- Two sources close to the family of a man accsued of burning his baby’s foot tell me the mother of the child was out of the house, briefly, when the incident occured. Read that story here. – The publisher of The Daily News, my boss, was charged with driving while impaired Thursday morning. Read that [...]

- One of the longest criminal trials in Wake County history is coming to a close. In a case I mentioned on the blog from time to time since 2008, Cary resident Brad Cooper is accused of killing his wife he said went out for a jog. Read the updated news here. – I have it [...]

- The son of  a man airlifted after being tossed from his vehicle in a wreck over the weekend has a pending court case on a charges of speeding, driving while license revoked and careless and reckless driving. - Lawrence Dowsing won’t be getting out of prison anytime soon. He has only been in since September 2009 and has already [...]

Brad Cooper has been indicted in his wife’s homicide and was arrested for murder today. NC Wanted has a story on it here. News&Observer has an article here.

Brad Cooper’s lawyers have released info the say counters the claims made by authorities about their client. Check out his attorney’s Web site. Kurtz & Blum are fighting back 21st Century-style. News 14 Carolina has a good article about it Online.

Developements have come to light with the unsealing of search warrants in the Nancy Cooper case. The Associated Press is reporting that Brad Cooper was questioned about scratches and red marks on his neck the day his wife vanished. The N&O is reporting that Cooper cleaned the house the same day. Read affidavit here.

The Maria Lauterbach Case: The scuttlebutt among local attorneys is that Cesar Laurean is trying to fight extradition back to the United States. I spoke to his appointed capital defender, Dick McNeil, today and he said is trying to find out for himself. I spoke again this week to a federal source and to reiterate [...]

Nancy Cooper’s family will keep her two children until October. The Associated Press reports that the two young daughters of a murdered Cary woman will remain with their maternal gradparents, but will visit their father at least twice in Cary before mid-October. The Cooper family. Photo courtesy of Cary Police Department. A judge approved a [...]

The News & Observer reported that a Wake County Superior Court Judge ordered search warrants in the Nancy Cooper case be sealed. The judge said that releasing information contained in the warrants could jeopardize the prospects for a fair trial. Cary police have not named a suspect in Cooper’s death or said how she died. [...]

Please comment on the Cooper case here until I post an update. Nancy Cooper’s body was found not far from her Lochmere subdivision home in mid-July after being missing for four days. Cary police obtained a search warrant to collect DNA from her husband, Brad Cooper, who works at Research Triangle Park. The couple’s two [...]