Experts testify about ‘burner’ phones, Facebook messages in Hamilton arson trial
Prosecutors say Parker was "under water" financially in the fall of 2015 and hatched a plan to set the house on fire for insurance money. Tucker agreed to light the fire in exchange for pain pills, according to prosecutors.
Parker and his wife, Bertha, left
The data indicated Parker used a cell phone he owned from the
There were also calls placed after the fire from a pre-paid "burner" phone with a
Prosecutors again pointed to messages from Tucker's Facebook account to Brooks days before the fire stating.
"I will have plenty of pain pills after Monday, well Sunday ... need to get there Sunday," one of the messages read.
Dillion also noted a Facebook message from
Parker's attorney,
During cross examination earlier this week of Detective
Prosecutors say Basinger, along with Brooks, drove to
Sack pointed out the report says Basinger's car was stationary on
Officers found smoke coming from the house and the cellar doors open when they arrived.
The prosecution rested its case this afternoon.
Brooks is expected to be called as a defense witness and Tucker is expected to take the stand in his own defense.
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