http://www.myeyewitnessnews.com/news/local/story/Germantown-Man-Arrested-Charged-with-Stepfathers/GVOfZ_a8D0SKFYo0dHuMbA.cspx
GERMANTOWN, TN - A Germantown man is behind bars in Arkansas. He's accused of killing his stepfather three and a half years ago.
Gary Parks was arrested at his Germantown home Monday. He's now in jail in Mountain Home, Arkansas.
Parks is charged with capital murder. If convicted in this case, he could face the death penalty. Those who knew him say, they can't believe it.
“He was a nice guy to talk to. Just passing by, he always said hi. I was shocked that it was him” says a neighbor who wanted to be kept anonymous. The neighbor lives just a few doors down from where 38-year-old Gary Parks was arrested.
Police and SWAT team officers stormed parks' apartment on Poplar Woods Circle.
Parks is accused of killing his step father, David Millstein, in June of 2006.
“Dr. Millstein was found deceased in his home from multiple stab wounds” says Mountain Home Police Chief Carry Manuel.
The case gained a lot of attention in Arkansas because Millstein was a well-known doctor.
“He had a really good following of patients from what I understand and the people I know” says Manuel. “I personally knew Dr. Millstein. He was well-loved by his patients in particular.”
So what led up to Millstein's murder? Right now, police aren't commenting on a possible motive. They also won't say if they think Gary Parks acted alone.
Another strange twist to this story-- Gary Parks' father was murdered in 1993 in Little Rock. Jerry Parks was driving home when someone pulled up next to him and shot him three times. That case remains unsolved.
As for Parks’ criminal past-- he was convicted in Little Rock on drug charges in 2005, and on theft charges in 2002. He does not have any prior convictions in Shelby County.
12/25/2009
Gary Parks arrested and charged with capitol murder
http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/2009/12/the_clinton_hit_list.aspx
The Clinton hit list
Crime news out of Baxter County yesterday is worth repeating because of a relationship to the Clinton Chronicles, Clinton death lists and other fanciful right-wing efforts back in the day to bring down President Bill Clinton with any lie at hand, no matter how bodacious.
Among the most outlandish products was the Clinton death list -- a compilation of deaths of people who supposedly knew too much about the dastardly man from Hope. Here's a typical Clinton Death List. Here's Snopes' debunking of the death lists. One of those on the cited death list is notable, however. This death was a favorite of conspiracists because it was an unsolved killing. Says the list:
JERRY PARKS - Head of Clinton's gubernatorial security team in Little Rock. Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection outside Little Rock. Parks' son [emphasis supplied] said his father was building a dossier on Clinton. He allegedly threatened to reveal this information. After he died the files were mysteriously removed from his house
Now the news. The aforementioned son of Jerry Parks, Gary Wayne Parks (pictured in mug shot yesterday), was arrested Monday in his Germantown, Tenn., home and charged in the 2006 murder of his stepfather, Dr. David Millstein of Mountain Home. Gary Parks' mother, Lois, married Millstein sometime after the death of Jerry Parks in 1993. The Baxter Bulletin article notes that Gary Parks has a lengthy criminal record, including drug and theft busts in Pulaski County. No one has been arrested in Jerry Parks' death and nobody has linked Gary Parks to that death. But ....
I do think it's probably safe to take Bill Clinton off the persons-of-interest list in the 1993 case.
The Clinton hit list
Crime news out of Baxter County yesterday is worth repeating because of a relationship to the Clinton Chronicles, Clinton death lists and other fanciful right-wing efforts back in the day to bring down President Bill Clinton with any lie at hand, no matter how bodacious.
Among the most outlandish products was the Clinton death list -- a compilation of deaths of people who supposedly knew too much about the dastardly man from Hope. Here's a typical Clinton Death List. Here's Snopes' debunking of the death lists. One of those on the cited death list is notable, however. This death was a favorite of conspiracists because it was an unsolved killing. Says the list:
JERRY PARKS - Head of Clinton's gubernatorial security team in Little Rock. Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection outside Little Rock. Parks' son [emphasis supplied] said his father was building a dossier on Clinton. He allegedly threatened to reveal this information. After he died the files were mysteriously removed from his house
Now the news. The aforementioned son of Jerry Parks, Gary Wayne Parks (pictured in mug shot yesterday), was arrested Monday in his Germantown, Tenn., home and charged in the 2006 murder of his stepfather, Dr. David Millstein of Mountain Home. Gary Parks' mother, Lois, married Millstein sometime after the death of Jerry Parks in 1993. The Baxter Bulletin article notes that Gary Parks has a lengthy criminal record, including drug and theft busts in Pulaski County. No one has been arrested in Jerry Parks' death and nobody has linked Gary Parks to that death. But ....
