A woman has come forward about the moment she learned that the man she was dating is actually wanted for murder.
In an event out of a true crime show, Janey Voyek of Iowa told local news station WCTV in an article published on Tuesday that she was shocked to find out the man she had just started dating earlier this month, Kyle Coolack, was actually on the run after allegedly committing a homicide.
Coolack is accused of murdering his brother in Houston, which he confessed to while on a date with Voyek.
Voyek's brother, Eddie, set her up on a blind date with Coolack, who was going by the name "James" on October 18 when Coolack was acting as a homeless veteran who needed help.
According to WCTV, prior to the blind date, Eddie let Coolack stay with him in his house, gave him a job in the area, and ended up setting him up with his sister.
Voyek told WCTV that, at first, she found Coolack to be "so charismatic and so charming" and that he could "tell you the right things you want to hear."
However, the tables quickly turned as while on their date the following Saturday, "he just kind of got mad and crazy, and just bluntly told me that he had murdered his brother two years ago."
Per a Houston Police Department (HPD) press release on Coolack that was released on October 21, he is accused of shooting his brother, Brad Henry Coolack, 35, multiple times on March 11, 2022.
He was identified as a suspect after "witnesses in the area stated they heard two people arguing and then multiple gunshots."
According to the HPD, "further investigation determined Kyle Coolack's involvement in his brother's death and, on July 15, 2022, a murder charge was filed."
A spokesperson for the HPD told Newsweek via phone on Friday that to their knowledge there are no other suspects in the case of Coolack's brother's death.
HPD also informed the public via its press release that Coolack has been arrested and is now in custody in Iowa.
He was arrested by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Department after Voyek called her brother Eddie who confronted him with questions on whether he committed murder and, per WCTV, Coolack confessed once again.
That is when Eddie kicked Coolack out and called the police who apprehended him as he was walking along the highway on Sunday morning. Per the HPD, the arrest occurred "without incident."
Voyek told WCTV that she fears what could have happened if she'd stayed in a relationship with Coolack, "Would he have beat me? Would he have tried anything with me and essentially killed me? And there are times that I wonder if it could have went there."
Coolack is being held in the Carroll County jail while he awaits extradition back to Houston.
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