By John Balch
News-Leader Staff
“Somebody out there knows something,” said Bonnie Winston of Idabel, Okla., as she waits for the investigation into her son’s death in Nashville to provide some clues and potential justice.
Winston is the mother of Corbin A’Sean Cooper, Sr., 22, whose body was recovered on Oct. 15 alongside the road from the 1200 block of South Price Street in Nashville.
Cooper had apparently died from a gunshot wound.
Cooper, 22, was last heard from by family members on Oct. 10 and it was his mother who filed the missing persons report with the Nashville Police Department.
Cooper had missed his daily call to his mother and Winston knew something was wrong.
“It’s heart-breaking, crushing,” said Winston, who added Cooper was the father of three-year-old Corbin Cooper, Jr. The child resides with Winston and its mother in Idabel.
“That’s all I have left is that baby.”
Cooper’s father, Corey Cooper, Sr. resides in Nashville, according to the mother, and the son had recently arrived in back in Nashville seeking gainful employment. Corbin Cooper briefly attended Nashville High School before returning to Idabel to graduate in 2020.
Cooper’s body has been sent to the Arkansas State Crime Lab to determine the exact cause of death and process evidence collected from the scene.
Winston said she was told it could take up to eight weeks before any results.
Nashville Police Chief Amy Marion reported this week that no new information has surfaced in the case, which is being investigated by NPD Investigator Tim Bowlin.
Person with any information regarding Cooper or his homicide are urged to call the NPD at (870) 845-3434.
