THE JURY IN THE SAM PARKER MURDER TRIAL WILL BE BACK TUESDAY MORNING TO DELIBERATE.  THEY FACE A MOUNTAIN OF EVIDENCE PRESENTED BY THE PROSECUTION… EVIDENCE THAT PARKER’S ATTORNEY SAYS IS "ALL CIRCUMSTANTIAL."  MONDAY MORNING, ATTORNEY DAVID DUNN TOLD THE BARTOW COUNTY JURY THAT MOST OF THE EVIDENCE AGAINST HIS CLIENT WAS T-T-M-S-L-B… "TRASH THAT MAKES SAM LOOK BAD."
HIS SUMMARY ARGUMENT, DEFENDING MURDER SUSPECT SAM PARKER, POINTED THE FINGER AT FORMER SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT DEPUTY SHANE GREEN – WHO HE SAID "WAS NEVER CHECKED OUT" AS A SUSPECT IN THERESA PARKER’S DISAPPEARANCE.  HE SAID EVIDENCE POINTED TO A CONCLUSION THAT THE TWO "HAD SOMETHING GOING ON"… DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF CELL PHONE CALLS BETWEEN THEM.  AS FOR THE WITNESS THAT TESTIFIED SAM PARKER TOLD HIM HE HAD "SHOT HIS WIFE IN THE HEAD"… THE PUBLIC DEFENDER SAID BEN CHAFFIN WAS THE "LEAST RELIABLE WITNESS TO EVER TAKE THE STAND". 

"WE SUBMIT TO YOU THAT THERESA PARKER IS DEAD AND SAM PARKER MURDERED HER"… SAID PROSECUTOR LEIGH PATTERSON IN HER CLOSING STATEMENT MONDAY.  SPEAKING OF DEFENDANT SAM PARKER AND HIS ESTRANGED WIFE, THERESA… PATTERSON SAID "IN HIS MIND, SHE HAS BETRAYED HIM – AND THERE IS NOT ONE SHRED OF EVIDENCE THAT THERESA PARKER WAS UNFAITHFUL TO THAT MAN."  SHE ADDED THAT IT WAS "SAM’S PARANOIA THAT LEAD TO HER DEATH."  PATTERSON CONTINUED IN HER CLOSING ARGUMENTS… "IT TOOK SAM 45 MINUTES TO KILL THERESA AND HE USED HER 4-RUNNER’S BACK CARGO MAT TO ABSORB THE BLOOD." SHE ADDED – "HE HAD 72 HOURS TO CLEAN UP THE CRIME SCENE AND HE KNEW HOW TO DO IT."  NOW, IT’S UP TO THE JURY TO DECIDE SAM PARKER’S FATE.

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