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Apr 14, 2023 · David Anthony Burns was arrested in 2021 and sentenced to life in prison in 2022 for the 2004 murder of 19-year-old Courtney Coco in Louisiana. He had been a suspect for years, but the case went cold until a podcast host reopened the investigation.
Nov 29, 2022 · ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - David Anthony Burns has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of probation, parole or suspension of sentence for the October 2004 death of 19-year-old...
- Brooke Buford
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heavy.com · news · david-anthony-burnsDavid Anthony Burns: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know - Heavy.com
- 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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- Erin Laviola
Apr 14, 2021 · David Anthony Burns, 43, of Boyce, Louisiana, was arrested Tuesday and charged with second-degree murder, Alexandria Police announced. Detective Tanner Dryden, who was assigned to the case in ...
- Andrea Cavallier
Nov 1, 2022 · David Anthony Burns found guilty of second-degree murder in relation to homicide of 19-year-old Courtney Coco.
- Dateline NBC
Nov 1, 2022 · A Rapides Parish jury has found David Anthony Burns, 46 of Boyce, guilty of second-degree murder for the October 2004 death of Courtney Coco, 19 of Alexandria.
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.
