What a tragic case, a family is first torn apart by divorce and a year later the ex-husband kills his ex-wife, because she does not want to reconcile their marriage. So, why did the wife even attend counseling sessions if she was not thinking about reconciling their relationship, this is a form of false hope in the relationship for Mr. Parsons. Jealousy is very powerful and if not controlled it can unleash one to do things that under different circumstances they would not normally have done. This was obviously a premeditated murder, because Mr. Parsons had a weapon and it was loaded. He also mentioned to the counselor that they were going to get down to the nitty gritty. By taking the life of his ex-wife he and having to live out his consequences’ he has left behind three children. Now their children will not have a mother and their father will be in prison charged with murder. The children may not agree that counseling is a good thing for them to do, since that is how they lost their mother. What greed Mr. Parsons was thinking; first he wanted his wife back and if he could not get her back he was going to take her life and Mr. Parsons did not think about his children’s future.
Murder of First Degree for sure! Parsons definitely premeditated on his acts. The first sign was that he mentioned they were going to “get down to the nitty gritty today.” Then, he had the gun in his jacket, and above all he was the one who called the cops and told them what he had just did, and finally he laid on the ground until the cops got there. He even had a defense set and ready: RAGE! Although he did say it was an act out of passion, from reading the article, there were not any actions at the moment of the crime done that could back up that defense. The act (crime) itself has to be done moments right after an action that supposedly caused the “rage,” and not have time to “cool-down.” It seems to me that Parsons was jealous at his ex-wife that she was moving on. The realization of her not wanting to end the relationship with her former boyfriend must have caused him to realize that he might still have feelings for her and him not being with someone at the moment could seem pretty depressing
I will truly express myself here... First of all, what a coward. Why would Charles Parsons kill his ex-wife only for the fact of her not wanting to let her boyfriend go over him. It seems so damn selfish to me that Charles would kill the mother of his own children, whom will have to live off life without a mother and now without a father; for the fact that he will be encarcerated and for the fact that children would not be able to forgive a father who has killed their mother, especially not as adults. What will Charles say to them when they become adulst, "I had to kill her because I was jealous"..?..?. I know it can be pretty hard to be alone after a divorce, but why kill that ex-loved one only because she desires someone else. She does not belong to Charles Parsons. Now I ask, why were this couple assissting counseling sessions if they had been divorced for about a year now! It seems so planned out to me. Charles had told his counselor he would "...get down to nitty gritty today". All he has to do is reach in his jacket and bam, there's the handgun. Although what he did makes me hate this dude, I do give props that he turned himself in, rather than trying to escape his crime. What did get catch my eye as well is that information states that Parsons "had no KNOWN criminal history". This is a great example of "dark figure crime"-crime that goes unreported. See, NO KNOWN criminal history, but there might have been a crime Parsons did committ, but went unreported..?..?. Great first degree murder case!!!!
It is hard to really give comments on this article because there isn't enough information. Information such as, was he out of a job, was he having problems on his job. I question what kind of social bond did he have while growing up. In an article called, Can't Let Go of a Bad Relationship? Susan Anderson gives some insight, " that when made to feel chronically insecure, heart-sick, anxious, or hurt, some people can get caught up in the drama of the abuse and locked into the dynamics of the relationship– especially if every once in a while, their partner gives them a little crumb of love this is called, Intermittent Reinforcement. A traumatic situation that creates pain is inflicted into the attachment and If you are in a traumatic bond, you not only suffer from your partner’s criticism, blame, betrayal, unreliability, or neglect, but you suffer from beating yourself up for allowing it to happen. It is a belief that when times are bad and the economy has a down turn the violence tends to rise. I pray for the children of the Parsons family.
I am in disbelief with this article because it is so surreal. This is an actual true story almost like the show snapped. This guy, Parsons has no convictions or past criminal history but yet came and shot his ex-wife 5 times! like nothing! And turned himself in thereafter. But I agree with Pamsam (above). There isn't enough evidence or information about him. Maybe there could be other factors that made him go crazy and flip but for sure this 1st degree murder was premeditated due to the fact that he had the gun with him in his coat and went to get it when it was hanging on the other side of the room in his jacket pocket. Also the other fact that he told the marriage counselor that they were "going to get down to the nitty gritty today." Pretty much saying this is the final session. Parson’s wife chose to stay with her boyfriend and therefore losing her life. But why would he be so upset if they had already divorced about a year ago? There has to be some explanation for that but he will be guilty as charged and should get 1st degree murder with intent. And he should get charged with public endangerment as well. A kid’s daycare one floor above? Thankfully no one else was hurt during the tragic event. You would think now marriage counselors would have metal detectors at the entrance.
