Bulletin Staff Writer
December 22, 2009
Authorities have arrested the stepson of a local doctor who was found stabbed to death in his home 3 1/2 years ago.
Gary Wayne Parks, 39, of Germantown, Tenn., is charged with capital murder in Dr. David Millstein's death, Mountain Home Police Chief Carry Manuel announced in a Monday press conference.
Millstein, 62, was found dead June 18, 2006, after a police officer went to his home to check on his well-being. He was a urologist with his own practice and worked at Baxter Regional Medical Center.
Shortly before 9:30 a.m. Monday, police went to Parks' home in Germantown, a Memphis suburb, and arrested him without incident, Manuel said.
Lt. Nevin Barnes with the Mountain Home Police Department, Sgt. Mark Hollingsworth with Arkansas State Police and Germantown police officers made the arrest, he said.
"We've been in constant contact with investigators and met with them several times," said 14th Judicial District Prosecutor Ron Kincade. "The case has progressed and we believe we have enough information to present the case at trial."
Authorities are releasing few details about the case, including a possible motive, saying the investigation is ongoing. Police would not say if there are additional suspects in the case.
"There's not a lot we can say," Manuel said. "What we can't say has got to do with case integrity."
Police say Parks has a lengthy criminal record but could not release the information because it was from a national criminal database available only to law enforcement. According to the Pulaski County's Circuit Clerk's Office in Little Rock, Parks was convicted of drug possession in 2005 and theft by receiving in 2002.
Millstein was married to Lois Parks, who had lived in the Little Rock area at the time of his death. She also is the widow of Jerry Parks, who was killed in 1993 and whose death remains unsolved.
Authorities believe Gary Wayne Parks will waive extradition and be returned to Baxter County but are ready to obtain a governor's warrant if necessary, Kincade said. The charge gives prosecutors the option to seek the death penalty.
Arkansas State Police, the Germantown, Tenn., Police Department, the Little Rock and North Little Rock police departments and the Federal Bureau of Investigation also assisted in the investigation.
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