Brad Cooper claims his wife went out for a morning jog on July 12, 2008 and never returned home. Sadly, her body was later found in a drainage ditch not far from the couples home. Three months later police arrested Brad Cooper for the murder of his wife. His murder trial is expected to start this week.
The court is having a difficult time filling the jury seats in this hard economic time. They’ve gone through the entire jury pool as they believe this case will take at least a month of time and payment will likely only be around $1,000 for the service.
Unfortunately, Brad didn’t speak out to the media outside of thanking people for searching for his wife early on in the case, and it wasn’t until his deposition was released that I got to see and hear Brad speak. I immediately noticed inconsistencies.
Brad gave us two different stories of what happened that morning. In one version, his wife notices they are out of laundry soap. In the other, he notices. In the deposition, he starts the laundry and does one load. In the affidavit, he says he “could not do laundry”. He gives us to distinctly different accounts for each. This is very telling to me. He can’t keep basic facts straight?
It’s also very notable that Brad talks about getting ready for the girls to “get up” that morning in the affidavit. Yet oddly, in his deposition, he talks about how Katie, his daughter, was up early and fussing because she didn’t have milk, and that he went to get her milk, came home and got a bottle of milk to give to Katie. Then he talks about putting her down.
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Last Saturday 48 Hours featured the story of Shelley Tyre and David Swain, a married couple who took a Caribbean vacation. While on a dive, the two separated according to David, and when David surfaced, Shelley did not. Shelley died on that dive. Was it an accident or murder?
Read moreDavid Swain was eventually convicted of murdering his wife, and I have to say that I agreed with the verdict. When 48 Hours interviewed David, it appeared to be after the verdict, which we must remember would subdue or eliminate clues to deception as the high stakes are gone, though in David’s situation, I believe clues are still present.
David has absolutely no emotions about the loss of his wife. He doesn’t give us reasonable answers to fair questions, which leads me to believe he isn’t a victim. When asked how he felt when his in-laws thought he killed their daughter, David said he felt sad. That just doesn’t fit with a man who is wrongly accused of a murder he didn’t commit– the murder of his wife! He should be angry, but when questioned if he was, he said her parents didn’t understand diving. I’m not buying it.
David quit CPR within “minutes”, too, which is not common for professionals and David was an EMT. One witness said that David was “emphatic” his wife was dead, which surprised people, and when helped arrived, David said he didn’t want any extraordinary measures taken — he’d seen dead bodies before. Most people who lose a loved one are the last to give up hope. Why was David so accepting of Shelley’s death so quickly?
David denied that he had any affair with Mary Bassler to the point it was absurd, if you ask me. Why would he do that if he was honest? You can see a copy of a letter he wrote to Mary here.
Another thing that tipped me off was the fact that he wants us to believe he is a non-emotional guy–that’s why he isn’t showing emotions for his wife. But if you watch David when they talk about his brother killing his mother, amazingly, David has emotions! He feels pain at the loss of his mother some 30 years ago, but when it comes to the recent death of his wife there is nothing! Isn’t that interesting? Obviously, one death pained him while the other one didn’t, sad to say. If he didn’t feel emotions, it would be across the board, but its not. I could go on and on…
But by far the most peculiar thing I saw on 48 Hours was what David said himself. At approximately 19:00 minutes into the show, David said, “Everybody keeps thinking that I’m doing all this for money. I’m just as happy being flat broke as I am when I’m fat and rich. Probably happier flat broke. Less hassle.”
What?
Did David just make himself culpable? Everybody keeps thinking I am doing all this for the money”. If you are a victim, do you feel any culpability whatsoever? If you were innocent, wouldn’t you say, “People think I did this for the money.” Why is he still “doing all this”?? He is in prison for Pete’s sake. I think it is the tense of the words that he used which really set me off.
Why is he still in action?
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Ryan Widmer, 30, stood trial three times for the murder of his wife, Sarah, 24. On August 11, 2008, his wife was found unresponsive in their bathtub in Ohio. The first time Ryan was convicted, but that conviction was overturned. The second time, the jury was hung and now the third time, Widmer was convicted this month again, and he was sentenced to 15 years to life.
I have been asked to take a look at the 911 call.
Read moreWhen you listen to the 911 call, its interesting. Ryan says, “My wife, ah, fell asleep in the bathtub and I think she’s dead.”
How would he know that she fell asleep? Notice he doesn’t speculate when he says it? I find that interesting. Second, he thinks she is dead? He didn’t check–he doesn’t know for sure? Last, notice his lack of interest to get an ambulance immediately to try to save her? That’s a huge red flag.