As I read this article Mr. Parsons had this well planned act of murder, you can bet it was not "beyond reasonable doubt" that this crime was committed. He made it a point not to shoot the counselor and even warned him not to move then took aim at his ex-wife shooting not once but five times!! He used the sessions as a front to indicate that he wanted to reconcile and to show his wife's refusal at the reconcilation as a sign of disrespect. Tragically the children will not have their mother due to the selfish act of their father. Who loses? The children do.
Unlike the mock trial case I believe that Mr. Parsons is definitely guilty of premeditated first degree murder. He possessed a loaded gun and obviously gave some hints to the fact that he may act violently. As a psych major I have taken some courses in counseling and believe that part of the blame can be placed on the counselor, as a professional he/she should have been able to recognize the hostility and deterioration in the session. I think the counselor should have tried to defuse Mr. Parsons anger during the part of the session where the wife said she was unwilling to end her relationship with the boyfriend. However, regardless of who's fault it was there are three children who are now going to have to live without a mother because their father murdered her and in turn spent his life in prison.
This article kind of seems surreal. I feel like this sort of act should be seen in a movie and not in real life. There was very little information in this article. Most obvious this is a first degree murder case. It was clearly pre meditated due to the fact that he had a gun and he insinuated that they were going to “get down to the nitty gritty today." But it almost seems like he thought he could possibly get away with it. The way he acted from the time he shot his ex wife and his actions following illustrates that he may have possibly figured he could get temporary insanity charges, or something to that effect. This man in my opinion is a coward and should be charged with the fullest extent of the law. Now his children will grow up without their father and mother.
It is really sad when an individual is not able to let go after a year of divorce. It looks like he did exactly what he went there to do and no more. He took steps to ensure his own safety and clearly meant no harm to anyone else. I would have to ask why the counselor either didn’t see the possibility of this happening sooner and/or why he wasn’t able to even attempt to diffuse the situation. Also, why would two people still be in counseling a year after a divorce? Not really enough information here to come to a conclusion except that now there are children without their mother or father.
I would say that this man let his rage take over. I believe that he had this planned out because what a coincidence that he had a gun in his jacket. This is such a tragedy he did not only take the life of a human being but he also took his children’s mother away. In my eyes this was a selfish act he could not have his ex-wife back so nobody could. What he did not think about was about his children and how they would be affected. Now they have lost both their parents one of them is dead and the other one will be in prison.
What a tragic story. This is proof that any kind of relationship can end up dirty and deadly. Carol married a man she once loved and after a divorce he kills her. He didn’t go easy on her at all, he shot her five times! They had children together and he still kills her. What a psycho! Not only did he kill his ex-wife, but he took away a mother to his three children, and may I add he also took away a father from his children because he will definitely get life in prison, I hope! I just feel sorry for their kids. We can never trust anyone, even the ones we love. This article is evidence that love is dangerous.
I wish I had written what Cory said before he wrote it. Seriously, though, this is a very tragic story. Biz called him a psycho. Ultimately, I doubt he was a sociopath. He probably lost it, to put it simply. To be more detailed, I imagine that he was like a young woman I once knew who couldn't deal with rejection. It may seem simple, but some people just literally fall to pieces when they feel they are unworthy. Everyone deals with shame. Accroding to the Adlerian Compass of Shame, every human being metaphorically "attacks self," "attacks other," "withdraws," or "avoids." Or maybe more than one. Insecurity plagues all humans. Most of us can grow up and get over it. We deal with shame by looking at the positive side of life. People lie this either choose not to or are incapable of doing so. For whatever reason, they are either shameless or so full of shame that they take it out on others. They are self-destructive and destructive at the same time. Of course, this is a therapeutic interpretation to a sociological thing that has happened often. I'm not saying that I have pity for the man. Rather, I think he should be locked up. I agree with Cory in that I don't think the article spelled it out correctly. They din't give enough info. To me, the man lost it and destroyed life in an perhaps sadistic, dark manner. It's depressing. But the media leaps upon stuff like that. The media makes murder like this into a product to be bought and sold by the public. After all, the media can be infotainment. As sick as it is, some people are entertained by violence. After Columbine, ratings went up, since companies need money. They will say, "Hey, kids died today," and the masses will consume by watching TV. Therefore, my interpretation is twofold. First, I don't know why the man did what he did, but I think he couldn't cope with stress and strain, so he took his self-loathing out on the wife by hating and destroying her. Second, I think the media uses stuff like this to get people's attention. Obviously, this an internet article that can't make that much money, but we all read it, didn't we? We were shocked and felt sad. But if it were on TV, CNN or Fox would exploit the uneducated by playing it again and again. The media is infotainment that exploits very tragic events like this. While we seek to analyze it to understand it for a class, the media would just show it off to whoever would watch it, not caring how they react except to hope that they will keep watching for ratings.
