Tape of Brad Cooper interview filed

RALEIGH -- Lawyers for Nancy Cooper's parents and sister today filed in court a videotape of an interview with Bradley Cooper as they seek to bolster their argument that he is not fit to raise his two daughters.

In an affidavit also filed today, Cary police detective George Daniels said Cooper has not cooperated with the police investigation of his wife's death. In his affidavit, the detective said that some of Cooper's statements from the deposition are inconsistent with the comments he made to police after his wife's body was found July 14.

Cary Police Chief Pat Bazemore released a statement this afternoon which said Daniels' sworn statement stands on its own.

"As I stated early on in our investigation into Nancy's murder, the custody issue between Nancy's family and Brad is a private civil matter," Bazemore said in the release. "That said, and while I won't comment on the specifics, I will say that Detective Daniels has been able to meet the civil attorneys' requests for information without jeopardizing our murder investigation which continues to be going very well ... "

Bradley Cooper submitted to the seven-hour deposition with the lawyers as a part of a dispute over custody of the girls. A Wake District Court judge has scheduled a hearing for Oct. 16 on who should take care of the girls.

Nancy Cooper vanished July 12; her body was found two days later, dumped in an unfinished subdivision near her home in Cary. A medical examiner determined that she was strangled.

Nancy Cooper's parents and sister secured emergency custody of Katie, 4, and Bella, 2, after the killing. They say that Bradley Cooper is a danger to the children.

Bradley Cooper is fighting to have his daughters returned to him.

Police have made no arrests and have named no suspects. Bradley Cooper, however, has been at the center of their investigation. Police were suspicious enough of him that they searched his computers for any evidence that he researched how to dispose of a body. His attorneys have insisted he had nothing to do with his wife's death.

Lawyers for Nancy Cooper's parents and sister Krista Lister also filed an avidavit from another sister, Jill Dean. Dean, who lives in Canada, insisted that Bradley Cooper had tried to commit suicide before his wife was killed.