This blogs photos disappeared, but I didn't

It's been almost a week now since my picture server dumped me (abuptly). It was a little stunning since I think there were over 800 pics of law enforcement officers there - with details of their cases. I don't blame Flickr (great service). I was pushing the line - okay, I was way over the line - on how to use their service, but can't help but suspect that someone complained. Doesn't matter. I'll go through and replace the pics a few at a time. It can't be that easy to bump me off.
Too much is going unnoticed. Too many deaths. Too many law enforcement/ public safety agencies still not taking it seriously. Too many frightened and HOPELESS victims with nowhere to turn. Too many law enforcment officers, firefighters, and public officials who feel they can't reach out for help - for a host of reasons.
I'm feeling a little fiesty after having my pics all deleted (wincing) so here are just SOME of the stories I've posted on the group I moderate
so far
just this month (June):

[FL] Officer Clark's girlfriend Joely regrets charges
..."He started choking my trachea with one hand and as I tried to scream he covered my mouth with his other hand," the victim wrote in a statement. "I was able to kick him off me, he got on top of me again and slammed my head into the tile floor twice." She eventually ran to her children's bedroom where she called 911. Investigators noticed the victim had red marks and swelling on her neck, a swollen and cut lip as well as a large bump, redness and swelling on the back of her head. Police took Clark into custody at his business on Southwest Macedo Boulevard. He was carrying a .380-caliber pistol...

[US] Ex-Intelligence Officer Lentz gets life in death of wife Doris


[FL] Sheriff's Deputy Ciesla double dv homicide & suicide
...Police said Thomas Ciesla, 28, a Collier County corrections officer who abruptly quit his job Tuesday, killed the father and aunt of his estranged wife, Amy Ciesla -- Thomas Podejko, 63, and Carol Lindner, 62... Carol Lindner's husband, Thomas Lindner -- also Amy Ciesla's uncle -- was also shot in the arm and transported to Lee Memorial Hospital...

[NC] UPDATE: "Resigned" Chief Murray is dead

...It was not immediately clear how Carrboro's former fire chief Rodney Murray had died, or how long he had been in the room, but authorities were investigating the possibility of suicide... Murray was jailed 5 times for repeatedly violating an order to stay away from Ambrosecchia who ended a 10 year relationship with Murray in 2005...

[FL] Deputy Reicherts's daughter-in-law bruised
Polk County Deputy Robert Reichert is charged with domestic battery & placed on paid administrative leave after a domestic assault incident reported to have bruised his daughter-in-law

[IL] FIRE DEPT. LT. BALES can beat his women if he wants to
...His girlfriend told officers at the scene that [Joliet firefighter Joseph] Bales tore weather stripping from the door of her Nissan XTerra and hit her with it several times in the face, according to reports. Two male witnesses told officers the young woman "was screaming at the top of her lungs for help" when they arrived... (Wife) Christine Bales has alleged she was physically assaulted and that other firefighters had to hold back her husband. But fire officials, who filed no police report regarding the incident, described it as a domestic argument... The city's human resources director Mike Suppan said that firefighters are not sworn to uphold the law while police officers are...

[WA] "A questionable culture" (on Olympia Police)
...During the investigation, his estranged wife made allegations of abuse. The department cleared him of perjury and domestic abuse... [Police Chief Gary] Michel first suspended [Officer Chris] Cook for three weeks without pay... Six weeks later, Cook was again in trouble for using his computer to run the license plate on his wife's car... used his security clearance to obtain dispatch information from two 9-1-1 calls to his ex-wife's home... Cook kept his job, the second time with a four-week suspension without pay... He said it was in the aftermath of Tacoma Police Chief David Brame's shooting of his wife and himself, which is why he thinks the department and the city pursued him so aggressively...

[FL] Update: Fired Sgt Samuel (FINALLY) fired again
Alachua Police Rodney Samuel was fired Friday for falsifying information on his employment application. It took that. He had been fired from one department after sexual harassment complaints, then arrested on charges of battery, was hired by the (aware) Alachua Police Department... Samuel's most recent incident involved Nanci Farinas, who he had a seven-year relationship with him... According to the report, Samuel physically abused Farinas on three occasions in the last year and a half... Concerning bruises reportedly seen by Farinas' doctor, friends and daughter, Samuel said, "The bruises probably occurred during sexual intercourse...