I hate to read such articles that involved the taking of a life by someone else. It easily to say Mr. Parson just lost his mind or I could say the pain of not being able to reconile his marriage took him over the edge. It is a sad occasion that anyone goes to that extreme, but do anyone take into account of the status of the children and how they will forever be effected. I would like a question answered why did Mrs. Parson go to the marriage counseling after they had been divorce for a year? What kind of message did she send to him? One would say misintrepetation and giving hope things could get together between the two of them. I believed that what drove him over the edge.
When you read stories like this, you ultimately think it was a crime of passion, jealousy and rage to put it mildly. They went to marriage counseling to try and reconcile their differences because he wanted to restore their marriage, but she obviously felt that it was time to move on and that it was a marriage that couldn't be fixed by counseling, so she decided to stay with her boyfriend. For some reason, I can't help but think that he knew she would say something of the sort otherwise, why would he need to bring a hand gun to a marriage counseling session at a church. He knew she wasn't going to consent and thus, she had to be eliminated. Men, from the stories in the news and these cases about men murdering their wives or ex-lovers, don't handle rejection very well. There was a case recently of Texas v. Baker, where Pastor Matt Baker was alleged to have killed his wife, made it look like a suicide, just so he could be with his mistress, Vanessa Bulls, who was a member of the church. He was eventually found guilty and sentenced to 65 years for this murder. This case is similar to the mock trial from class. Here we have a man with no priors, no history of violence, yet he's alleged to have murdered someone. Some would say that he was temporarily insane at that point, just as in the mock trial, but when looking at his circumstances, he's a man scorned and that is a shot to any man's ego. He knew what he was going to do and he knew that he had to kill her if she wasn't going to cooperate. There is no way around a 1st degree murder conviction on this case. I feel that a crime of passion is no excuse for murder, even though some people can't handle rejection well.
This is so First degree murder. He had it all planned out from the get go.If he tries to use insanity in court, I don't think it's gonna work for him, and I also do not think temporary insanity will work either. Jealousy is a very bad thing, I believe he did all this because of jealousy he wasn't thinking about anybody but himself knowing that he had three kids didn't stop him from his acts.
This is so First degree murder. He had it all planned out from the get go.If he tries to use insanity in court, I don't think it's gonna work for him, and I also do not think temporary insanity will work either. Jealousy is a very bad thing, I believe he did all this because of jealousy he wasn't thinking about anybody but himself knowing that he had three kids didn't stop him from his acts. I guess we really don't know what was going on in his head when he was shooting his ex-wife, because there really isn't much information in the Article to really know if he was having any problems at his job or just any other kind of problems besides his ex-wife not wanting to leave her boyfriend to get back with Parson. I feel sorry for the counsler who had to watch Carol get shot to death I bet he was thinking the whole time, "it's her life or mine" of course he wasn't going to interfere he was threatened to get shot at.
Premeditated murder. Yes, the murder was tragic, yes it was too bad that he had to snap, and threaten, endanger, and murder those around him. But for me, the saddest part of the story is that he attending counseling, and that was still not enough to help him through his depression. Crime can be very disheartening, but when someone is having problems that they are getting help for then you assume that they are on the right path to rehabilitation and recovery. When a criminal falls back into their old habits, than it makes people like councilors question when they try to help people in the first place. It is nice to think that everyone can be rehabilitated, but sadly some convicts are too desocialized to be integrated back into society.
This is horrible! This guy supposedly wanting to 'reconcile' with his ex-wife, wants to be with her and she denies him and he basically goes all psycho and shoots her. He is absolutely crazy and needs to be in a rehabilitation center or something. He must have extreme anger and temper tantrums. He probably needs to be locked up and also going to some type of counseling or therapy. It's also sad to read that they were in a church thing with a marriage counselor. The guy has issues and needs some sort of correction.
