Case Number 74: The Brutal Murder of Corey Parker

Burden of Proof

When 25 year old Corey Parker was found brutally stabbed in her Jacksonville Beach apartment, investigators immediately had their suspicions that she knew her killer. Unfortunately, determining the identity of the perpetrator wasn't so easy. Being a social butterfly with many friends and acquaintances made narrowing down the persons of interest a little more difficult. Having several different DNA samples from the crime scene certainly did not help either. After ruling out all those suspected from Corey's list of friends, detectives had no choice but to wait for more leads. Over a year later, when a reward was offered for more information, a couple local residents recalled a former coworker who lived in the building next to Corey and how he lied about his need to leave town shortly after her murder. Join us for this listener requested case as Elysia shocks Savannah with the plot twist she never saw coming and we discuss the difficulties of believing a man who claims innocence when DNA places him at the crime scene. Don't forget to leave us the weekly emoji! Find us on Instagram and Facebook! Sources: Dateline: Rear Window S24 E48 Man's Spit on Ground Solves Murder of a Young Woman Nearly 10 Years Later | Cold Case Files | A&E https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=93742&page=1 https://www.news4jax.com/news/2018/07/16/man-sentenced-to-life-in-ragtime-waitresss-murder-hopes-for-new-trial/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-paso-times/52685934/ https://fdc.myflorida.com/offenderSearch/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&DCNumber=126916&TypeSearch=AI https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/first-district-court-of-appeal/2015/15-2003.html https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/fl-district-court-of-appeal/2142745.html Written closing argument to evidentiary hearing of 2018 https://coreyparker-murder-trial.blogspot.com/2013/06/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28843849/#:~:text=The%20contamination%20of%20crime%20scene,that%20can%20cause%20deceptive%20investigations. https://web.archive.org/web/20140406115654/http://jacksonville.com:80/tu-online/stories/083102/nes_10315305.shtml https://web.archive.org/web/20140406115650/http://jacksonville.com:80/tu-online/stories/042705/met_18587233.shtml Graphic Art By: Taylor Poe Music By: https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/download/shady-business/2181