Pre-trial motions are set to get underway today in Walker County Superior Court in the case of former police officer Sam Parker who is accused in the disappearance and murder of his wife, a former Walker County 911 employee, Theresa Parker.

The case which has received a lot of media attention will come to trial in Walker County in August, however, the jury for the trial will be brought in from Bartow County, because of the pre-trial publicity.