I think it is the right decision to give him a first degree murder trial. Why did he have a hand gun at a counseling session? At a church? This man knew exactly what he wanted to do. He may have been angry but he cannot use a "fit of rage" as his defense. This was planned. He even told the counselor they were going to "get down to the nitty gritty of things". This poor woman! All she wanted to do was live her life and move on after a divorce. She clearly was happy. What surprised me was that this crime was committed by a man who has no history of criminal behavior and yet he killed his wife in cold blood. He obviously has psychological problems. I do believe he deserves the charge he was given.
This type of occurrence is heartbreaking to see because Charles and Carol Parsons had three young children that will no longer have their parents around. With their mother being killed and their father going to prison their lives will change drastically and they will have to grow up living with their tragic past. I find it quite odd that Mr. Parsons decided to actually kill his wife at the church during a counseling session. It seems like that was the last straw for him and he was willing to give up his freedom to get a point across. Not by any means was shooting Mrs. Parsons the right way to do that and obviously Charles Parsons had some screws loose and was not in the right state of mind. He ended up shooting his wife five times which is a really extreme and makes you think that he definitely let his emotions get the best of him. It is also kind of crazy how after he shot her he did not try to flee or anything. He simply called 911 and went out to his truck and waited for the police to get there and arrest them. He obviously knew what the consequences were for his actions and he was fine with them which goes to show you that he clearly had some problems.
What I do not understand in this case is why the ex wife even went to the meeting when she wanted to stay with her boyfriend and did not want to get back with her ex husband. Also why the man would just shoot is ex wife and just gave himself up. It is a good thing that he did not run and did give himself up. The police do not have to have an investigation even though they have the therapist as the witness. This is a sad story because he had just killed the mother of his three children and now the children won’t have a mother or father because the mother is dead and the father will be in jail for quiet a long time.
This is a very tragic story or case. The thing that puzzles me is that the ex-wife had no intentions on reconciling the marriage, so why where they attending counseling together in the first place. That doesn't justify the shooting, just wondering. The other thing is that this seems to be premeditated murder, therefore the ex-husband should seek maximum sentencing. Even though he turned himself in, he still should have the chair thrown at him. What he did was acted out of pure jealousy and there is no room for excuses, he deserves whatever he get because he was thinking of no one other than his self. He left his children without a mother and a father. This is truly sad, I know the counselor had to be traumatized.
Wow, the Parsons home life must have been very hostile during their marriage. If they were divorced why were they even in some sort of a session to begin with? Once they are divorced don’t most of the couples just see each other whenever they hand off the kids? That seems odd to me….those poor children went through a divorce at a young age then their dad kills their mom? That’s terrible. Hopefully their guardians will take much better care of them and get them through some kid of therapy. It’s interesting what rage can do to an individual. They were divorced, free to date whoever they wanted, and the ex husbands snap because she wouldn’t get back together with him!? Of course she’s not going to get back together with you! You already had jealous issues enough to kill her when you two weren’t even together! I can’t even imagine what it was like when they were actually married!? That poor poor women got stuck with a psychopath overly possessive maniac killer. Yea, he didn’t show any signs of violence before, well who knew that he didn’t beside the women he killed? She was forced to put up with him day in and day out. No wonder she wouldn’t reconcile with him.
How sad for their families, for in his mind he had already premeditated the consequences for her answer. It was him or no one. I don’t think he actually thought about his consequences. Arrest, trial, sentencing, and prison are just the beginning. All aspects of his life will be conducted under one authority and become the same, schedule, people, place, and clothes. Erving Goffman said that prisons were “Total Institutions” where everything is tightly scheduled and the basic needs are provided inside one environment, closed off from the rest of the world. I don’t think even the counselor he was seeing could have helped him.
People are **** crazy. This man didnt just shoot his wife because he was angry, he clearly had the forethought of doing so. By the fact that this man Mr. Parsons carried the gun from more than likely his residence into the church counseling center he had plenty of time to change his mind about shooting his wife. He actions seem to have been safely mapped out before even entering the counseling session with his ex-wife Carol. When Mr. Parsons states to the councilor that they were "going to get down to the nitty gritty today" obviously shows that his actions had already been decided in his head. Either she was to say yes and live or no and soon take her last few breaths. This is a story that skins me because it seems as if he is trying to play the criminal justice system by his after actions. Its guys like this that think they have the system beat by "technically" delivering all the correct lines and doing the things they think will help them when it comes their time in the court of law. I have a feeling that the only reason why Mr. Parsons called 911 right after the event... and stating "he shot his wife in a RAGE"... that he thought he might get let off much easier during trial. Little does he know not only is it obvious what he was trying to do but also the fact that there was the possibility of harming children as well only intensifies the case against him. Whatever sentence this man gets he disserves if you ask me.