[GA] More on the recent dv murder of Officer Tasha George
Dougherty County Officer Tasha George was shot outside her Temple Avenue home last Friday by Travis Smith. Interestingly, the indictment also accuses him of battery and stalking, crimes that happened one month before Tasha George was killed... George was trying to end things with him, & earlier in the day she had the locks changed on her house and a security company was installing a burglar alarm.... police reports from May 19th show a history of domestic violence at the home. After 8 that night, police arrested live-in boyfriend Travis Smith. Records show Smith pushed George through a glass table. She had an abrasion to her right eye and a deep cut on her stomach....

[NH] Fired Trooper Plunkett arrested for stalking ex girlfriend
A former New Hampshire state trooper [Michael J. Plunkett] who is charged with possession of child pornography, witness tampering and falsifying evidence was arrested this week on charges of stalking his former girlfriend, who is a key witness against him...

[AZ] Fired for dv & drunk driving Officer DeStefano is rehired
Back in March I wrote on our group that a few months prior "...Marana Police Officer John Michael Destefano Jr. was arrested for dui after landing in a ditch, a week later was arrested for domestic violence on his wife (drunk then also), and was arrested a few years ago for dv as well. He's fired..." But the news that came out this month is, "The Marana Police Department last week rehired an officer it fired in March for drunk driving and two domestic violence-related arrests..."
Wish I was surprised.

[PA] Update on Trooper Heller's threat to wife, judge, parents, dog...
Luke J. Heller, a Pennsylvania trooper assigned to a Bucks County barracks, allegedly threatened to kill himself, his estranged wife, her lawyer, and a judge during a contentious divorce case that ended last year... "Mr. Heller is suffering from a mental disorder which I consider serious, and is in need of medication and psychological treatment," psychologist Robert M. Gordon wrote in a 2004 court-ordered evaluation of Heller. Heller, 36, remained working at the Dublin barracks until he was suspended this year... His most recent issues are posting invitational rough sex pics of his ex-wife on the internet -unlawful use of a computer and criminal use of a communication facility — "AND OTHER CHARGES" (???) That's the focus, but what I hear is the ex wife saying that folks have disassociated from her because even THEY are in fear. The focus should be on his threats to lives - not the pictures. I hope she has support.

More post titles from June. I'll try to get back here and explain a few more:

