Dead Jogger's Husband: I Cheated

"Our credit card debt was unmanageable, and Nancy could not control her shopping sprees," stated Cooper, who estimated that his credit card debt had reached approximately $45,000 due in part to his wife's adoration for an "$8,000 painting, designer clothing, Tiffany jewelry" and expensive bottles of wine.

Where Was Brad on Morning of Wife's Disappearance?

While authorities have commended Cooper on his cooperation throughout the investigation, members of the community have not been shy in insinuating that Cooper may have had something to do with his wife's disappearance, allegations that Cooper himself addressed in his affidavit.

In the affidavit Cooper says that he attended a neighborhood barbeque with his wife the night before her disappearance, but returned home to put his kids to bed while his wife stayed at the party until midnight.

The next morning, said Cooper, he went out to buy milk for his daughters and, upon arriving home, was asked by his wife to go back to the store to pick up additional items.

"I started to get ready for the girls to get up and noticed we were out of laundry detergent and could not do laundry, so Nancy asked me to go back out to get some," said Cooper.

"The detergent I purchased did not include bleach," said Cooper, responding to rumors that he had been spotted on a local surveillance tape buying cleaning supplies the day of his wife's disappearance. "I did not buy bleach."

As for criticism that it was Nancy's friend and not him who reported his wife missing, Cooper said that he had been out canvassing the neighborhood and by the time he returned home to call the police -- once he was certain something was wrong -- Adam had already done so.

"I had been about to call the police myself to report her missing," said Cooper. "Once I knew the police had been called, there was no longer any point in calling them again."

Cooper claims that his absence during the search for his wife was due to requests by authorities who said that if he searched he would be "hindering the investigation."