Parks transferred from jail to prison
Convicted murderer Gary Wayne Parks now is at the Ouachita River Correctional Unit. Parks was transferred there Friday from the Baxter County Detention Center.
In a surprise move as his murder trial entered its second week on April 1, Parks, 42, pleaded no contest and was convicted in the June 2006 stabbing death of his 62-year-old stepfather Dr. David Millstein, a Mountain urologist.
The first-degree murder plea agreement called for Parks to serve 20 years in prison with 10 years suspended if he cooperates with authorities by providing information regarding any accomplices or co-conspirators involved in Millstein’s death.
After the surprise plea deal, Lt. Nevin Barnes of the Mountain Home Police Department, the lead investigator in the case, said he hoped to speak with Parks soon regarding any potential accomplices. Barnes said investigators, during the course of the investigation which lasted six years, identified another suspect who may have been involved in the murder, though he declined to name the potential suspect.
When investigators will speak to Parks is not yet known, according to Mountain Home Police Chief Carry Manuel.
“We have not spoken to Gary Parks at this point,” Manuel told The Bulletin Tuesday. “We are working with the prosecutor’s office to determine the most advantageous time to speak with him.”
Should such a conversation lead investigators toward the suspect they’ve identified, Manuel said that information likely will be held close by authorities.
“We won’t divulge any information that could potentially hinder the investigation,” Manuel said.
The unnamed suspect could have ties to a murder that occurred in Little Rock almost 20 years ago. Parks’ biological father, Luther Gerald “Jerry” Parks, was killed Sept. 26, 1993. Jerry Parks shot to death while on Chenal Parkway on the outskirts of Little Rock when another vehicle pulled up beside him.
Several 9mm shell casings were found at the scene, Barnes said, noting the murder has never been solved and the Little Rock Police Department investigation into the crime remains open.
“We have been in contact with Little Rock Police as recently as last week,” Barnes said. “I think they consider the same person a potential suspect in that case as we consider an additional suspect in the Millstein murder.”
Jerry Parks owned a security business that provided protection for the campaign headquarters of President Bill Clinton when he first ran for president.
After Jerry Parks’ death, his wife, Lois Jane Parks, who later married Dr. David Millstein, inherited a significant amount of money along with a business, according to Barnes.
After Millstein’s death, Lois Jane Parks Millstein received $500,000 from a life insurance policy taken out on Millstein, according to court documents.
— Josh Dooley
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In a surprise move as his murder trial entered its second week on April 1, Parks, 42, pleaded no contest and was convicted in the June 2006 stabbing death of his 62-year-old stepfather Dr. David Millstein, a Mountain urologist.
The first-degree murder plea agreement called for Parks to serve 20 years in prison with 10 years suspended if he cooperates with authorities by providing information regarding any accomplices or co-conspirators involved in Millstein’s death.
After the surprise plea deal, Lt. Nevin Barnes of the Mountain Home Police Department, the lead investigator in the case, said he hoped to speak with Parks soon regarding any potential accomplices. Barnes said investigators, during the course of the investigation which lasted six years, identified another suspect who may have been involved in the murder, though he declined to name the potential suspect.
When investigators will speak to Parks is not yet known, according to Mountain Home Police Chief Carry Manuel.
“We have not spoken to Gary Parks at this point,” Manuel told The Bulletin Tuesday. “We are working with the prosecutor’s office to determine the most advantageous time to speak with him.”
Should such a conversation lead investigators toward the suspect they’ve identified, Manuel said that information likely will be held close by authorities.
“We won’t divulge any information that could potentially hinder the investigation,” Manuel said.
The unnamed suspect could have ties to a murder that occurred in Little Rock almost 20 years ago. Parks’ biological father, Luther Gerald “Jerry” Parks, was killed Sept. 26, 1993. Jerry Parks shot to death while on Chenal Parkway on the outskirts of Little Rock when another vehicle pulled up beside him.
Several 9mm shell casings were found at the scene, Barnes said, noting the murder has never been solved and the Little Rock Police Department investigation into the crime remains open.
“We have been in contact with Little Rock Police as recently as last week,” Barnes said. “I think they consider the same person a potential suspect in that case as we consider an additional suspect in the Millstein murder.”
Jerry Parks owned a security business that provided protection for the campaign headquarters of President Bill Clinton when he first ran for president.
After Jerry Parks’ death, his wife, Lois Jane Parks, who later married Dr. David Millstein, inherited a significant amount of money along with a business, according to Barnes.
After Millstein’s death, Lois Jane Parks Millstein received $500,000 from a life insurance policy taken out on Millstein, according to court documents.
— Josh Dooley
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