Jogger Found Dead Just Miles From Home

   Police Say Husband Has Not Been Named as a Suspect in Wife's Disappearence   Nancy Cooper, the 34-year-old married mother of two who disappeared after going for a jog Saturday morning, has been found dead, police said in a press conference today. Nancy Cooper, a 34-year-old mother of two from Cary, N.C., has been missing since she went for a jog early Saturday morning.

"The search for our Nancy is over," said Cary Police Chief Pat Bazemore. "Early today the state medical examiner told us that it was Nancy who was found last night just miles from her home."

Cooper's body was found on the bank of a storm water retention pond by a local Cary, N.C., man who was walking his dog at 7:30 p.m. Monday, according to authorities.

"Nancy was murdered and our investigation is now a homicide," said Bazemore, who added that authorities have not named a suspect or a person of interest in the case.

"We do not believe this was a random act of violence," said Bazemore.

Bazemore declined to give details on the specific cause of death.

While Cooper's parents, brother and identical sister were all present at the press conference, her husband, Brad Cooper, was not.

"Brad Cooper was supposed to be here and he is not," said Bazemore. "At the last minute he did decline and chose not to come this evening."

When asked what Brad Cooper's reaction was to the news of his wife's death, Bazemore said, "He's devastated."

 

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