Parks murder trial enters second week today

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By: Richard Hester

The start of week two of the capital murder trial of Gary Wayne Parks begins this morning in Baxter County Circuit Court as the State continues to present its case. Parks is being tried for the alleged murder of his stepfather, Dr. David Millstein of Mountain Home, in June of 2006.

On Friday, the State presented six witnesses including one of Park's best friends, Enoch Miller of Little Rock, who told the court Parks told him about four days after Millstein was murdered that he had done it. Miller said Parks told him Millstein had hurt his mother because she had invested money in his medical practice and his business was falling off. He said Parks claimed he had been at Millstein's house and had "lost it" and that he went into a rage and stabbed Millstein as he was sleeping.

Another witness, Alan Gwin, also of Little Rock, testified that Parks asked him two weeks prior to the murder what he would think about killing someone for a large amount of money. The State has contended the motive for the murder was financial and Millstein had a $500,000 life insurance policy.

The prosecution is expected to continue presenting witnesses today with the defense expected to argue its case sometime later this week.