because she was so close to me and she had an elongated face. that s what drew my attention. she wasn t the only one. this man said he got a 30 second look at her as he was driving to work. i saw a lady jogging on the right hand side of the road. jogging toward the bridge. but did the police follow up? after a long time, said these witnesses. they ignored everybody that believed they saw nancy for three months. same with with the suspicious vans. it was clear that the police had focused on brad to the exclusion of other people. it wasn t just brad who had been unfaithful implied the defense. could someone else have wanted to silence nancy permanently? someone suggested tom pearson who at first didn t tell the police about an indiscretion with nancy. pearson said he held back to
for two long months attorneys hammered at the question who murdered nancy cooper. the defense charged the police more than dropped the ball, their investigation was dishonest. the erasing of nancy s blackberry, for one thing, had to be intentional, said the defense. nonsense, said the prosecution. besides, they said they already found what they needed from that phone through other sources. we had her phone records so we knew everything she had done. we had the billing so we could tell how much texting she did or didn t do. we already knew all her friends. and the idea that police might have inserted the google map search on brad s computer, well, they couldn t have, said detective daniels. none of the people that work for me or worked in the department would have had the knowledge to go in and do something like that. the defense charged that police ignored those possible
of her blackberry. it s not something that happens accidentally. it s shocking allegation that the police investigation. why would they have seen motivation whatsoever to get rid of evidence in this case. not only did they start building a case against her, they also started protecting it to preserve nancy s reputation and that phone was carry e-mails, text messages. and it would have been
as did nancy s younger sister, jill. this is someone who is warm. genuinely saw how much he cared for her. so brad became a helpful member of the family. even designed the computer systems. he s kind of a legend in the i.t. world. he was so good that cisco systems invited him to move to raleigh and work for the company. smart guy. smart guy. but if nancy was to go with him to america, for immigration reasons they had to be married so in the small of 2000 they said their vows. an intimate family affair. how did she feel about going to north carolina. she was aprehencive at first. lots of tears at the airport but i think she was excited. a few years later there were two bmw s in the drive way, a
vast circle of friends and brad a bright future at cisco where he was an expert in internet teletechnology and telephones. one of 152 experts in the whole world. and two little girls, bella and katie. the best mother i ve ever seen. she played and played and played. she was just so hands on. sunday went by, monday, and monday evening. it is my very sad duty to tell you that the search for our nancy is over. it was a man walking his dog that found her lying face down in water at the edge of a storm drain near a housing construction site several miles from the home. our investigation is now a homicide. now they had to say good-bye. it was a measure of the woman