LaFayette, GA. — Former LaFayette, Ga., police officer Ben Chaffin testified this morning in Walker County Superior Court that former Officer Sam Parker told him he shot his wife Theresa Parker in the head.
Mr. Chaffin said Mr. Parker threatened to kill him if he told anyone about the phone call at about 4 a.m. on the night Mrs. Parker disappeared. He and Mr. Parker were co-workers and close friends.
Mr. Parker is on trial, accused of killing his wife in March 2007.
The prosecution was questioning Mr. Chaffin when Judge Jon “Bo” Wood called for a lunch break. Mr. Chaffin, who also had been charged with three felonies relating to the investigation of Mrs. Parker’s disappearance, has been given immunity for his testimony.
Mr. Chaffin also testified that he helped Mr. Parker break into Mrs. Parker’s e-mail.
Before Mr. Chaffin testified, the 15-member jury heard videotaped testimony from Virginia Cordell, who now is deceased.
In her videotaped testimony, she said she had witnessed threats and drunken behavior by Mr. Parker. The elderly, sick woman seemed confused at times as public defender David Dunn questioned her on the video.
For complete details, see tomorrow's Chattanooga Times Free Press.
And Chaffin is a sworn officer of the law? More than 2 years since Parker disappeared and this upstanding officer has to be sworn in in court to bring forth information like this. What a fine fellow. And to think he gets immunity for sitting up there telling it.
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