A few seconds later, Ryan says, “Yeah, she fell asleep in the bathtub, I think. I was downstairs and I just came up here and found her and she was laying face down in the bathtub.”
Notice the afterthought of the words, “I think”?
When people fall asleep in the tub, do they end up face down? That sounds weird to me. Furthermore, I would think if you fall asleep and breath in water, it would make you wake up and cough, as your body struggles to get oxygen. It would be an automatic response.
They way Ryan says, “24”, is notable to me. There is no signs of fear, sadness, or distress in voice.
The dispatcher says, “She in the water right now?” Ryan says, “Yes, the water’s draining right now…I tried to do it…everything.”
The dispatcher continues, “Have you taken her out of the water now?” and Ryan says, “Yeah, the water’s completely drained and she’s just laying here unconscious.”
The dispatcher asks again, “She’s still in the bathtub?” Ryan says, “Yeah”.
WHAT? He didn’t take her out of the tub the instant he found her? That’s what a loving husband would do unless she was so large that he couldn’t lift her, but I would expect him to say that, and beg for help if that was the case, but he doesn’t do that either.
Also, the second time he says she is “unconscious”. I thought he thought she was dead. Why would he jump to the conclusion she is dead immediately?? Most people hold out hope they can revive a loved one and don’t give up so quickly, but Ryan seems to have given up when he called 911. That’s very notable.
Ryan is intently listening. You can just feel it.
The dispatcher asks, “Have you tried CPR?” Ryan says, “As much as I could…what little bit I know.” How do you do CPR on a victim who is in a bathtub, supposedly face down? You either know CPR or you don’t…
The dispatcher says, “There is no way you can get her out of the tub.” Ryan says, “I’ll try, but I have to put the phone down.” Why wouldn’t he have done this earlier?
“I’ll try?”…Caring husband, isn’t he?
Notice Ryan was able to get his wife out of the tub without much effort. Why didn’t he do this instinctively?
The dispatcher tells Ryan to give Sarah CPR, and Ryan doesn’t ask for directions. You would think if he wants to save her life, he’d ask, “How do I do it?! I need help.” Afterall, he already admitted to not knowing much about CPR. He doesn’t. There is also no urgency when it comes to Ryan’s actions at all. That is flat out inconsistent, if you ask me.
Listen to how Ryan says in the calmest of calm voices, “Okay, they are unlocked now” and then “we’re upstairs”. People who are truly distraught don’t shift emotions so quickly.
Listen to the breaths Ryan makes into the phone. It doesn’t sound like it is going into his wife’s chest, does it? If you’ve done CPR, even if only on a dummy, it doesn’t sounds like this! Hello!
The dispatcher doesn’t pick up on the fact Ryan was doing CPR just there with those breaths and says, “Ryan I need you to put down the phone for me and do CPR, okay?” Ryan responds, “Yes, I am.”
Doing CPR and holding the phone are not very compatible. Ryan thought he was doing CPR…maybe to the phone he was, but not to his wife.
We then hear Ryan in the background going “Come on, man…come on…” and then the call ends. He must think CPR is two breaths and that’s it. He couldn’t be more against saving his wife than he displayed in this call. Something is very wrong.
I think the jury got it right. There are way too many red flags in this 911 call for me!!
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The story of Colonel Russell Williams was featured on Dateline this past weekend. For those of you who saw it, you might enjoy this video of his interrogation. It’s in two parts. You can find it here.
Colonel Russell Williams was a high ranking military man in Canada who at one time flew the Queen of England around Canada. Well, he went from incredible highs to very big lows: At the height of his career, he broke into people’s homes and stole womens underwear. Then he would try them on and take photos, as you see above. Crazy man! Well, sadly, his fantasy and obsessions turned even darker. He killed two women before he was caught by some good police work.
When I watched Russell Williams, I would characterize him as a low emotionally expressive person. He is what I would call neutral, and neutral people are challenging to read when you encounter them.
Williams hit me as a very intelligent man, who thought he was so smart, he could get away with his fantasies. When we saw him on Dateline in video footage the day after he killed those women, he has a glow of power that was intense. Did you see it? He was clearly on cloud nine for having done what he did, and he didn’t have any remorse. He loved power and control. That drove him.
I suspect Williams was not an empathetic person in his life, and I think he learned to say what he had to to fit into society. I wonder if he always knew he was different. My hunches say it is likely…though we may never know.
On that note, ladies, if someone steals your underwear, take it DEAD serious. This is no laughing matter. It happened once to my cousin!! Flat out chilling…
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