L.A. Police: Men Weren’t Witnesses To Cosby Killing

The search for Ennis Cosby’s killer suffered a serious setback Tuesday when Los Angeles homicide detectives concluded that two men detained as possible witnesses were drifters who had nothing to contribute to their investigation.

The findings left police with just one known person who is believed to have seen the killer and without another witness they badly hoped could help them. That witness is a 47-year-old woman who told police she had come to the scene to aid Cosby and provided a description of the alleged killer.

“For now,” one senior officer said Tuesday, “we’re just waiting for a break.”

Meanwhile, a Los Angeles woman and her alleged accomplice were in custody in New York on Tuesday, facing charges they tried to extort up to $40 million from Cosby’s father.

Although the alleged extortion plot extended until two days after the murder, authorities said there is no apparent connection between Ennis Cosby’s shooting and the attempted blackmail of Bill Cosby.

The government charged that Autumn Jackson, 22, and Jose Medina, 54, threatened to go to the media with Jackson’s allegation that she is Cosby’s illegitimate daughter unless he paid them millions of dollars.