TN man tells 911 wife he killed two days ago came back to life

photo Joseph Parker

Police are still piecing together the tragic details that led to the discovery of a slain woman inside a freezer at her Springfield home and the roadside suicide of her husband as police closed in on Friday.

Joseph Parker, 45, killed himself in Kentucky after a pursuit with multiple law enforcement agencies about 13 hours after he called 911 to report that he had killed his wife, Samantha Parker, 44, inside their Clydesdale Lane home.

Investigators found Samantha Parker's partially dismembered body inside a freezer in the garage of the home when they arrived at the scene shortly after 2:30 a.m. Friday.

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