I do think it's probably safe to take Bill Clinton off the persons-of-interest list in the 1993 case.
9/30/2009
Tonight's Cold Case: Fmr. Private Investigator's 1993 Murder
Tonight we take a look back at the mysterious 1993 murder of Luther Gerald "Jerry" Parks Jr.
How quickly life can change, from a cruise ship photo to a haunting September evening.
"I just went to my knees,"says Denise Hickman.
A former police officer's ride home in Little Rock wasn't supposed to end this way. Not out on a dark road. Not with a gunman beside his car. Not with the piercing sound of gunfire.
"It hurts. No one should die from being murdered. No one should be taken that way," cries Hickman.
The day was ending like so many others had before. Jerry Parks, 47, was driving home to Roland from dinner. The stretch of Chenal Parkway was quiet, remote even. For Parks though, he was on familiar turf.
But the idea of a quiet night at home was about to change forever.
Hickman is Jerry Parks' daughter. She says, "There is not a day goes by that I don't think about my father."
A car came out of nowhere. The driver fired at least 10 shots. Three hit Parks. Windows shattered, the front door punctured. The gunman fled. In the coming days, police worked countless hours collecting bits and pieces of evidence from Parks' car and the general roadside area.
Then Lt. Doc Holladay says, "We will be investigating the background. His associates and family trying to get any information at all to indicate someone that we need to talk to or possible suspect."
Parks was the owner of a security company. He supplied the guards at the 1992 Clinton-Gore campaign headquarters in Little Rock. Speculations grew that Clinton's people were behind Parks' death. Police though ruled out those theories.
But 16 years later, Lt. Terry Hastings says they are no closer to finding the killer.
"We lose a lot of information very quickly because of time," he says. "We really have no evidence to point us in a particular direction."
There haven't been that many people interviewed in this case, really no witnesses. That is because back in 1993, the area of Cantrell and Chenal wasn't what it is today. There were really no homes or businesses, which made it all the more difficult for police to solve.
"There is no closure. It was unnecessary. He was 47. He didn't have to die that way," says Hickman.
Questions loom that this daughter can't shake. What happened that night?
Hickman says, "These people are free. They are living their lives and you know they have hurt a lot of people."
Pictures, greeting cards, and her faith bring comfort. Every day though it's a hurdle. The murder anniversary is the most difficult.
"Yeah it is real hard. I know somebody knows something and I wish they would come clean. Come talk. Tell somebody something," cries Hickman.
In recent months, police have reviewed what few clues they do have. Hastings says they're not giving up, but they need more.
He says, "Right now everybody is still a suspect until we get a clear path we are looking for anybody and everybody."
Meantime, Denise Hickman will keep pushing for the truth.
"I could tell he was proud of me. I loved my father and I would like to see justice served," says Denise.
Hanging onto words she plans to one day make.
"I would tell him I love him and that I am proud to be his daughter," Denise adds.
Jerry Parks' wife, Lois, re-married after his murder. Three years ago, someone stabbed that husband, David Millstein, to death in Mountain Home. Police there won't say if they have any suspects.
Little Rock Police say everyone is still a suspect in Jerry Parks' murder.
If you have any information about the death of Parks, you're asked to call the Little Rock Police Department. That number is 501-371-4636.
You can contact Mountain Home Police Department at 870-425-6336.
THV's Ashley Blackstone will have more on Parks' death coming up on the "THV 10:00 Difference" and also on todaysthv.com.
How quickly life can change, from a cruise ship photo to a haunting September evening.
"I just went to my knees,"says Denise Hickman.
A former police officer's ride home in Little Rock wasn't supposed to end this way. Not out on a dark road. Not with a gunman beside his car. Not with the piercing sound of gunfire.
"It hurts. No one should die from being murdered. No one should be taken that way," cries Hickman.
The day was ending like so many others had before. Jerry Parks, 47, was driving home to Roland from dinner. The stretch of Chenal Parkway was quiet, remote even. For Parks though, he was on familiar turf.
But the idea of a quiet night at home was about to change forever.
Hickman is Jerry Parks' daughter. She says, "There is not a day goes by that I don't think about my father."
A car came out of nowhere. The driver fired at least 10 shots. Three hit Parks. Windows shattered, the front door punctured. The gunman fled. In the coming days, police worked countless hours collecting bits and pieces of evidence from Parks' car and the general roadside area.
Then Lt. Doc Holladay says, "We will be investigating the background. His associates and family trying to get any information at all to indicate someone that we need to talk to or possible suspect."