[CA] High Court taking up privacy of cop discipline
[MI] Deputy Harvey's pointing gun & taser at wife & son UPDATE2
[WA] Panel assessing KCSO hears from public
[IL] Chicago Officer Grubbs kills himself after domestic quarrel
[ID] "North Idaho does not treat whistle blowers very kindly"
[ID] Ex-wife of BCSO Deputy Flavel calls for charges
[AR] Court reverses (ex) Chief Brown's sexual assault of niece
[NJ] Editorial: "The double standard"
[NJ] Officer Cheryl Silva / Chief's son dv - Update on fallout
[TN] Officer Hewitt and his gun.
[TN] Officer Hewitt's NEW wife tried to sleep outside w/gun
[PA] Officer Delucia update (Where wife was ARRESTED to testify)
[TX] Officer Binion arrested for domestic violence
1 YEAR AFTER EX-TROOPER BOCHICCHIO MURDER-SUICIDE
[MA] Ex-cop West can bail out on attempted murder charge
[MD] What to do with mad, suicidal fired-then-hired Ex-cop Shifler
[GA] Jail Officer Tasha George killed. Wanted out of relationship.
[TX] Officer Lee fired 2x. 1st family violence, now wife harrasment
[FL] Deputy Reichert arrested for simple battery of daughter-in-law
[OR] Update: Demoted Chief Foxworth given a command position
[NJ] Officer Brownlee's girlfriend shot in the leg. CORRECTION
[NY] UPDATE: NO BAIL FOR ARROGANT EX-COP AZRAK
[FL] 21 guns Cop Thropp - choking daughter, pointing gun at wife's...
[AR] Before Fowler suicide & brick-beatings - several dv reports
[AR] Officer Fowler suicide a day after estranged family seriously beaten
[FL] Officer Brems' wife says she was beat for refusing group sex
[MN] "Police Fighting Alcohol Abuse Among Officers"
[IN] Demoted Deputy Sheriff Laird - job in hands of merit board
[VT] DA: Victim's recant shouldn't clear Trooper Lay
[MO] Trooper Burnett suspected of stalking ex girlfriend again
[FL] Corrections officer Frank Ferencz charged with hitting wife
[TX] Probation for ex-officer Davis domestic sex-crime(s) against
[FL] Gun in gf's mouth/drug dealer Miami Officer Flynn sentenced
[WI] Officer "Glover's dream job ended in solitude"
[IL] PD: We'll investigate Sgt. Pelo ourselves
[PA] FHPD hired Fluck as cop, regardless
[GA] "Wife Turns on Former Deputy" McCollough
[CA] SDPD Sgt. Sainz beat up officer in front of kids, keeps job 6
[THE BASICS] Police Family Violence Fact Sheet - NCWP
[MA] Gun-in-wife's-mouth Trooper White retrial - Wants job back
[AL] Ex Birmingham Officer Jackson gets life for killing wife Angele
[VA] Deputy Freeman divorce->drugs-> prison->armed robbery
[PA] Ex-Police Chief Curran competent for wife-murder trial
[MS] Officer Clark, dead 15yo Tawana & pistol-whipped ex, Angela
[FL] Officer/Councilman Long takes month off to get help
[OR] Mayor Potter's statement on Police Chief Foxworth demotion
[OR] 40 page report released. Chief Foxworth demoted to Cpt.
[CA] Stepson sentenced for shooting (forgiving) Detective Bryant
[FL] Fired cop Daniel who killed wife and son sentenced today
[TN] Judge overturns jury's murder conviction for ex-Deputy Carpenter
[CA] Fire Cpt. Rodriguez Murders Wife Katherine, Kills Self
[NH] Officer Moltenbrey disregarded protection order right away
[TX] Austin Officer Gates arrested for dv on wife - Officers need he
[MA] Officer Sadllier assaults his mother - has several past "infractions"
[MN] Chief Bonnie Bleskachek sued by her Cpt. ex-gf + 2 more
[FL] Police computer abuse worst case scenario - update
[AL] Sheriff's Cpt./ Coroner/ Ex-Cop Billy Brown escaped dv charge
[NC] Chief's son, Cop Walker rape arrest + past dv abuse of power
Ramos was to return to duty after Domestic violence arrest
[CT] Ciara's McDermott's family wants lawsuit
[NJ] Officer Capo's family sexual assault trial update (four articles)
[WA] Conviction of Ex Tacoma Police Officer Torres upheld
[FL] Officer Bishop may be charged with witness tampering
[PA] Carli Dennis' cop husband pleads not guilty to her murder
[CO] Deputy Sanders dv and sexual assault on girlfriend charge
[NH] DV Prosecutor Marconi severe dv on own girlfriend
[FL] Deputy Melvin Jones arrested, charged for dv on wife
[ND] Officer LaVallie gets 7 years+ supervision for assault
[MA] Residents seek probe into Officer Morrow’s suicide
[SC] Ex cop Brooks only gets 12 years for killing girlfriend Lisa Ho
[MA] Denise Morrow's police officer husband shot himself
[WA] Jane Jermy
[WV] Mayor Ore Obstructs DV arrest then fires officer
[Local] Article by Attorney for estate of ex-chief's wife, Crystal Judson Brame
[WA] The Crystal Judson Brame Memorial Scholarship
[WA] Tacoma Student Awarded First Crystal Brame Scholarship
[NJ] Update - Officer Robert Vanaman Wife's Murder
[NY] Update on punching, biting Officer Tammy Mackin
[CO] Forced resignation of Deputy Mackey
[FL] No action against Ex-Sheriff's Deputy/Councilman Long same-sex dv
[WA] Deputy Spier, a man, his girlfriend & a gun - Charges dropped
[NJ] (Wife-stalking) New trial ordered for convicted Officer Moore
[TX] At least 14 fired Dallas cops got job back
[TX] Dallas Chief's message: no bad cops
[WI] Update on ex officer Zimmermans' being cleared of killing ex
[IL] Police Board clears 7 officers, fires 10
[CA] Update on frightening Officer Shaddox (More charges dropped)
[WA] VIDEO: Ex Police wives stand in for hiding Joyce DeAllah
[PA] Update on Officer Eckert abuse & attack allegations
[WA] A blog comment: Maleng's inaction on Deputy DeAllah's dv
[WI] Union implicates DA in suicide of Officer Glover
[WA] Ex Police wives stand in for Deputy DeAllah's hiding wife
[RI] Pension fight for Judge Marjorie Yassar (arrested twice for dv)
[WI] Officer Nechodom can FELONY STALK if he wants to
I'll be back.
God be willing.

