Mountain Home Police Chief Carry Manuel said murder suspect Gary Wayne Parks waived extradition in a Shelby County, Tenn., court about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday and was brought to the Baxter County jail, arriving around 6 p.m.
Parks, 38, is the stepson of murdered Mountain Home physician David Millstein, who was killed here three and a one-half years ago. Parks was arrested Monday morning at his home in Germantown, Tenn., by Mountain Home Police Lt. Nevin Barnes, Arkansas State Police Sgt. Mark Hollingsworth and Germantown police officers.
Prosecuting Attorney Ronald Kincade said Parks would be held without bond on the charge of capital murder. The charges gives prosecutors the option to seek the death penalty. Park's court appearance date is set for Jan. 21, 2010.
Millstein, 62, was found dead June 18, 2006, after a police officer went to his residence to check on his well-being. He was a urologist with a private practice and worked at Baxter Regional Medical Center.
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.
In announcing the arrest of Parks for Millstein's murder Monday, Manuel said the investigation is ongoing and few details, including the motive, were released. Nor could Manuel release details of Park's criminal record, he said, because it was from a national crime database available only to law enforcement.
In Little Rock, the Pulaski County Clerk's office records showed Parks was convicted of drug possession in 2005 and theft by receiving in 2002.
