FBI, said he couldn't determine why the data wasn't on Brad Cooper's Samsung Blackjack but assumed it had been deleted – either by the user or by some other means, such as replacing the phone's SIM card or the information being remotely deleted.

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http://www.wral.com/specialreports/nancycooper/story/9412347/
 
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2011/04/18/edmonton-cooper-trial-state-rests-case.html



The state rested its case Monday in the Raleigh, N.C., trial of a former Albertan accused of killing his Edmonton-born wife.

Brad Cooper, 37, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Nancy Cooper, 34.

Nancy Cooper went missing on July 12, 2008. Her body was found several days later in a drainage ditch near the couple's home in the Raleigh suburb of Cary, N.C.

Edmonton native Nancy Cooper was found dead in 2008 near Raleigh, N.C. Her husband, Brad Cooper, who is also from Alberta, is on trial for murder. Edmonton native Nancy Cooper was found dead in 2008 near Raleigh, N.C. Her husband, Brad Cooper, who is also from Alberta, is on trial for murder. (Courtesy Jill Dean)The jury has heard from dozens of witnesses, including Nancy Cooper's parents, her sister and her friends, since the trial started on March 9.

Defence lawyers will start presenting their case Tuesday morning.

In his opening remarks to the jury last month, lawyer Howard Kurtz called the police investigation "inept" and "dishonest."
 
http://www.canada.com/news/judge+gives+Calgary+life+wife+murder/4734484/story.html

U.S. judge gives Calgary man life for wife's murder

RALEIGH, North Carolina — Brad Cooper, a former Calgary man accused of strangling his wife Nancy inside their North Carolina home in July 2008, was found guilty Thursday of first-degree murder by a U.S. jury.


Cooper was quickly sentenced him to life in prison by a U.S. Superior Court judge.


"Your verdict in this case speaks the everlasting truth," Judge Paul Gessner told the jurors. "This case is a horrible, sad tragedy . . . I suspect this matter will weigh heavily upon you in the days to come."


Cooper, stone-faced, was led from the courtroom by Sheriff's deputies.

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http://www.canada.com/news/judge+gives+Calgary+life+wife+murder/4734484/story.html
 
Nancy Cooper case was about domestic violence

Cary, N.C. — In the wake of Brad Cooper's murder conviction, family and friends of his slain wife, Nancy Cooper, say they want to continue supporting efforts to bring awareness to domestic violence.

"Domestic violence has to stop," her mother, Donna Rentz, said Thursday, minutes after a jury returned a first-degree murder verdict against her former son-in-law.


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"It does illustrate that domestic violence is not just the physical violence, but it includes emotional violence, financial control, emotional abuse and sexual violence, which is often not visible," said Johnny Lee, director of Peace at Work, a Raleigh group dedicated to domestic violence prevention. "There's no physical scars."

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http://www.wral.com/news/local/noteworthy/story/9561360/
 
http://www.globaltvedmonton.com/Parents+Nancy+Cooper+back+Edmonton/4760225/story.html

"We have to pick up the pieces of our lives we left behind and get back into a normal lifestyle," said Gary Rentz after arriving in Edmonton Tuesday afternoon.

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and sentenced to life in prison.

"We left not knowing what the outcome would be," Rentz said. "Now there's certainty and it enables us to plan for the future for the girls and our family and that's very important to us."

Now that the family has found the closure they've been seeking for nearly three years, they plan on devoting themselves to helping victims of domestic violence, in hopes of preventing further tragedies.

"We can't have Nancy back, but ... we do have her legacy, and our family will work very hard to nurture that," Donna Rentz said.
 
http://www.630ched.com/Channels/Reg/NewsLocal/Story.aspx?ID=1584402


Reporter Amanda Lamb hopes her book highlights the fact that there's more to be learned about domestic violence.



"There were signs, red flags, early on in the relationship," says Lamb. "And for them (the family), it is very important to send out about a message about domestic abuse and domestic violence. That it's not just black eyes and broken arms, that it can be many other things."

"As a community we have a responsibility to look for signs in our loved ones and try to help."

Love Lies is available in Edmonton bookstores. (ks)
 

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