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Breaking: details of executed murderer David Cox letter detaling unsolved 2007 murder

A press conferene was held on Monday, December 6th by District Attorney John Weddle in regards to the Felicia Cox dissapearane in Pontotoc in 2007.

It had been speculated that recently executed murderer David Cox had wrote a letter about the unsolved dissapearance.

According to MDOC Commissioner Burl Cain, David Cox revealed that he had left behind a mystery letter, possibly relating to the 2007 disappearance of his sister-in-law Felicia Cox.

Cox did not mention the letter in his last words, which were “I want my children to know that I love them very much and I was a good man at one time. And don’t ever read anything but the King James Bible and I wanna thank the Commissioner for being so kind to me. And that’s all I got to say.”

The press conferene on Monday confirmed the existence of this letter.

The District Attorney’s office confirmed this at the press conference at 2:30 pm at the Pontotoc Courthouse on Monday.

investigators with multiple agencies were present, including the

we can confirm that the letter was delivered to Cox attorney.

According to Weddle:

A hand letter was delivered concerning the murder of Felicia Cox to David Cox attorney. He gave an admission of of guilt and a location of the remains of Felicia Cox.

The remains are alleged to be in Pontotoc County but the status of those remains have not been disclosed as of yet.

Jon Ross Myers

Jon Ross Myers is the executive editor and publisher of the Mississippi News Network, Mississippi's largest digital only media company. He can be reached at editor@tippahnews.com

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