That is so terrible! I mean my gosh, who would of thought that someone would just start firing off a gun in the middle of a counseling session. And man those poor kids, now they don't have a mother and a father either because he is going off to prison. I think that has to be one of the most selfish acts, how could a person who has three kids go off and kill his ex wife because she wont leave her boyfriend. When I started reading this article I thought it was going to be one of those incidents where he kills her and then kills himself, but shocking enough it wasn't. He actually called the police and turned himself in. I guess that was the least he could do at that point.
What a tragic case, a family is first torn apart by divorce and a year later the ex-husband kills his ex-wife, because she does not want to reconcile their marriage. So, why did the wife even attend counseling sessions if she was not thinking about reconciling their relationship, this is a form of false hope in the relationship for Mr. Parsons. Jealousy is very powerful and if not controlled it can unleash one to do things that under different circumstances they would not normally have done. This was obviously a premeditated murder, because Mr. Parsons had a weapon and it was loaded. He also mentioned to the counselor that they were going to get down to the nitty gritty. By taking the life of his ex-wife he and having to live out his consequences’ he has left behind three children. Now their children will not have a mother and their father will be in prison charged with murder. The children may not agree that counseling is a good thing for them to do, since that is how they lost their mother. What greed Mr. Parsons was thinking; first he wanted his wife back and if he could not get her back he was going to take her life and Mr. Parsons did not think about his children’s future.
ReplyDeleteMurder of First Degree for sure! Parsons definitely premeditated on his acts. The first sign was that he mentioned they were going to “get down to the nitty gritty today.” Then, he had the gun in his jacket, and above all he was the one who called the cops and told them what he had just did, and finally he laid on the ground until the cops got there. He even had a defense set and ready: RAGE! Although he did say it was an act out of passion, from reading the article, there were not any actions at the moment of the crime done that could back up that defense. The act (crime) itself has to be done moments right after an action that supposedly caused the “rage,” and not have time to “cool-down.”
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me that Parsons was jealous at his ex-wife that she was moving on. The realization of her not wanting to end the relationship with her former boyfriend must have caused him to realize that he might still have feelings for her and him not being with someone at the moment could seem pretty depressing
I will truly express myself here... First of all, what a coward. Why would Charles Parsons kill his ex-wife only for the fact of her not wanting to let her boyfriend go over him. It seems so damn selfish to me that Charles would kill the mother of his own children, whom will have to live off life without a mother and now without a father; for the fact that he will be encarcerated and for the fact that children would not be able to forgive a father who has killed their mother, especially not as adults. What will Charles say to them when they become adulst, "I had to kill her because I was jealous"..?..?. I know it can be pretty hard to be alone after a divorce, but why kill that ex-loved one only because she desires someone else. She does not belong to Charles Parsons.
ReplyDeleteNow I ask, why were this couple assissting counseling sessions if they had been divorced for about a year now!
It seems so planned out to me. Charles had told his counselor he would "...get down to nitty gritty today". All he has to do is reach in his jacket and bam, there's the handgun. Although what he did makes me hate this dude, I do give props that he turned himself in, rather than trying to escape his crime.
What did get catch my eye as well is that information states that Parsons "had no KNOWN criminal history". This is a great example of "dark figure crime"-crime that goes unreported. See, NO KNOWN criminal history, but there might have been a crime Parsons did committ, but went unreported..?..?.
Great first degree murder case!!!!
It is hard to really give comments on this article because there isn't enough information. Information such as, was he out of a job, was he having problems on his job. I question what kind of social bond did he have while growing up. In an article called, Can't Let Go of a Bad Relationship? Susan Anderson gives some insight, " that when made to feel chronically insecure, heart-sick, anxious, or hurt, some people can get caught up in the drama of the abuse and locked into the dynamics of the relationship– especially if every once in a while, their partner gives them a little crumb of love this is called, Intermittent Reinforcement. A traumatic situation that creates pain is inflicted into the attachment and If you are in a traumatic bond, you not only suffer from your partner’s criticism, blame, betrayal, unreliability, or neglect, but you suffer from beating yourself up for allowing it to happen. It is a belief that when times are bad and the economy has a down turn the violence tends to rise. I pray for the children of the Parsons family.
