Theresa Parker’s Husband Guilty of Murder

A jury has found the husband of Walker County (Geo.) sheriff’s dispatcher Theresa Parker guilty of murder and two other charges. When offered a chance to speak Parker had nothing to say, and Superior Court Judge Jon Wood immediately sentenced Parker to life in prison. Ms. Parker disappeared in March 2007 in the middle of a divorce, and while moving out of the house where she had lived with her husband. Her body has never been found. On Tuesday the jury had reported to the judge they were split on the murder charge 8-4, but were unanimous on the other charges of computer invasion of privacy and violation of his oath of office as a LaFayette police officer. On Thursday evening they reported reaching a verdict. The trial was largely based on the testimony of friends and co-workers, and other circumstantial evidence.