Parks was the owner of a security company. He supplied the guards at the 1992 Clinton-Gore campaign headquarters in Little Rock. Speculations grew that Clinton's people were behind Parks' death. Police though ruled out those theories.
But 16 years later, Lt. Terry Hastings says they are no closer to finding the killer.
"We lose a lot of information very quickly because of time," he says. "We really have no evidence to point us in a particular direction."
There haven't been that many people interviewed in this case, really no witnesses. That is because back in 1993, the area of Cantrell and Chenal wasn't what it is today. There were really no homes or businesses, which made it all the more difficult for police to solve.
"There is no closure. It was unnecessary. He was 47. He didn't have to die that way," says Hickman.
Questions loom that this daughter can't shake. What happened that night?
Hickman says, "These people are free. They are living their lives and you know they have hurt a lot of people."
Pictures, greeting cards, and her faith bring comfort. Every day though it's a hurdle. The murder anniversary is the most difficult.
"Yeah it is real hard. I know somebody knows something and I wish they would come clean. Come talk. Tell somebody something," cries Hickman.
In recent months, police have reviewed what few clues they do have. Hastings says they're not giving up, but they need more.
He says, "Right now everybody is still a suspect until we get a clear path we are looking for anybody and everybody."
Meantime, Denise Hickman will keep pushing for the truth.
"I could tell he was proud of me. I loved my father and I would like to see justice served," says Denise.
Hanging onto words she plans to one day make.
"I would tell him I love him and that I am proud to be his daughter," Denise adds.
Jerry Parks' wife, Lois, re-married after his murder. Three years ago, someone stabbed that husband, David Millstein, to death in Mountain Home. Police there won't say if they have any suspects.
Little Rock Police say everyone is still a suspect in Jerry Parks' murder.
If you have any information about the death of Parks, you're asked to call the Little Rock Police Department. That number is 501-371-4636.
You can contact Mountain Home Police Department at 870-425-6336.
THV's Ashley Blackstone will have more on Parks' death coming up on the "THV 10:00 Difference" and also on todaysthv.com.
9/25/2009
Police say old homicide case progresses
JOANNE BRATTON • Bulletin Staff Writer • September 22, 2009
Police confirm new information has developed in the three-year-old homicide case of Dr. David Millstein but will not make it public in an effort to protect the investigation.
"There is a lot of new information we have documented that is valuable in the case, but it's not anything we can discuss at this point," Mountain Home Police Chief Carry Manuel said Monday.
Millstein, 62, was found stabbed to death in his home in June 2006. He was a urologist with his own practice and also worked at Baxter Regional Medical Center.
Manuel emphasized that while investigators are constantly working on the case, they must be methodical in their investigation.
"We're still committed to putting together a good case," Manuel said, adding investigators are working closely with 14th Judicial District Prosecutor Ron Kincade. "We're continually moving forward on it. We just feel like there's some issues that need to be covered and the prosecutor sees some more work that needs to be done on the case."
One investigator with the police department and an investigator with Arkansas State Police are primarily working on the case and have documented a "tremendous amount" of information, Manuel said.
Police believe an arrest will be made at some point but do not want to jeopardize the case by releasing any details, as they want to have the best chance for a successful prosecution, Manuel said.
"We're narrowly focused and continue to be," Manuel said. "There's just a little bit more information we need to come across that we need to give to our prosecutor."
Police confirm new information has developed in the three-year-old homicide case of Dr. David Millstein but will not make it public in an effort to protect the investigation.
"There is a lot of new information we have documented that is valuable in the case, but it's not anything we can discuss at this point," Mountain Home Police Chief Carry Manuel said Monday.
Millstein, 62, was found stabbed to death in his home in June 2006. He was a urologist with his own practice and also worked at Baxter Regional Medical Center.
Manuel emphasized that while investigators are constantly working on the case, they must be methodical in their investigation.
"We're still committed to putting together a good case," Manuel said, adding investigators are working closely with 14th Judicial District Prosecutor Ron Kincade. "We're continually moving forward on it. We just feel like there's some issues that need to be covered and the prosecutor sees some more work that needs to be done on the case."
One investigator with the police department and an investigator with Arkansas State Police are primarily working on the case and have documented a "tremendous amount" of information, Manuel said.
Police believe an arrest will be made at some point but do not want to jeopardize the case by releasing any details, as they want to have the best chance for a successful prosecution, Manuel said.
"We're narrowly focused and continue to be," Manuel said. "There's just a little bit more information we need to come across that we need to give to our prosecutor."
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