A woman accused of killing her ex-boyfriend in Florida has been taken into custody by Texas Southern University police.
On November 15, 18-year-old Zoe Nicole Cooper was arrested and charged with second-degree murder for killing Tadarius Madquise Massey, 19, her ex-boyfriend.
She may or may not have been enrolled at TSU. The pair got into a fight because Massey wouldn’t allow Cooper use his phone, which led to the murder on the evening of August 14, 2024.
Massey received several stab wounds.
According to friends who saw the pair right after the attack, Cooper was frantically shouting, “I didn’t mean to.”
After the gang hurried Massey to a hospital, Cooper drove the car back to her house as the other members escorted Massey inside.
After the attack, Cooper, who had a black eye, gave law enforcement a thorough account of what happened.
She claimed that she may have killed him in self-defense because the stabbing was the result of a protracted physical confrontation in which both parties attacked each other and handled the knife.
The inquiry and evidence following the tragedy, however, would provide a different picture.
Police thought it unusual that Cooper had only sustained a black eye and no other injuries after the supposed protracted altercation.
Additionally, there was no evidence at the crime scene to support details from her sequence of events, such as Massey stabbing toy animals and dousing her in alcohol during the attack.
Findings of the Autopsy Report
According to Massey’s autopsy report, he had new stab marks from the night of the attack on his wrist, forearm, shoulder, and heart in addition to two healed stab wounds close to his left shoulder.
In addition, there were scratches on his neck that suggested strangling and a cut on his forehead.
Authorities discovered alarming claims of Cooper’s abuse during the couple’s relationship while conducting their inquiry.
Images of Massey’s March fresh stab wounds on his left shoulder were discovered by police on his phone.
Additionally, they discovered a plethora of communications in which Cooper would take credit for the initial stabbing and make threats of more violence, like “I hope you would’ve died that day,” “I’m glad I stabbed you [sic],” “I should have killed you,” and “I’m going to spit in your grave.”
Massey’s boss at the Subway shop where he worked told authorities that he would show up for work looking “beaten up” and that he had told her that Cooper had attacked him.
She added that Cooper would visit the restaurant to observe Massey at work, but the two would not talk.