Mississippi Killer Confessed to Another Murder Before His Execution
A Mississippi man, executed last month for murdering his estranged wife in 2010, made a startling admission in his final days: He had also killed his sister-in-law three years earlier.
The man, David Neal Cox, told his lawyers that he had been responsible for the 2007 slaying of Felecia Cox, who disappeared in Pontotoc County in northern Mississippi, John Weddle, the local district attorney, said during a news conference on Monday.
Mr. Cox, 50, gave his lawyers detailed instructions on where to find her remains, waiving his attorney-client privilege upon his death so that they could share the information with prosecutors after his Nov. 17 execution, Mr. Weddle said.
