米歇尔·帕克消失了的据警方称,2011年,她与前未婚夫因订婚戒指纠纷出现在真人秀节目《人民法庭》的预录节目中。
警方本周宣布,这位33岁的佛罗里达州三个孩子的母亲被报失踪近15年后,帕克的前未婚夫因谋杀罪被捕。
奥兰多警方表示,55岁的戴尔·史密斯(Dale Smith Jr .)周三在自己的公司被拘留,罪名是二级谋杀。
奥兰多警方说:“虽然米歇尔还没有被找到,但所有证据都表明小戴尔·史密斯是杀害米歇尔的凶手。”。
据警方称,史密斯之前被列为该案的嫌疑人,在帕克2011年11月将他们的两个孩子送到他家后,他是最后一个见到或听到帕克消息的人。
奥兰多警察局长埃里克·史密斯在周三的新闻发布会上说,在过去的一年里,调查人员“重新审查了嫌疑人的证词和相互矛盾的陈述,并使用先进的数字取证技术来发现和分析更多的证据”。
警察局长没有透露调查的具体细节,称他不想损害起诉,但他认为技术进步有助于逮捕。
“15年前我们不能做的事情,现在我们可以做了,这让我们可以结束这个案子,”局长说。
奥兰多警探菲利普·麦克米肯告诉记者,利用先进的数字取证技术,包括车辆、电子设备、电话和电脑,发现了新的证据。
关于史密斯的陈述,这位侦探说,“这些年来,他被问了无数次非常具体的问题,在这些问题上,他给出了不同的答案。”
根据一份法庭文件,史密斯对指控提出了无罪抗辩。
周四首次出庭后,他仍被关押,不得保释。
在听证会上,他的律师Rajan Joshi要求保释,认为46页宣誓书中的指控不符合拒绝审前保释的高标准,而国家要求他继续被拘留。
该案的逮捕令和宣誓书已被封存。
史密斯的律师告诉ABC新闻,自从帕克失踪后,史密斯一直坚称自己是无辜的。
“当他最初被询问时,当这件事最初发生时,他非常配合执法。他让他们搜查了他的房子。他和他们谈过了。他在没有律师的情况下自愿接受采访,”乔希说。“很明显,执法部门只是将他视为唯一的嫌疑人。就在那时,他的朋友催促他去找个律师,他就在那时联系了我。这是15年前。”
乔希说,他们正专注于提交一份保释申请,并努力让史密斯获释。
州检察官莫尼克·沃雷尔在周三的新闻发布会上说,如果有证据支持,二级谋杀指控可能会升级。
警方称,帕克最后一次被人看到是在2011年11月17日,当时她把他们3岁的双胞胎送到史密斯家。据报道,第二天,她的汽车被发现,车窗上被刮掉了晒黑的贴纸,她的手机在奥兰多南部的一个湖里被找到警察.
警方称,她在一集以她和史密斯为主角的《人民法庭》播出后失踪。史密斯为丢失的订婚戒指索赔5000美元,在这一集里他说,在亚特兰大一家酒店的争吵中,帕克把戒指扔向他,戒指越过了阳台。
在这一集里,这对前夫妇讨论了他们分分合合的关系,以及有争议的双胞胎共同抚养问题。帕克在之前的一段感情中有一个更大的孩子,他形容史密斯“相当恶毒和有报复心”,说“他是一个卑鄙的人,尤其是在他喝酒的时候。”
该节目的评委玛丽莲·米利安认为双方都有过错,帕克欠史密斯2500美元作为她那半枚戒指的报酬。
Man who appeared on 'The People's Court' with ex-fiancee charged with murder
Michelle Parkervanishedin 2011 after appearing in a pre-taped episode of the reality show "The People's Court" with her former fiance over a dispute about her engagement ring, according to police.
Nearly 15 years after the 33-year-old Florida mother of three was reported missing, Parker's ex-fiance has been arrested for her murder, police announced this week.
Dale Smith Jr., 55, was taken into custody at his business Wednesday on a charge of second-degree murder, Orlando police said.
"While Michelle has not yet been located, all evidence leads to Dale Smith Jr. as the person responsible for Michelle's murder," Orlando police said.
Smith, who had previously been named a suspect in the case, was the last known person to see or hear from Parker after she dropped off their two children at his house in November 2011, according to police.
Over the past year, investigators "reexamined testimony and conflicting statements made by the suspect and used advanced digital forensics to uncover and analyze additional evidence," Orlando Police Chief Eric Smith said during a press briefing Wednesday.
The police chief did not go into specific details on the investigation, saying he did not want to compromise the prosecution, though he credited advances in technology with helping lead to an arrest.
"The things we couldn't do 15 years ago that we can do now allowed us to close this case," the chief said.
Orlando Police Detective Phillip McMican told reporters that new evidence was found using advancements in digital forensics, including vehicles, electronic devices, phones and computers.
Regarding Smith's statements, the detective said that "very specific questions were asked of him numerous times over the years, where he gave different answers to those same questions."
Smith has entered a not guilty plea to the charge, according to a court filing.
He remains held without bond following his initial court appearance on Thursday.
During the hearing, his attorney, Rajan Joshi, had asked for bond, arguing that the allegations in the 46-page affidavit failed to meet the high standard to deny pretrial bond, while the state asked that he remain in custody.
The arrest warrant and affidavit in the case have been sealed.
Smith has maintained his innocence since Parker's disappearance, his attorney told ABC News.
"When he was originally questioned, when this initially happened, he was very cooperative with law enforcement. He let them search his house. He talked to them. He came in voluntarily without a lawyer, gave an interview," Joshi said. "It was clear that law enforcement was only looking at him as the sole suspect. That's when his friends urged him to get an attorney, and that's when he contacted me. This is 15 years ago."
Joshi said they are focused on filing a bond motion and working to get Smith released.
State Attorney Monique Worrell said during Wednesday's press briefing that the second-degree murder charge could be upgraded if supported by the evidence.
Parker was last seen on Nov. 17, 2011, when she dropped off their 3-year-old twins at Smith's house, police said. Her car was found the following day with the decal for her tanning business scraped off the window, and her cellphone was recovered from a lake south of Orlando, according topolice.
She disappeared after an episode of "The People's Court" featuring her and Smith had aired, police said. Smith was seeking $5,000 over a lost engagement ring, saying in the episode that Parker had thrown the ring at him during an argument at an Atlanta hotel and it went over a balcony.
During the episode, the exes discussed their on-again, off-again relationship and contentious co-parenting situation for their twins. Parker, who had an older child from a prior relationship, described Smith as "pretty malicious and vindictive," saying, "He's a mean person, especially when he's been drinking."
The show's judge, Marilyn Milian, found both were at fault and that Parker owed Smith $2,500 for her half of the ring.





