Friend says she, Cooper didn't run

Husband had said she went jogging

A friend of Nancy Cooper's said she never had plans to run with the Cary mother on the day she was reported missing.

Carey Clark filed a sworn affidavit late Tuesday at the Wake County Courthouse saying she did not run with Nancy Cooper on July 12, nor had she made plans to join Cooper for a run.

Bradley Cooper, Nancy Cooper's estranged husband, previously told friends his wife had gone out jogging with a woman named "Carrie" the day she disappeared.

A walker found Nancy Cooper's body July 14 near a storm drain in an unfinished subdivision near her home. Cary police have released few details of the case, including how Nancy Cooper died. Police say they have no suspects or persons of interest.

However, Carey Clark's affidavit was filed on behalf of Nancy Cooper's parents and identical twin sister, who sparred with Bradley Cooper last week in a high-profile dispute over the custody of her two young daughters.

That case was settled temporarily July 25 when Bradley Cooper agreed to let his wife's family return to Canada with Bella, 4, and Katie, 2, for 75 days. During that period, Cooper will have supervised visits over two weekends.

Prior to that settlement, Nancy Cooper's parents had filed a sworn affidavit saying their son-in-law was mentally unstable and that they didn't believe their daughter had gone running the morning of July 12, as he had told police. The couple had been planning to divorce and had drafted a separation agreement in April.

Jessica Adam, a friend of Nancy Cooper's, was expecting her to help paint Adam's dining room the morning of July 12. When Cooper did not show up, Adam called Bradley Cooper. He told her that his wife had gone jogging at 7 a.m.

In a separate affidavit related to the custody dispute, Adam said Bradley Cooper called her at 12:30 p.m. that day asking whether she had "Carrie's" phone number. When Adam said she was concerned and offered to come watch the girls while he tracked "Carrie" down, the affidavit says, he told her he already had the children in the car and ended the conversation.

Adam called 911 to report her friend missing soon thereafter.

In other developments, Bradley Cooper's attorneys Wednesday filed subpoenas for records from Harris Teeter and Time Warner Cable.