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- David Anthony Burns is a Louisiana man accused of killing teenage college student Courtney Coco, whose murder was featured on a true-crime podcast and on NBC’s Dateline. The case went cold after Coco was found dead in 2004. But on April 13, 2021, police named Burns as a suspect and charged him with murder.
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Apr 14, 2023 · A construction worker discovered Courtney’s body in an abandoned building in Winnie, Texas. It was about 150 miles southwest of Alexandria. According to police reports, the decomposed body was partially clothed, and the medical examiner could not determine the exact cause of death.
Apr 14, 2023 · Where is David Anthony Burns now? Burns was sentenced to life in prison without parole in November 2022. He is reportedly spending his life sentence at the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Per Town Talk, it wasn't until April 2021 that Burns was indicted and arrested in the case.
Jan 18, 2024 · Anthony Burns has been convicted of controlling and coercing 27 women between 2018 and 2020, including blackmailing them into sexual acts and child abuse. Investigators believe Burns,...
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- Coco’s Murder Was Featured on The ‘Real Life Real Crime’ Podcast
- Burns Was Arrested & Ordered Held on $500,000 Bond
- Burns Was Arrested in 2012
The investigation into Coco’s murder went cold and no arrests were made. In 2019, retired homicide detective Woody Overton decided to feature the case on his podcast, “Real Life Real Crime.” The 18-episode series “Who Murdered Courtney Coco?” renewed public interest in the cold case and brought in new tips. Overton told NBC News that based on his o...
Rapides Parish District Attorney Phillip Terrell told NBC affiliate KALB-TVthat a grand jury indicted Burns on a second-degree murder charge on April 13. When asked whether officials had faced public pressure to make an arrest, Terrell responded, “We waited so long and worked so hard to get it to this point. It was a very old case, the evidence was...
A search of online records for Burns does not bring up prior arrests or charges. But the Rapides Parish Detention Center website includes a mugshot dated June 5, 2012. Heavy reached out to the Alexandria Police Department to ask about why Burns was arrested and what he may have been charged with at that time. We were told to make a public records r...
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Nov 1, 2022 · David Anthony Burns found guilty of second-degree murder in relation to homicide of 19-year-old Courtney Coco.
- Dateline NBC
Oct 31, 2022 · David Anthony Burns, 46, faces mandatory life in prison after his conviction on a charge of second-degree murder. His sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 28.
Oct 31, 2022 · Courtney Coco's mother was the last witness called by the state Monday in David Anthony Burns' second-degree murder trial, telling jurors how she had waited 18 years for the moment in court.
