PONTOTOC, Miss — UPDATE 12/23/2021 - Mississippi authorities said Thursday they have identified the remains of a woman found following a tip from an inmate prior to his execution.
The woman has been identified as 40-year-old Felicia Cox, who disappeared in 2007.
District Attorney John Weddle said she was found on land that had once belonged to her family in Pontotoc County. Weddle said authorities were able to identify Felicia Cox by matching her DNA with her daughter.
Her remains were discovered on December 12, 2021, following a tip from inmate David Neal Cox, who was executed on November 17 for the killing of his estranged wife and sexually assaulting her young daughter.
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12/13/2021 - Authorities have uncovered the remains of a Mississippi woman following a tip from an inmate who revealed the location of her body prior to his execution last month.
Police on Sunday discovered what's believed to be the body of Felicia Cox on land in Pontotoc County.
Last month, David Neal Cox became the first inmate executed in Mississippi in nine years, put to death for killing his estranged wife and sexually assaulting her young daughter as her mother lay dying.
Questions had remained about whether he was also responsible for the 2007 disappearance of Felicia Cox, his brother's wife.
Before his Nov. 17 execution, David Cox told his attorneys he killed Felicia Cox, providing detailed instructions on where investigators could find her remains.
