Theresa Parker's disappearance while local news where I live, went on to make national news as well. She was a 911 dispatcher IN Walker Co, Ga, married to a police officer. She disappeared in early 2007. Her husband went on to be tried and ultimately convicted of her murder, although at the time of his conviction, there whereabouts of her remains remained a mystery. He stuck to his story that she had run away to Mexico with a lover (yeah, right.)
Her skeletal remains were discovered on Monday, in Chatooga Co, Ga. They were positively identified today. While I'm sad that it is now definite (although us locals have always known), that she is definitely dead, atleast now her family can finally begin to have some closure, and lay her to rest. It has not ben revealed yet exactly how she died, when she died, or how long her remains were at the location that they were discovered. Tests will ultimately determine these answers, hopefully. But there was and still is a mountain of evidence that she was murdered, and that she was murdered by her husband. Wonder what his appeal will be based on now? Because his defense attorney's were hoping to win an appeal by proving that Theresa Parker wasn't dead, since no body had been found at the time of her hubby's trial.
He and Drew Peterson are VERY similar in nature. I know it's wishful thinking, but I hope Stacy Peterson did not meet the same tragic end that Theresa did. The sad part is, Theresa and her husband were in the middle of a divorce at the time she diappeared. She was so close to getting away from him and getting her life back on track.
I think so too Anna. As far as Theresa is concerned, she had already moved out, found a place of her own, etc. On the night she was killed, she had made one last trip to the house she and hubby had shared to pick up the last of her things. I wish she had found someone to go with her. Other than that, the only other thing to be done was for him to sign the divorce papers. Then she would have been free.
A few more details have been released that I found interesting. The location of her remains is about 12 miles from where her estranged husband grew up. It's a very, remote location. Her husband also bragged, numerous times (including to federal agents, how smart was that?) That he knew he could dispose of a body in such a way that it would never be found. I hope with all of these new details that any jurors who convicted him, but may have had any lingering doubts realize that they did that right thing by sentencing him to life.