[WA] Jane Jermy

SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Deputy accused of assault loses his job
Frank Jermy's termination is the outcome of an internal investigation.
By Julie McCormick Sun Staff
Published in The Sun: 01/05/2001

Kitsap County Sheriff's Deputy Frank Jermy was fired on Thursday, about two months after an alleged assault against his wife Jane, a former Chief Deputy Coroner.

Jermy was on unpaid leave and the target of an internal investigation for undisclosed off-duty violations when deputies were called to the incident at his South Kitsap home Oct. 22.

This week's termination was the outcome of a new internal investigation triggered by the third-degree assault charges lodged against Jermy following the incident, said Undersheriff Dennis Bonneville.

Bonneville said normally the Sheriff's Office would not disclose the existence of an internal investigation or any discipline, but treated the Jermy case differently because of the attention the case had already received.

He declined to give further details except to say the decision to terminate Jermy followed a hearing convened by Patrol Chief Wayne Gulla.

Deputy Dave White, who operates the department's Office of Professional Standards, investigated the case, as he does all allegations of policy and procedure violations.

After the hearing, it was Gulla's decision to fire Jermy, said Bonneville.

Bonneville did not attend the hearing nor review the investigation because an appeal to him would be the next step if Jermy were to contest the decision.

To avoid conflict of interest, the King County Sheriff's Department was brought in to investigate the assault case.

Deputies' reports and charging documents in the alleged assault paint a picture of a family falling apart.

According to the investigation, Jermy was drunk when he and his wife got into an argument early on a Sunday morning.

He allegedly strangled her and put her in fear for her life, and at one time had a gun in his hand before deputies arrived.

Jermy was unavailable for comment at press time.

Reach reporter Julie McCormick at (360) 415-2683  (360) 415-2683 or jmccormick@thesunlink.com.

Published in The Sun: 01/05/2001 http://web.kitsapsun.com/news/2001/january/0105sheriffeputy.html
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[TX] Murder-suicide of McAllen police officer Guadalupe Lozano & wife Norma Laura Gonzalez

Police rule McAllen deaths a murder-suicide
The Monitor
Victoria Hirschberg
May 23, 2006

At two gravesites in different cities Monday, two families mourned the loss of their loved ones.

In Weslaco, it was the family of 35-year-old McAllen police officer Guadalupe Lozano. In Mission, it was the family of 29-year-old educator Norma Laura Gonzalez.

Based on preliminary autopsy results, it appears Lozano strangled Norma Laura Gonzalez — the name her family prefers — and then shot himself, McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez said.

Shortly before 7 a.m. Thursday, Lozano called the police department’s business line and requested assistance. Upon arrival, police found the married couple of about two years dead in their North McAllen home. They had no children together, but Lozano had a 7-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter from a previous marriage.

Gonzalez was recently promoted to the director of education at McAllen’s Sylvan Learning Center, which closed Monday for her funeral. She had worked as an elementary science teacher in the McAllen school district, said Sandra Vela, a consultant with the center who hired Gonzalez about one year ago.

