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Parker family murders

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154:. After leaving a Church Bible study class that evening, the family returned home and stumbled upon an apparent burglary. Each family member was tied up, assaulted, and tortured. The burglars cut off Carl's finger to remove his wedding ring and also took turns raping Charlotte. All four family members were then shot multiple times. To conceal the crime, the perpetrators set the house on fire. Carl, Bobbie, and Gregory all died from gunshot wounds, while Charlotte was found to have died from smoke inhalation. 230:
Jr. and 24-year-old Anthony Carr, bound the family of four. The family was then assaulted and tortured. The burglars cut off Carl's finger to steal his wedding ring and raped Charlotte Jo. Investigators believe Carl was forced to watch the assault on his family and the rape of his 9-year-old daughter. Firefighters later reported that Carl had almost severed his own wrists struggling against the extension cord used to bind his hands and feet.
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once in the hip. Investigators believe Charlotte Jo broke free and attempted to flee. After shooting the family, Carr and Simon set the farm on fire with a petroleum product in an attempt to cover up the crime. It was later determined that Carl, Bobbie Jo, and Gregory died from gunshot wounds, while Charlotte Jo's cause of death was smoke inhalation.
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In November 2023, the state of Mississippi attempted to seek an execution date for Simon once again. Simon's attorneys sought to delay the execution, saying they were still seeking an evaluation of his mental competence. They further added that Simon had not exhausted all of his legal options, citing
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On the night of Friday, February 2, 1990, the Parker family attended a Bible study class at Riverside Baptist Church. They left around 9:00 p.m. and returned home. Upon arrival, they encountered two burglars who were in the process of ransacking their home. The burglars, 26-year-old Robert Simon
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In 2023, the state filed a motion seeking Simon's execution once again. Simon's attorneys responded by saying he was intellectually disabled and not competent to be executed. The case is still pending. The Parker family murders have been described as one of the most gruesome and heinous murder cases
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for each count. Simon was also found guilty of four counts of capital murder; however, he was sentenced to death for only three counts, receiving a life sentence for the capital murder of Charlotte Parker. On May 24, 2011, Simon was nearly executed, however, only four hours before he was due to die,
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on the grounds that he was too mentally incompetent to be executed. On May 24, he was only four hours away from execution when a federal appeals court panel stopped the execution from proceeding to consider Simon's claim that he was incompetent to be executed because he suffered a brain injury in a
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On July 6, 1990, Simon was sentenced to life in prison for the capital murder of Charlotte Jo Parker. He was also sentenced to thirty years for kidnapping and another thirty years for sexual battery of a child. He faced another capital murder trial later in the year for the remaining murders of the
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A passing motorist first spotted the fire about ten to fifteen minutes after it had been started and immediately called emergency services. Firefighters arrived at the Parker home around midnight and began extinguishing the flames. They found the bodies of Carl, Gregory, and Charlotte Jo in a rear
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fall and had no memory. On March 1, 2012, the 5th Circuit reversed the denial of the petition and remanded the case for further proceedings. In 2015, a federal judge ruled that Simon had faked losing his memory and placed him back on death row and in line for execution. Simon appealed the ruling.
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overturned this ruling unanimously and sent the appeal back to the circuit court. Carl Parker's two sons from his original marriage to Betty, Dean and Scott, reacted to the decision with outrage. Scott Parker said, "It makes me sick to my stomach that one of these men could get off. I want to see
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ruling in 2002, which prohibits states from executing mentally disabled people, Carr's attorneys tried to have his death sentence overturned, arguing that Carr was mentally disabled. During Carr's appeal in 2013, two psychologists evaluated him, however, they both disagreed as to whether Carr was
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After the attack, Carr and Simon shot all four family members. Carl was shot twice in the side and between the shoulder blades, Bobbie Jo was shot once in the chest, Gregory was shot twice with one of the bullets hitting his heart, and Charlotte Jo was shot four times, three times in the back and
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on a change of venue. On September 18, 1990, Carr was found guilty of murdering each family member. Another inmate testified at Carr's trial that Carr had bragged in jail about the crime and had supposedly said "he had a ball" murdering the family and raping Charlotte Jo. One of Carr's lawyers
