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Sam Parker is escorted out of Judge Jon "Bo" Wood's courtroom after a motion for a new trial hearing was requested by his attorney in Walker County Superior Court in LaFayette, Ga., Thursday. Parker was convicted of killing his dispatcher wife, Theresa, in 2009, but her body wasn't found until 2010.Photo by Dan Henry /Chattanooga Times Free Press.
LaFAYETTE — Walker County Superior Court Judge Jon Wood denied a motion to give convicted killer Sam Parker a new trial.
Parker was in court April 12 when his attorney argued the former LaFayette police officer didn’t receive a fair trial.
Parker was convicted of killing his wife, Theresa, in 2009. His wife was a 911 dispatcher.
Attorney David Dunn argued his client should receive a new trial based on new evidence found when Theresa Parker’s bones were discovered in 2010.
But after considering the evidence, Wood wrote in an order issued Friday afternoon that he denied the request, according to the Clerk of Court’s office.
Read more in tomorrow’s Times Free Press.
Joy Lukachick is a crime reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Since 2009, she's covered breaking news, high-profile trials, stories of lost lives and of regained hope and done investigative work. Raised near the Bayou, Joy’s hometown is along the outskirts of Baton Rouge, La. She has a bachelor’s degree in mass communication from Louisiana State University. While at LSU, Joy was a staff writer for the Daily Reveille. When Joy isn't chasing down ...
