it was a madhouse that day. in those moments, it seemed the whole county had gone mad. the murders of diane and charlie came hard on the heels of two other vicious killings nearby. the suspect, a man all over the news, named stephen stanko, was still at large. they were looking for stephen stanko, when charlie and diane parker were discovered. vivian skipper was charlie and diane s neighbor. she runs a flower shop nearby. tell me about this? could you feel it in the air? you could feel it in the air. i was in the flower shop. probably not too thrilled about the idea. i didn t even want to go home. it was pretty bad in horry county that day. when i first arrived, while i m looking at is an opportunity to get oriented to the crime scene. the man responsible for making sense of the crime scene was prosecutor fran humphries. then deputy chief solicitor for horry county. had the house been tossed?
had a great many people in and around south carolina bolting their doors and locking their windows. have you had any trouble in that neighborhood, in the countryside, with break-ins? not that i know. of it has always been a wonderful place, it just does not make any sense. was this more of the murderous rampage of the notorious steven s tango, who was all over the news? no said prosecutor front humphrey s, who knew he had been cited in georgia at the time of the murders, 200 miles away. so this awful thing at the farmhouse, you know associating that with him? even in the public mind? oh, truly at that time, law enforcement knew, he was physically in augusta. rather, humphries focused on evidence coming from the parker crime scene. he quickly came to believe this was more than a bungled home invasion. it was apparent nothing had been taken, at least nothing
around the yard. we would walk around, do laps. the juilliard buddy was named robert mullins, a petty crook who seemed strangely interested in rick s troubles. did he want to talk to you about the case? he was grilling you? yes, all of the time. but then, it seemed everyone was part of south carolina, who wanted to more more about this case and is too beloved victims. it took three years, but in 2008, the state was ready to try rick gagnon for the murders of charlie and diane parker. a camera was rolling as prosecutor fran humphries began his case. this is purely evidence, which establishes a motive. rick gagnon ended the lives of these two people. as humphries recalls, the case against rick was always motivation, strong, evidence, week. not much more than a drop of charlie parker s blood on a shoe, when that came right down to it. even so, humphries told the
the cold-blooded killing of big charlie and diane parker had a great many people in and around conway, south carolina, bolting their doors and locking their windows. had you had any trouble in that neighborhood in the countryside with break-ins? not that i know of. i mean, it s always been a wonderful place. it just doesn t make any sense. was this more of the murderous rampage of the notorious stephen stanko who was all over the news? no, said prosecutor fran humphries, who knew stanko had been sighted in georgia at the time of the murders 200 miles away. so this awful thing at the farmhouse, you weren t associating that with stanko? i was not. even in the public mind? oh, they did. but truly at that time, law enforcement knew that he was physically in augusta. rather, humphries focused on the evidence coming from the parker crime scene. he quickly came to believe this
robert mullens, a petty crook who seemed strangely interested in rick s troubles. did he want to talk to you about the case? was he grilling you? all the time. all the time. but then it seemed everyone in this part of south carolina wanted to know more about this case and its two beloved victims. it took three years, but in 2008, the state was ready to try rig gagnon for the murders of charlie and diane. a camera was rolling as prosecutor fran humphries began his case. this is purely motive evidence that establishes a motive for richard gagnon to end the lives of these two people. as humphries recalls, the case against rick was always motivation strong, evidence weak. not much more than a drop of charlie parker s blood on a shoe when you came right down to it. even so, humphries told the court, the blood put rick at the murder scene. but he had a story for it, didn t he? he did. it didn t hold water, but he had