michael is back. and he s more dangerous. maybe the only way he can die. is if i die too. [ screaming ] brett parker had declared a resounding not guilty to the murder of his wife tammy and friend bryan capnerhurst. from the day it happened to this day in court, he insisted that he was the innocent victims of a robbery gone bad. who shot your wife? a friend of mine, brian. is he still there? i shot him. i think i killed him. defense attorney david fedor said the accusation that brett plotted to kill his wife and then framed his friend was too
and i said, what happened? what happened would become the center of a mystery. a who done it that began with a frantic 9-1-1 call. who shot your wife? a friend of mine, brian. is he still there? the call came from a most unusual place. the gracious home of well liked husband and wife brett and tammy parker. the parker s were a golden couple. each with their own special guests. tammy was raised in a small town near columbia, but left to go into sales where she was immediately successful. best friend, angela leon. i think it s hard not to have loved tammy. she was vibrant and outgoing and full of life. full of energy. always positive. did she turn heads? tammy was the kind of person that she didn t even notice she was turning heads. during one of tammy s sales calls she met columbia businessman ben staples. they became close friends.
if he fired both 9 mm and the 4:10 revolver, in combination, i would expect his levels to be very high. what did you find in this case? well, his levels are consistent with someone who has fired a firearm, certainly, but they are not extremely high. the defense argued that brian did have gunshot residue on his hands, proving he could ve killed tammy. certainly that is not the only way in which gunshot residue can be had, but it is consistent with firing a gun. and there was the prosecution s theory that the gun in bryan s hand had been placed there after his death. that he could never have held on to it after being shot himself. the state claims that it would ve been impossible for bryan to have that gun in his hand, given the severe injury that he sustain to his arm?
killed tammy. but prosecutors were prepared to show brett had plenty of motive to want his wife dead, including a revelation that would stun even tammy s best friends. back now to andrea canning with mystery at ascot estates. in august of 2012, columbia, south carolina, was reeling from the news that brett parker, the only survivor of a tragedy which left two people dead, had himself been charged as the cold blooded killer who masterminded the whole plan. brett s family and friends believed he was a man wrongly accused. he just wanted him to know that he was innocent. every time he said i did not do it. even tammy s close friend, former bandmate woody woodward, had a hard time believing brett was guilty. you had no reason to doubt brett it sounds like? i believed him. they actually called me as a character witness and i told him i would be glad to, because i did not see him doing this. when the trial began in may, it was a courtroom divided. on one side, brett s family and
the prosecutor minced no words. brett parker had committed a terrible crime then elaborately covered it up. as you listen to the details of this case, you will be firmly convinced that it was brett parker who not only had the motive, but actually did kill tammy parker, and then bryan listen capnerhurst. when the trial began in may, it was a courtroom divided. on one side, brett s family and friends, including his and tammy s teenage daughter. on the other side, friends and family of tammy and brian sat together. they wore blue, tammy s favorite color, as a show of unity against the man they believe murdered both victims. there were shots fired in the home. in her opening statement, the prosecutor minced no words. brett parker had committed a terrible crime then elaborately covered it up. as you listen to the details of this case, you will be firmly convinced that it was brett parker who not only had the motive, but actually did kill tammy parker, and then bryan listen capnerh