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a federal appeals court panel halted the execution to consider his claim that he was incompetent to be executed because he suffered a brain injury from a fall and had no memory. A federal judge later ruled that he had faked the entire thing and he remains on
250:. A witness described seeing two black males abandon the pickup truck and flee down a nearby alley. Investigators linked Carr and Simon to the crime and they were apprehended that afternoon. The men were taken into custody at a residence without incident. 278:
countered this claim by saying, "There is no kind of testimony less reliable than the testimony of a jailhouse snitch". On September 19, 1990, Carr was sentenced to death for the capital murders of Carl, Bobbie Jo, Gregory, and Charlotte Jo.
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and was a veteran of the United States Navy. In 1973, Carl Parker's first wife, Betty, was killed in a car crash when another vehicle hit their car. Carl and his two sons, Dean and Scott, survived.
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room near the back door of the farm and removed them from the house before the fire could spread further. After the fire was extinguished, they found the body of Bobbie Jo in a back bedroom.
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mentally disabled or not. A Quitman County circuit judge determined that it was "too close to call" and chose to uphold Carr's death sentence. In 2016, the
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Carl Parker's sons from his first marriage to Betty have since died. Dean Parker died of cancer in late 2016, and Scott Parker died from
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In 2011, Simon was scheduled for execution, with the date set for May 24, 2011. On May 13, Simon filed a federal petition and motion to
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multiple issues, including inadequate legal representation and lack of funds for experts to evaluate his mental competency. The
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justice done. I know it won't bring my family back, but it will ease the pain." As of 2024, Carr remains on
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Carr and Simon fled the farm in Carl's pickup truck, which was found abandoned the following morning in
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Carl went on to marry his second wife, Bobbie Jo, on March 6, 1976. Bobbie Jo was a native of
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and grew up on a farm. He attended Walnut High School and then went on to study at
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who was a piano teacher and secretary for Riverside Baptist Church. She attended
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as the men responsible for the massacre. Carr was found guilty of four counts of
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Carl Webster "Bubba" Parker was born on November 29, 1931, in
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Parker family. For Charlotte Jo's murder, Simon was tried in
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(February 11, 1990). 1768:1990 mass shootings in the United States 1066:"Carr guilty of murders in farm slaying" 524: 522: 918:"Two held in slaying of family of four" 367: 273:Carr was tried for all four murders in 1095: 1093: 1059: 1057: 951: 949: 947: 945: 912: 910: 908: 906: 904: 863: 861: 859: 857: 787:"Rites Tuesday for Carl Parker family" 254:Trial and sentencing of Carr and Simon 142:, and their two children, 12-year-old 1229:Beveridge, Lici (November 10, 2023). 816: 814: 781: 779: 746: 744: 602:Beveridge, Lici (November 16, 2023). 562:Beveridge, Lici (November 14, 2023). 7: 1243:from the original on August 24, 2024 1210:from the original on August 25, 2024 1196:Gates, Jimmie E. 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(April 26, 2017). 219:Walnut, Quitman County, Mississippi 152:Walnut, Quitman County, Mississippi 31:Walnut, Quitman County, Mississippi 1580:Colebrook, NH & Bloomfield, VT 958:"Farm couple, 2 children murdered" 382:Salter, Sid (September 15, 2021). 14: 1773:1990 murders in the United States 1101:"Jury hands Simon death sentence" 760:. August 27, 2016. Archived from 493:Leibowitz, Barry (May 27, 2011). 460:Gates, Jimmie E. (June 9, 2015). 422:Pender, Geoff (August 11, 2016). 134:On February 2, 1990, 58-year-old 1783:Deaths by firearm in Mississippi 1005:. March 28, 1999. Archived from 956:Mosby, Ray (February 5, 1990). 341:on September 8, 2021, aged 56. 323:Attorney General of Mississippi 16:1990 mass murder in Mississippi 1823:People murdered in Mississippi 1109:. October 14, 1990. p. 16 926:. February 5, 1990. p. 16 182:in Mississippi state history. 1: 1813:Mass shootings in Mississippi 1173:. October 15, 1990. p. 1 1170:The Clarksdale Press Register 1141:. 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Index

Walnut, Quitman County, Mississippi
Mass murder
child murder
child rape
Capital murder
Death
Walnut, Quitman County, Mississippi
capital murder
sentenced to death
death row
Lyon, Mississippi
Mississippi State University
Korean War
Huntsville, Alabama
Tennessee Temple University
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Walnut, Quitman County, Mississippi
Clarksdale
Quitman County
Jones County
Alcorn County
DeSoto County
Atkins v. Virginia
Mississippi Supreme Court
death row
stay his execution
Attorney General of Mississippi
Lynn Fitch
COVID-19
List of death row inmates in the United States

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