"She had just a wonderful personality, very sweet, calm and professional, just so together in every way," Vela said. "She loved her job. She worked a lot of hours and she had a lot of energy."

Gonzalez was working toward a master’s degree in business administration at the University of Texas-Pan American. Vela said many of her co-workers and former students attended her funeral.

Lozano worked as a crime scene investigator and had been with the McAllen Police Department for about 61/2 years.

Many police officers and city workers from various departments attended his funeral. His brother Juan Lozano spoke of his sibling as a dedicated officer and urged his colleagues to reach out to those with problems "if they’re going through what my brother was."

"I wish he (had) looked for help," Juan Lozano said during the funeral. "But wishing is too late."

Rodriguez said the final autopsy is still pending.

"It’s sometimes difficult to understand and grasp these things and why they happen," he said.

Victoria Hirschberg covers Hidalgo County government and general assignments for The Monitor. You can reach her at (956) 683-4466.

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[NJ] Barbara Vanaman shot & killed by police officer husband

Initially the news reported that last week Millville Police Officer Robert Vanaman shot his wife Barbara to defend himself from her knife attack. But after a day the quoted law enforcement spokespersons and media alike have been asking aloud - who stabbed him? Vanaman decided to not freely talk to investigators and has retreated with a lawyer.

Police: Millville Officer Kills Wife In Domestic Dispute
Wife Allegedly Stabbed Officer
(NBC 10 Philadelphia)
May 11, 2006

MILLVILLE, Pa. -- Millville police said they are investigating a homicide that involves one of their own.

According to the Cumberland County prosecutor, the wife of a Millville police officer allegedly stabbed her husband and the officer then shot her in a domestic dispute at their home at Wedgewood Court and Shamrock Lane.

The wife was killed. The officer is being treated at a hospital.

Police have not released the names of the couple involved

Neighbors told NBC 10 News that the officer and his wife were the "perfect couple," and that they were very social.

The Millville Police Department have not released any other details and the investigation is continuing.

[WA] Not forgetting Jane Anne Evans Jermy

JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL
Deputy arrested on assault charges
By Julie McCormick Sun Staff
October 26, 2000
Frank Jermy reportedly grabbed his wife by the throat and pushed her onto the bed. Kitsap County Sheriff's Deputy Frank Jermy is in the Jefferson County jail without bail pending his first court appearance on a domestic violence felony allegation. Jermy, 41, was booked into jail Wednesday following release from four days of what Undersheriff Dennis Bonneville called medical custody after his arrest Sunday... The couple's two minor children were witnesses to the incident...

Jane Anne Evans Jermy
10 Feb 1957 - 22 Sep 2004
Jane Jermy worked as chief deputy coroner of Kitsap County for several years. She was a reserve police officer with the Poulsbo Police Department and a volunteer emergency medical technician with the District 10 Fire Department.[police officer involved domestic violence oidv intimate partner violence (IPV) abuse law enforcement public safety fatality fatalities alleged said suicide washington state unsolved unresolved]

[FL] Sgt. Baker, a pile of screaming articles, & this awful tossing and turning

I-SPY YESTERDAY IN THE NEWS THAT GROVELAND POLICE SGT. JESSE BAKER IS STILL PATROLLING THE STREETS EVEN AFTER OFFICERS COMPLAINED AND A NEWS STATION OUTTED HIM LAST YEAR THAT HE BEAT HIS WIFE - ADDING THAT THE CHIEF KNEW IT WHEN HE HIRED BAKER ONTO THE FORCE. NO - BAKER'S NOT JUST STILL WORKING SINCE THAT JOURNALISTIC EFFORT LAST YEAR - BUT PROMOTED TO SGT. SINCE THEN. (WAIT TIL' YOU SEE WHAT "BEAT" MEANS HERE!)

WHAT I SAW YESTERDAY THAT GOT ME STARTED:

Groveland father shook girl, left her critical, cops say
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
May 12, 2006
... they arrived at his Groveland home Wednesday night, Groveland police Sgt. Jesse Baker said...

