A judge could release sealed documents Tuesday in the death of a North Carolina woman whose husband said she disappeared earlier this summer while jogging. Search warrants in the investigation of Nancy Cooper's death have been sealed since early summer. Lawyers for The News & Observer and WRAL-TV have urged Wake Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens to make the records available, but prosecutors could ask they remain sealed. A hearing was scheduled Tuesday. Stephens said last month it would take an unusual event for him to extend the seal. The news organization argued that search warrants usually are made public in criminal cases. The documents allowed authorities to search vehicles belonging to 34-year-old Nancy Cooper and her husband, Bradley Cooper, and to obtain DNA samples from him. ...
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