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USC football Saturdays are big in the south and particularly big here in Colombia. Basketball team has done well.
The baseball team has won two national championships and sports does play a big role here in the Midlands.
Brett Parker was a big sports guy. Come on, Brett. Drive him now. Come on. baseball, football, basketball. He
played all three sports in high school. He was a super baseball player. [Applause]
Brett Parker worked for a medical sales company and um we learned that he was a sports
bookie. [Applause] Brett's father's a bookie as well. If I wanted to place a bet in Columbia, South
Carolina, would it be hard for me to find a bookie to take the bet? Probably not.
[Applause] Tammy Joe Parker was the bread winner of the family. She was an excellent
employee uh through a pharmaceutical company. We're going to do just a couple songs for you while you're finishing up
eating. She was also a [Music] musician. She was so talented. She doted on her children. Want a piece
of me? Yeah. Um two lovely children. Um a marriage that had lasted 16 years. On uh April the 13th, 2012, Brett
Parker called 911 saying that his um wife had been shot by an acquaintance, somebody that
he identified as Brian Kappenhurst. And what is your emergency? Somebody shot my
wife. What happened? Who shot your wife? A friend of mine, Brian. Brian actually worked for him. And that
he had been forced to attempt to open his safe by Brian Kenhurst in his home in an apparent robbery attempt. Is he
still there? I shot him. I think I killed him. I think he killed his wife. I couldn't protect my wife. They're both
dead. We have a law in place. You have a right to to use deadly force if you think your life is in in danger. We took
Brett Parker's story at face value. And we began to investigate. Investigators are still trying to put
together the pieces to this puzzle. I actually speak for the dead. I'm their last doctor that they see. I
find out whether or not that story that I was told fits my autopsy findings. And
did that story that you were told fit your autopsy findings? It did not. It just didn't make any sense to me.
I've never seen a case with this type of coldhearted premeditation. You had lots of money, high stakes
bookies, and gambling. You had sex and you had murder. This was the OJ Simpson case of
Columbia.

Did a bookie gamble away everything -- including his wife's life? Richard Schlesinger reports Saturday, July 19 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

Brief Summary

Brett Parker's story of his wife's murder unravels as investigators find inconsistencies in his claims and evidence of premeditated murder.

Key points

Brett Parker's 911 Call. On April 13, 2012, Brett Parker called 911 claiming his wife had been shot.
The Investigation Begins. Investigators start piecing together the events surrounding the shooting.
A Shocking Autopsy Finding. The autopsy results contradict the initial story told by Brett Parker.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I couldn't protect my wife.

Brett Parker's emotional response after the incident.

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