Cops Get Search Warrant for Jogger's Husband

"The search for our Nancy is over," said Cary Police Chief Pat Bazemore during Tuesday's press conference. "Early today, the state medical examiner told us that it was Nancy who was found last night just miles from her home."

Nancy Cooper, 34, was found murdered Monday evening near her home in an upscale, North Carolina community. Police have yet to name a suspect or a person of interest in the homicide.

(Courtesy Town of Carey Police Dept. )

Present at both news conferences was Cooper's family -- both parents, her brother and identical twin sister; her husband did not attend either conference.

Brad Cooper, police said, had received an "open invitation" to the gatherings but had opted not to come.

"Brad Cooper was supposed to be here and he is not," said Bazemore at Tuesday's conference. "At the last minute he did decline and chose not to come this evening."

When asked what Brad Cooper's reaction was to the news of his wife's death, Bazemore said, "He's devastated."

At today's press conference, Brad Cooper's absence was again addressed.

"I do not know why he's not here," said Bazemore, who added that a police officer had been assigned to each of the family members, ncluding Brad Cooper, for the duration of the investigation.

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"We've had a police car outside Brad's home and following him," said Bazemore. "We've also had a police car for her family, to do anything for them to make this less difficult."

Police say Brad Cooper has cooperated with authorities and, with the help of family members, has been caring for the couple's two young daughters, ages 2 and 4.

ABCNews.com could not reach Brad Cooper, who works at the networking company Cisco Systems, but he spoke to a reporter from North Carolina's News & Observer Tuesday before his wife's body was found.

Admitting that he and his wife were having "marital problems," the husband told the paper that he didn't believe the situation to be so bad that his wife would leave him.

Authorities declined to comment on local reports that a surveillance video exists in which Brad Cooper is allegedly shown purchasing bleach the night before Cooper's disappearance.

"We cannot confirm or deny whether he was at the store and whether he did purchase bleach or any kind of cleaning products the morning of her disappearance," said Bazemore.