What happened to Courtney Spraggins? Former Alabama cop David McCoy indicted for the murder of pregnant girlfriend

Previous Alabama cop David McCoy has been prosecuted for the homicide of his 26-year-old pregnant sweetheart, Courtney Spraggins. McCoy allegedly shot Spraggins in the head and afterward let 911 dispatchers know that she had ended it all.

David McCoy was accused of three counts of capital homicide on Walk 24. Charges incorporate killing an individual inside a vehicle, a mother and her unborn kid, and an individual younger than 14 (unborn youngster).

On January 7, 2022, the charged, David McCoy, shot the person in question, Courtney Spraggins, in the head while she was inside a vehicle left external the Weston Farm Condo in Huntsville, Alabama. Purportedly, the previous Alabama cop, additionally an ex-Marine, was off the clock at the hour of the shooting. He likewise incidentally gave security to the structures.

The 29-year-old previous cop has been accused of the homicide of his 26-year-former sweetheart external his Weston Farm apartment building. As per the casualty’s family, Spraggins was seven months pregnant with McCoy’s youngster at that point.

As per declaration during McCoy’s fundamental hearing, Courtney Spraggins came to the condo since she needed to move in with McCoy. Be that as it may, he was living with another lady named Abigail, who was likewise his life partner. In her declaration, specialist Brittney Hayes of the Alabama Policing, David McCoy, and Courtney Spraggins met on a dating application. Hayes further expressed that from mid-August through January, Spraggins would head out to Huntsville from North Carolina to visit the denounced. He would try and send cash to her so she could remain at an inn.

Sometime thereafter, in December, Spraggins quit her place of employment and shown up in Huntsville to reside with McCoy, however he told her that he “really wanted additional time.”

However at that point McCoy advised Spraggins to return and he would deal with her. She then showed up in Huntsville roughly a month after the fact, on January 7.

At the point when examiners showed up at the location of the crime, they found a pregnant Courtney Spraggins shot in the head controlling everything of the vehicle. When addressed, McCoy told the answering officials, “I think I’ve seen her once,” and it seemed like Spraggins had ended it all. While addressing different examiners, McCoy said he didn’t know Spraggins.

Notwithstanding, answering officials tracked down an image of McCoy in the visor of Spraggins’ vehicle and taken him in to be interrogated. Following five hours of cross examination, McCoy owned up to killing Spraggins, Hayes expressed in his declaration.

Specialists likewise found mail addressed to Spraggins and ultrasound pictures in McCoy’s watch vehicle. McCoy’s life partner, Abigail was additionally interrogated concerning the episode. She even raised the occasion in December when somebody by the name of “Courtney” fired exploding McCoy’s telephone.

As per specialist Hayes, McCoy said that he felt undermined by Spraggins as she could attack his life, one in which he needed to wed his life partner Abigail in April.

Ex-Cop #DavidMcCoy indicted by grand jury on allegations he killed his pregnant GF last Jan. & then told 911 “she fatally shot herself.” He’s charged w/ capital murder in connection w/ the death of #CourtneySpraggins & her unborn baby- #Huntsville #Alabama

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McCoy tried positive for gunfire buildup. Agents likewise found the firearm used to carry out the wrongdoing, and it was not his administration weapon. They found Spraggins’ secured telephone inside a wardrobe in McCoy’s Weston Farm loft.

Hayes depicted an instant message among McCoy and Spraggins. At the point when the casualty asked McCoy what she ought to do after he wouldn’t take her in, he answered, “A shot to the head sounds great to me.”

Madison Region Boss Representative Head prosecutor Tim Gann expressed that the DA’s office is looking for capital punishment against the denounced and would almost certainly document two extra capital charges against him.