Man Admits to Another Killing Just Before Execution

Man Admits to Another Killing Just Before Execution
David Neal Cox. Mississippi Department of Corrections via AP
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JACKSON, Miss.—A man who was executed in Mississippi last month for killing his estranged wife admitted to another killing, and his confession could resolve a 2007 cold case, a prosecutor said Monday.

Before his execution on Nov. 17, David Neal Cox told his attorneys he killed his sister-in-law Felicia Cox in 2007 and provided detailed instructions on where investigators could find her remains, said John Weddle, who is the district attorney for several northern Mississippi counties.