ReplyDeleteI am in disbelief with this article because it is so surreal. This is an actual true story almost like the show snapped. This guy, Parsons has no convictions or past criminal history but yet came and shot his ex-wife 5 times! like nothing! And turned himself in thereafter. But I agree with Pamsam (above). There isn't enough evidence or information about him. Maybe there could be other factors that made him go crazy and flip but for sure this 1st degree murder was premeditated due to the fact that he had the gun with him in his coat and went to get it when it was hanging on the other side of the room in his jacket pocket. Also the other fact that he told the marriage counselor that they were "going to get down to the nitty gritty today." Pretty much saying this is the final session. Parson’s wife chose to stay with her boyfriend and therefore losing her life. But why would he be so upset if they had already divorced about a year ago? There has to be some explanation for that but he will be guilty as charged and should get 1st degree murder with intent. And he should get charged with public endangerment as well. A kid’s daycare one floor above? Thankfully no one else was hurt during the tragic event. You would think now marriage counselors would have metal detectors at the entrance.
ReplyDeleteAs I read this article Mr. Parsons had this well planned act of murder, you can bet it was not "beyond reasonable doubt" that this crime was committed. He made it a point not to shoot the counselor and even warned him not to move then took aim at his ex-wife shooting not once but five times!! He used the sessions as a front to indicate that he wanted to reconcile and to show his wife's refusal at the reconcilation as a sign of disrespect. Tragically the children will not have their mother due to the selfish act of their father. Who loses? The children do.
ReplyDeleteUnlike the mock trial case I believe that Mr. Parsons is definitely guilty of premeditated first degree murder. He possessed a loaded gun and obviously gave some hints to the fact that he may act violently. As a psych major I have taken some courses in counseling and believe that part of the blame can be placed on the counselor, as a professional he/she should have been able to recognize the hostility and deterioration in the session. I think the counselor should have tried to defuse Mr. Parsons anger during the part of the session where the wife said she was unwilling to end her relationship with the boyfriend. However, regardless of who's fault it was there are three children who are now going to have to live without a mother because their father murdered her and in turn spent his life in prison.
ReplyDeleteThis article kind of seems surreal. I feel like this sort of act should be seen in a movie and not in real life. There was very little information in this article. Most obvious this is a first degree murder case. It was clearly pre meditated due to the fact that he had a gun and he insinuated that they were going to “get down to the nitty gritty today." But it almost seems like he thought he could possibly get away with it. The way he acted from the time he shot his ex wife and his actions following illustrates that he may have possibly figured he could get temporary insanity charges, or something to that effect. This man in my opinion is a coward and should be charged with the fullest extent of the law. Now his children will grow up without their father and mother.
ReplyDeleteIt is really sad when an individual is not able to let go after a year of divorce. It looks like he did exactly what he went there to do and no more. He took steps to ensure his own safety and clearly meant no harm to anyone else. I would have to ask why the counselor either didn’t see the possibility of this happening sooner and/or why he wasn’t able to even attempt to diffuse the situation. Also, why would two people still be in counseling a year after a divorce? Not really enough information here to come to a conclusion except that now there are children without their mother or father.
ReplyDeleteI would say that this man let his rage take over. I believe that he had this planned out because what a coincidence that he had a gun in his jacket. This is such a tragedy he did not only take the life of a human being but he also took his children’s mother away. In my eyes this was a selfish act he could not have his ex-wife back so nobody could. What he did not think about was about his children and how they would be affected. Now they have lost both their parents one of them is dead and the other one will be in prison.
ReplyDeleteWhat a tragic story. This is proof that any kind of relationship can end up dirty and deadly. Carol married a man she once loved and after a divorce he kills her. He didn’t go easy on her at all, he shot her five times! They had children together and he still kills her. What a psycho! Not only did he kill his ex-wife, but he took away a mother to his three children, and may I add he also took away a father from his children because he will definitely get life in prison, I hope! I just feel sorry for their kids. We can never trust anyone, even the ones we love. This article is evidence that love is dangerous.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had written what Cory said before he wrote it. Seriously, though, this is a very tragic story. Biz called him a psycho. Ultimately, I doubt he was a sociopath. He probably lost it, to put it simply. To be more detailed, I imagine that he was like a young woman I once knew who couldn't deal with rejection. It may seem simple, but some people just literally fall to pieces when they feel they are unworthy. Everyone deals with shame. Accroding to the Adlerian Compass of Shame, every human being metaphorically "attacks self," "attacks other," "withdraws," or "avoids." Or maybe more than one. Insecurity plagues all humans. Most of us can grow up and get over it. We deal with shame by looking at the positive side of life. People lie this either choose not to or are incapable of doing so. For whatever reason, they are either shameless or so full of shame that they take it out on others. They are self-destructive and destructive at the same time. Of course, this is a therapeutic interpretation to a sociological thing that has happened often. I'm not saying that I have pity for the man. Rather, I think he should be locked up. I agree with Cory in that I don't think the article spelled it out correctly. They din't give enough info. To me, the man lost it and destroyed life in an perhaps sadistic, dark manner. It's depressing. But the media leaps upon stuff like that. The media makes murder like this into a product to be bought and sold by the public. After all, the media can be infotainment. As sick as it is, some people are entertained by violence. After Columbine, ratings went up, since companies need money. They will say, "Hey, kids died today," and the masses will consume by watching TV. Therefore, my interpretation is twofold. First, I don't know why the man did what he did, but I think he couldn't cope with stress and strain, so he took his self-loathing out on the wife by hating and destroying her. Second, I think the media uses stuff like this to get people's attention. Obviously, this an internet article that can't make that much money, but we all read it, didn't we? We were shocked and felt sad. But if it were on TV, CNN or Fox would exploit the uneducated by playing it again and again. The media is infotainment that exploits very tragic events like this. While we seek to analyze it to understand it for a class, the media would just show it off to whoever would watch it, not caring how they react except to hope that they will keep watching for ratings.
