The Empty Man
2020
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On November 30, 2004, a University of New Mexico foreign exchange student who was beaten and raped before escaping identified Joel Patrick Courtney as her attacker. On September 12, 2007, Courtney pleaded guilty to the attack.
July 25, 2023. When police officers in Corvallis, Oregon, began investigating Brooke Wilberger’s disappearance on May 24, 2004, Joel Patrick Courtney was not even on their radar. In fact, Joel would never have been connected to the crime if he had not tried to abduct another female just a few months later. ‘Dateline: Bringing Brooke Home ...
Joel Courtney pleaded guilty to the murder and rape of Brooke Wilberger in 2009. Photo: NBC When investigators tracked down a work van he had been driving at the time and discovered Brooke’s DNA intermingled with Courtney’s inside the van, they had enough to file charges against him.
Police in Oregon have said they've found the remains of Brigham Young University student Brooke Wilberger, who disappeared five years ago. Police said the man convicted of her murder, Joel ...
They say part of a plea deal, 43-year-old Joel Patrick Courtney admitted admitted killing Wilberger. He then led authorities to her shallow grave on Saturday. Details of the day Wilberger was...
By ABC News. September 21, 2009, 3:39 PM. Sept. 21, 2009 -- Five years after the disappearance of two young coeds, one family can finally begin the closure process. The remains of Brigham Young University student Brooke Wilberger were found Monday after the lead suspect in her murder, Joel Patrick Courtney, accepted a plea deal.
Defendant Joel Courtney avoided a possible death sentence by pleading guilty to aggravated murder and revealing the location of Wilberger's remains, Haroldson said. Courtney, 43, was...
