A man was arrested this week in Louisiana for the murder of a 19-year-old young woman in 2004.
Courtney Coco was found in 2004 in an abandoned Texas house. Sixteen years later, a suspect was arrested in this case. David Anthony Burns, 43, living in Louisiana, was charged this week with second degree murder, authorities said. The magazine “PeopleReports that the investigation, which was eventually closed, resumed in 2018 when an agent was specially assigned to search. “He has spent countless hours working on this investigation to try to bring peace to the family,” police spokesman Josh Peppers told Fox News.
“First, we want to thank God”
Courtney Coco was last seen by her mother in October 2004. A few days after her disappearance, her decomposing body was discovered in an abandoned residence in Winnie, more than 300 kilometers from her home. His car was found the following week in Houston. Her death had been classified as a homicide but the analyzes had not made it possible to determine how she had died. Today, the investigation report indicates that the suspect killed the young woman in an “attempted theft … even though he had no specific intention to kill and inflict serious bodily harm” .
“First, we want to thank God,” the victim’s family wrote in a statement after the suspect’s arrest was announced. This arrest is an answer to a LOT of prayers. We have waited 16 painful years for that day to come. To the members of our family and to the many supporters who have NEVER given up on helping us lead this very long and difficult journey for justice, THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart. ” Police did not give details of how the suspect was found. David Anthony Burns has been jailed without the possibility of bail and has yet to say whether he will plead guilty or not.
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