ReplyDeleteI hate to read such articles that involved the taking of a life by someone else. It easily to say Mr. Parson just lost his mind or I could say the pain of not being able to reconile his marriage took him over the edge. It is a sad occasion that anyone goes to that extreme, but do anyone take into account of the status of the children and how they will forever be effected. I would like a question answered why did Mrs. Parson go to the marriage counseling after they had been divorce for a year? What kind of message did she send to him? One would say misintrepetation and giving hope things could get together between the two of them. I believed that what drove him over the edge.
ReplyDeleteWhen you read stories like this, you ultimately think it was a crime of passion, jealousy and rage to put it mildly. They went to marriage counseling to try and reconcile their differences because he wanted to restore their marriage, but she obviously felt that it was time to move on and that it was a marriage that couldn't be fixed by counseling, so she decided to stay with her boyfriend. For some reason, I can't help but think that he knew she would say something of the sort otherwise, why would he need to bring a hand gun to a marriage counseling session at a church. He knew she wasn't going to consent and thus, she had to be eliminated. Men, from the stories in the news and these cases about men murdering their wives or ex-lovers, don't handle rejection very well. There was a case recently of Texas v. Baker, where Pastor Matt Baker was alleged to have killed his wife, made it look like a suicide, just so he could be with his mistress, Vanessa Bulls, who was a member of the church. He was eventually found guilty and sentenced to 65 years for this murder. This case is similar to the mock trial from class. Here we have a man with no priors, no history of violence, yet he's alleged to have murdered someone. Some would say that he was temporarily insane at that point, just as in the mock trial, but when looking at his circumstances, he's a man scorned and that is a shot to any man's ego. He knew what he was going to do and he knew that he had to kill her if she wasn't going to cooperate. There is no way around a 1st degree murder conviction on this case. I feel that a crime of passion is no excuse for murder, even though some people can't handle rejection well.
ReplyDeleteThis is so First degree murder. He had it all planned out from the get go.If he tries to use insanity in court, I don't think it's gonna work for him, and I also do not think temporary insanity will work either. Jealousy is a very bad thing, I believe he did all this because of jealousy he wasn't thinking about anybody but himself knowing that he had three kids didn't stop him from his acts.
ReplyDeleteThis is so First degree murder. He had it all planned out from the get go.If he tries to use insanity in court, I don't think it's gonna work for him, and I also do not think temporary insanity will work either. Jealousy is a very bad thing, I believe he did all this because of jealousy he wasn't thinking about anybody but himself knowing that he had three kids didn't stop him from his acts. I guess we really don't know what was going on in his head when he was shooting his ex-wife, because there really isn't much information in the Article to really know if he was having any problems at his job or just any other kind of problems besides his ex-wife not wanting to leave her boyfriend to get back with Parson. I feel sorry for the counsler who had to watch Carol get shot to death I bet he was thinking the whole time, "it's her life or mine" of course he wasn't going to interfere he was threatened to get shot at.
ReplyDeletePremeditated murder. Yes, the murder was tragic, yes it was too bad that he had to snap, and threaten, endanger, and murder those around him. But for me, the saddest part of the story is that he attending counseling, and that was still not enough to help him through his depression. Crime can be very disheartening, but when someone is having problems that they are getting help for then you assume that they are on the right path to rehabilitation and recovery. When a criminal falls back into their old habits, than it makes people like councilors question when they try to help people in the first place. It is nice to think that everyone can be rehabilitated, but sadly some convicts are too desocialized to be integrated back into society.
