A few weeks before she died, Jéla Cooper started dating Malik Bunch’s wife, a detective testified Wednesday in a two-hour bail review hearing. Bunch, 26, of Hammond, was indicted by a grand jury in…
A few weeks before she died, Jéla Cooper started dating Malik Bunch’s wife, a detective testified Wednesday in a two-hour bail review hearing.
A pathologist’s examination found the cause of death was at first undetermined. Later — with more facts Miskus gave from the investigation and noting marks on her face and neck — her cause of death was changed to homicide. She was likely strangled, the pathologist concluded. A rape kit turned up nothing, leading Miskus to conclude the crime scene had been “staged,” he said.Bunch is currently being held without bond.
At one point, Bunch tried to recruit another woman to “beat” Cooper, giving her “instructions” on how to get inside the apartment, Miskus said. The woman declined. The detective later said in questioning by Roberts that Bunch changed his number and phone right after Cooper’s death. Roberts asked if Bunch could have referred to something else happening in Merrillville.
She worked at Lear Corp. and had gone to a beauty school for makeup. She did lashes and massages, Burnett said. Cooper was also starting her own clothing line.
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