[GA] WIFE-MURDER SUSPECT, EX-POLICE SGT. SAM PARKER, DENIED BOND

...Mr. Parker is accused of killing his wife, former Walker County 911 operator Theresa Parker. Mrs. Parker has been missing since March 2007, and her body has never been found...

BOND DENIED FOR SAM PARKER
WRCB-TV
May 19, 2009 08:10 AM
[Excerpts] A judge in Walker County, Georgia denied bond Monday for a former LaFayette cop charged with murder. Sam Parker is suspected of killing his estranged wife Theresa. She vanished more than two years ago and her body has never been found... Parker was scheduled for trial next month, but the judge has a conflict. No new date has been set. [Full article here]



WALKER COUNTY: JUDGE DENIES BOND FOR PARKER
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Chloé Morrison
May 18, 2009
Walker County Superior Court Judge Jon “Bo” Wood denied a renewed bond request for former LaFayette, Ga., police officer Sam Parker, and one of Mr. Parker’s lawyers said he isn’t sure when another request may be made... Mr. Parker is accused of killing his wife, former Walker County 911 operator Theresa Parker. Mrs. Parker has been missing since March 2007, and her body has never been found. Mr. Parker also is charged with three other felonies — computer invasion of privacy, obstructing justice and violation of his oath as a law officer... Judge Wood still has a number of motions left to hear, ranging from a change of venue request from the defense to a motion to allow witness testimony via deposition from District Attorney Leigh Patterson... In his request for bail, Mr. Woodruff argued that the cost to house and transport Mr. Parker was a burden on the county and that his client should be released to his family... Not even the promise that Mr. Parker would wear a GPS tracking device was enough to sway the judge... [Full article here]l

Previous entries on the blog:

• [GA] Reward offered for finding officer's wife, 911 dispatcher Theresa Parker
• [GA] Eddie's here from the UK to help find Theresa Parker
• [GA] Theresa Parker & OTHER missing police officer's wives
• What it sounds like when their women are missing
• [GA] Fired Sgt Parker gives 2nd interview - 9 months after Theresa vanished
• [GA] Police Sgt. Parker 's wife Theresa disappeared 9 months ago
• [GA] Mom of missing cop's wife Theresa Parker
• [GA] FINALLY! Fired Sgt Parker arrested for murder of Theresa
• [GA] Others were afraid of missing-Theresa Parker's Police Sgt. husband
• [GA] Theresa, wife of Sgt. Parker, disappeared 1 year ago
• [GA] The sad search continues for Theresa, wife of fired Sgt. Parker
• [GA] Fired LaFayette Police Sgt. Parker's wife Theresa has been missing 14 months today
• [GA] Fired Police Sgt. Parker finally indicted for murdering wife , dispatcher Theresa
• [GA] Fired Sgt. Parker's murder-of-wife-Theresa case moving slowly
  

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