AND I RECOGNIZED THE NAME & I RECALLED AN ARTICLE FROM LAST YEAR THAT I HAD GATHERED:

Florida Officer With History Of Domestic Violence Patrolling The Streets
Story by wftv.com
November 14, 2005
...Officer Jesse Baker was acquitted in court of the attack on his wife, but a state inspector general later questioned that verdict and whether Baker should ever be allowed on the street again... Baker was fired from the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission after they determined he had battered his wife, leaving her hospitalized for a week. A jury never heard testimony from her and Baker was found not guilty, but a subsequent investigation by state officials indicated "you were responsible for the battery of your wife," further finding that he "left her unconscious for six hours... while he went to work"... Baker's wife suffered bruising over 75% of her body. In Baker's court files, a counseling evaluation states that he'd taken full responsibility for his actions... Baker's wife, Pamela, died from heart trouble a year to the day after Baker was officially fired from Florida Fish and Game. But in spite of the scathing report in which Baker was fired as a wildlife officer, he was hired by Groveland Police Department. The police chief knew about Baker's past but didn't want to talk on camera. The chief told 9 Investigates that he is confident in Baker's ability and even gave him a lie detector test before hiring him...

I STARTED RESEARCHING AND NOW I'M SITTING ON A PILE OF SCREAMING NEWS ARTICLES FROM 1997 ON. THOUGH BAKER WON THE CASE BACK IN 1998 HE WAS FOUND LATER TO HAVE BATTERED HIS WIFE IN A SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT LAST YEARS ARTICLE ABOVE SAYS. IT DIDN'T SAY HOW ABUSED THOUGH. LOOK AT EXCERPTS FROM ONE OF THE ARTICLES FROM MY SCREAMING PILE AND TELL ME THAT A POLICE CHIEF IN GROVELAND FLORIDA CAN JUSTIFY HIRING AND PROMOTING JESSE BAKER:

Was It Domestic Violence?
Wife says she can't remember how she got cuts, bruises
THE ORLANDO SENTINEL
May 26, 1998
By Frank Stanfield
...Pamela Baker, 44, her body a mass of huge bruises and cuts, her collarbone broken and a shiner under one eye, stares bleakly into the camera lens on Sept. 14, 1997. Some of the bruises in the 8-by-10 color photos are huge, black splotches that cover her buttocks. Others on her body are sickly, yellow areas intersected by nasty-looking cuts. Her legs are a mass of mottling. More than 75 percent of her body was covered in bruises. "I've seen dead people who haven't looked this bad," said Assistant State Attorney Sue Purdy...

PAMELA DELOLA

PAM IS GONE.
NO ARTICLE ABOUT HER PARTING.
JUST THAT MENTION IN THE ONE LAST YEAR ABOUT HER HEART IS ALL I COULD FIND.
SO MANY QUESTIONS.
I'M TOSSING
AND
TURNING

(I FOUND THE HEADSTONE PICTURE ON A MYSPACE PAGE OF SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HER PAINFULLY WELL - HERE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL.)

[MO] Officer gunpowder-on-his-hands Partee says he didn't kill wife Karla

Karla Marie Parker (Partee)

Learning about Karla's life and her death on September 2nd, 2001 for me is a journey that I'm not done with yet. I'm not fully satified and won't be for the forseeable future. I found one article and searched for almost two hours for another one - unsuccessfully. How could that be? I know how to find news. I was relieved after that time however to find a beautiful family memorial site, each page with a selected gospel song, packed with family pictures. There is no discussion of Karla's death there, but the article shows that there are family members challenging the finding that Karla committed suicide. (Karla's twin sister Karmen stands in the gap, full of faith with the joy that surpasses human understanding.) The recent news item was that a jury for the family's wrongful death lawsuit deadlocked and a new trial was ordered.

If I was Karla's sister I would have to rise up too. About newlywed Karla's death, from the one article:

"...Carla Partee died of a gunshot wound to her head. Nigel Partee admitted to Florissant police that the couple had quarreled after attending a wedding reception, and that the quarrel had escalated into a shoving match. He said she shot herself. He said he got gunshot residue on his hand when he tried to stop bleeding from the head wound..."

