On Nancy Cooper's 35th birthday, friends say it's hard

"People want to know that this is something that is going to be solved," she said. "Nancy can't speak for herself, so the community is speaking for her."

"All day today, it was a hard one,” friend Hannah Pritchard said.

Pritchard said that when she took her children to school today, Nancy Cooper should have been there.

"Walking through the hall without her just wasn't the same,” she said.

"We know that the best gift we could give (Nancy Cooper's family) and our community is to bring an end to this terrible period in their lives, and we're working hard each day with this in mind," Bazemore said.

"A resolution needs to be brought through soon and hopefully it will be,” friend Jenipher Free said.

Three search warrants – one for the Coopers' home, another for Brad Cooper's office where he works and another for an undisclosed location – could reveal more about the case. They are under seal until at least Sept. 2.