David Neal Cox admitted to the 2007 killing of his sister-in-law, Felecia Cox, a cold case in which he had long been the prime suspect, prosecutors said.
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. Two days later, Mr. Cox’s lawyers sent a letter alerting Mr. Weddle’s office to the confession, which they corroborated in a statement this week. At the time that she was killed, Ms. Cox, who was married to a brother of Mr. Cox, was 40.
