Arrest Made in 2004 Cold Case Murder of Courtney Coco
David Anthony Burns (R) is facing a second-degree murder charge in the 2004 death of Courtney Coco (L) (Alexandria Police Department, Rapides Parish Sheriff s Office)
Courtney was a 2003 graduate of Alexandria Senior High School and was enrolled at Northwestern State University where she was majoring in criminal investigation.
Courtney s Mother, Stephanie Belgard, has never given up the fight to get justice in her daughter’s case.
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One of our state s most horrific and notorious cold-case murders may be coming to a close at long last. According to KALB, officers with the Alexandria Police Department placed David Anthony Burns under arrest yesterday for the grisly, 2004 murder of Courtney Coco.
The arrest immediately followed a grand jury indictment of Burns in the now 17-year old cold case. He is being charged with second degree murder for what investigators believe is his role in the death of Coco. The 19-year old Alexandria resident disappeared from her home just 2 days before authorities found her barely identifiable body in an abandoned building some 2 hours away in Winnie, Texas.
A Pineville man who was at the center of a standoff last year with the Rapides Parish Sheriff s Office agreed to a plea deal on Monday.
Darren Wayne Carraway pleaded guilty to a felony charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm. In exchange for that guilty plea, other felony charges of resisting arrest with force or violence, aggravated assault with a firearm and illegal use of a weapon were dropped.
On Aug. 31, 2020, Carraway remained inside a home in the 300 block of Brent Street after he fired a shot during a dispute with his girlfriend.
At the time of the incident, the girlfriend said the two had an argument before Carraway pulled out a gun, aimed it at her and then fired a shot near her, according to the sheriff s office.
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