Mississippi authorities say they have identified the remains of a woman found following a tip from an inmate prior to his execution last month.
The woman has been identified as 40-year-old Felicia Cox, who disappeared in 2007, said John Weddle, who is the district attorney for several northern Mississippi counties. Her body was found on land that had once belonged to her family in Pontotoc County, Mississippi.Wednesday afternoon, Weddle said authorities were able to identify Felicia Cox by matching her DNA with her daughter, Amber Miskelly. Miskelly was 18 when her mother went missing.
David Neal Cox had dropped his appeals, filing court papers calling himself “worthy of death” before the state Supreme Court set his execution date. on where investigators could find her remains and waiving his attorney-client privilege after death, Weddle announced during a press conference earlier this month.
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