James Larry Cosby A 46-year-old man has been arrested over the murders of his own daughter and her girlfriend in Texas. A beer deliveryman discovered the bodies of Houston women Britney Cosby and Crystal Jackson, both 24, by a convenience store in Port Bolivar on 7 March. Britney Cosby’s father, James Larry Cosby, has since been charged with two counts of tampering with evidence in connection with the death of the young couple. Police got a search warrant for James Crosby’s Houston home when they saw suspicious items as they tried to take his statement. It’s believed the women may have been killed in the house before their bodies were dumped in Port Bolivar. Autopsies have revealed that Jackson died from a single gunshot to the head, while Britney Cosby succumbed to blows to her head, but also had a broken neck. Loranda McDonald, Britney Cosby's mother, has told Texas news site KHOU.com James Crosby was angry that his daughter was gay. "He said it to me a few times that he did not like the idea of her being gay," she’s stated. A family spokesman has told a local Fox affiliate that he found writing about homosexuality on James Cosby's Koran indicating he may have had an issue with his daughter being a lesbian. The couple had been together for two years and Crystal Jackson was mum to a five-year-old daughter.
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First published: Saturday, 15th March 2014 - 9:47am