Yet retired St. Louis police officer Harold Mansfield, who the article cites as a firearms EXPERT, said there is only ONE way that the gunpowder residue could have gotten on Officer Partee's hands - and it not from stopping bleeding.

I have to bang a pot and a pan and say that there is no noticeable attention to this case, and there should be.

"...Florissant police applied for a warrant against him on a charge of manslaughter, but it was rejected by the prosecuting attorney's office. Nigel Partee was never charged..."

Love and blessings to Karla's family - who have no doubts where Karla is now.

(Note: Officer Nigel Partee works at St. Louis Community College, but the police there are not "security guards." They have state training and the powers of arrest.)

UPDATE.
NO NEW NEWS BUT ADDING MORE OF WHAT I HAVE NOW.

Karla Marie Parker Biography
http://karlamarieparker.tripod.com/id2.html

Karla Marie Parker Scholarship Fund
for Outstanding Business Students
http://karlamarieparker.tripod.com/id5.html

Kidney Donor Karla Marie Parker
National Kidney Foundation
1/31/72 - 9/2/01
During the short years of Karla's life she made a strong impact on a lot of people. She had a smile that you'd never forget. The love she had for Jesus Christ is the Cross and Bible. Her favorite flower was the red rose. She gave up her love for the piano for her devotion to God and Education. She always dreamed of owning a pink baby grand and she is our angel. She gave anything she had to others that were in need. Even in death she was still giving. Through her gift of life, her light will still shine. Her favorite Bible verse was 1 Corinthians 13:13. Gloria Parker - Kirkwood, MO
http://www.kidney.org/transplantation/donorFamilies/quiltPatchDisplay.cfm?square=BB0505

COUNTY JURY DEADLOCKS IN WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT
By William C. Lhotka
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
05/04/2006
Did Carla Parker Partee kill herself in the master bedroom of her condominium in Florissant in the early hours of Sept. 2, 2001, as the St. Louis County medical examiner's office concluded? Or did Nigel Partee, a campus officer at St. Louis Community College at Forest Park, fatally shoot his bride of six weeks, as some of her relatives have alleged? Those were the primary questions before a jury in St. Louis County Circuit Court this week in a wrongful death civil lawsuit against Nigel Partee by the dead woman's family. But after six hours of deliberations over two days, the jury of 10 men and two women told Judge Maura McShane on Thursday that they were hopelessly deadlocked. McShane declared a mistrial and said she would schedule the lawsuit for a second trial. Carla Partee died of a gunshot wound to her head. Nigel Partee admitted to Florissant police that the couple had quarreled after attending a wedding reception, and that the quarrel had escalated into a shoving match. He said she shot herself. He said he got gunshot residue on his hand when he tried to stop bleeding from the head wound... Florissant police applied for a warrant against him on a charge of manslaughter, but it was rejected by the prosecuting attorney's office. Nigel Partee was never charged. Karmen Parker, Carla's twin, testified under questioning by the family's lawyer, Harold Whitfield, that her sister would never have shot herself because she was "absolutely terrified of guns" and would never touch one under any circumstances. Under cross-examination by defense attorney Alan Mandel, Parker conceded that suicide is an irrational act. In closing arguments, Mandel cited the findings of Case - "one of the most respected medical examiners in the United States" - and pointed out to the jury that the victim had a past history of suicide attempts. He said that if the jury found Nigel Partee liable, it would "put a mark on him for the rest of his life that he intentionally killed his wife." Whitfield argued that Partee did exactly that. He cited the testimony of retired a St. Louis police officer, Harold Mansfield, a firearms expert. Mansfield said the only way Nigel Partee could have gotten gunshot residue on his hand was from handling the weapon. Whitfield alleged that circumstantial evidence showed that "Mr. Partee intentionally shot his wife, Carla Partee, in a spirit of anger." Whitfield sought damages ranging from $450,000 to $1 million...
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