SHOOTING VICTIM'S SPOUSE FOUND DEAD

The husband of Patricia Cook, the 54-year-old woman who was shot and killed by a Culpeper town policeman Feb. 9, was found dead in his apartment Tuesday.

Gary Cook's body was discovered by a maintenance man at the Friendship Heights Apartment complex. He was 62.

"At this stage of the investigation, it does not appear foul play was a factor in the man's death," Virginia State Police Sgt. Les Tyler said in a news release.

When asked if suicide was a possibility, Tyler responded, "I think you're reading too much into it." Because it was an unattended death, an autopsy will be performed.

Former town police officer Daniel Harmon-Wright is scheduled to go on trial in January on a murder charge in Patricia Cook's death.

--Donnie Johnston

CULPEPER SEEKS HELP IDENTIFYING SUSPECT

The Culpeper town Police Department is looking for anyone who can identify a woman believed to have used a fraudulently obtained credit card at a Culpeper bank July 13.

The woman is white, with "dirty blond" hair, and is believed to be in her 30s or 40s. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Sgt. Jeff Dodson at 540/829-5526 or Culpeper CrimeSolvers at 540/727-0300.

--Donnie Johnston