ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) — Jury selection is set to begin Monday for a Dougherty County man in connection to the death of his girlfriend and mother of his child.

Ryan Cooper was indicted in March on the following charges:

• Malice Murder
• Felony Murder
• Aggravated Assault
• Poss. of a firearm in comm. of a crime
• Concealing the death of another person

Lacambria Toomer was first reported missing in August 2022. Her body has never been found.

In June, WALB told you about prosecutors wanting to combine the murder trial involving Toomer, with a 2022 aggravated assault case, also involving Toomer.

Now in it’s most recent filing, prosecutors say they’re going to call an expert who will testify to GPS data from the trucking company that cooper worked for, and AT&T phone records.

The filing said that the expert will testify to the records that allegedly show the last text, cellular phone calls, and communication between the victim and cooper on Aug. 15th, 2022.

Prosecutors say the expert will also illustrate, with diagrams, the whereabouts of the truck Cooper drove for his employer. From a little before midnight Aug. 16th until 11 p.m. the same day when the defendant arrived in Savannah.

WALB will be in the courtroom livestreaming the trial after jury selection concludes.

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