ReplyDeleteThis is horrible! This guy supposedly wanting to 'reconcile' with his ex-wife, wants to be with her and she denies him and he basically goes all psycho and shoots her. He is absolutely crazy and needs to be in a rehabilitation center or something. He must have extreme anger and temper tantrums. He probably needs to be locked up and also going to some type of counseling or therapy. It's also sad to read that they were in a church thing with a marriage counselor. The guy has issues and needs some sort of correction.
ReplyDeleteI think it is the right decision to give him a first degree murder trial. Why did he have a hand gun at a counseling session? At a church? This man knew exactly what he wanted to do. He may have been angry but he cannot use a "fit of rage" as his defense. This was planned. He even told the counselor they were going to "get down to the nitty gritty of things". This poor woman! All she wanted to do was live her life and move on after a divorce. She clearly was happy. What surprised me was that this crime was committed by a man who has no history of criminal behavior and yet he killed his wife in cold blood. He obviously has psychological problems. I do believe he deserves the charge he was given.
ReplyDeleteThis type of occurrence is heartbreaking to see because Charles and Carol Parsons had three young children that will no longer have their parents around. With their mother being killed and their father going to prison their lives will change drastically and they will have to grow up living with their tragic past. I find it quite odd that Mr. Parsons decided to actually kill his wife at the church during a counseling session. It seems like that was the last straw for him and he was willing to give up his freedom to get a point across. Not by any means was shooting Mrs. Parsons the right way to do that and obviously Charles Parsons had some screws loose and was not in the right state of mind. He ended up shooting his wife five times which is a really extreme and makes you think that he definitely let his emotions get the best of him. It is also kind of crazy how after he shot her he did not try to flee or anything. He simply called 911 and went out to his truck and waited for the police to get there and arrest them. He obviously knew what the consequences were for his actions and he was fine with them which goes to show you that he clearly had some problems.
ReplyDeleteWhat I do not understand in this case is why the ex wife even went to the meeting when she wanted to stay with her boyfriend and did not want to get back with her ex husband. Also why the man would just shoot is ex wife and just gave himself up. It is a good thing that he did not run and did give himself up. The police do not have to have an investigation even though they have the therapist as the witness. This is a sad story because he had just killed the mother of his three children and now the children won’t have a mother or father because the mother is dead and the father will be in jail for quiet a long time.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very tragic story or case. The thing that puzzles me is that the ex-wife had no intentions on reconciling the marriage, so why where they attending counseling together in the first place. That doesn't justify the shooting, just wondering. The other thing is that this seems to be premeditated murder, therefore the ex-husband should seek maximum sentencing. Even though he turned himself in, he still should have the chair thrown at him. What he did was acted out of pure jealousy and there is no room for excuses, he deserves whatever he get because he was thinking of no one other than his self. He left his children without a mother and a father. This is truly sad, I know the counselor had to be traumatized.
ReplyDeleteWow, the Parsons home life must have been very hostile during their marriage. If they were divorced why were they even in some sort of a session to begin with? Once they are divorced don’t most of the couples just see each other whenever they hand off the kids? That seems odd to me….those poor children went through a divorce at a young age then their dad kills their mom? That’s terrible. Hopefully their guardians will take much better care of them and get them through some kid of therapy. It’s interesting what rage can do to an individual. They were divorced, free to date whoever they wanted, and the ex husbands snap because she wouldn’t get back together with him!? Of course she’s not going to get back together with you! You already had jealous issues enough to kill her when you two weren’t even together! I can’t even imagine what it was like when they were actually married!? That poor poor women got stuck with a psychopath overly possessive maniac killer. Yea, he didn’t show any signs of violence before, well who knew that he didn’t beside the women he killed? She was forced to put up with him day in and day out. No wonder she wouldn’t reconcile with him.
ReplyDeleteHow sad for their families, for in his mind he had already premeditated the consequences for her answer. It was him or no one. I don’t think he actually thought about his consequences. Arrest, trial, sentencing, and prison are just the beginning. All aspects of his life will be conducted under one authority and become the same, schedule, people, place, and clothes. Erving Goffman said that prisons were “Total Institutions” where everything is tightly scheduled and the basic needs are provided inside one environment, closed off from the rest of the world. I don’t think even the counselor he was seeing could have helped him.
ReplyDeletePeople are **** crazy. This man didnt just shoot his wife because he was angry, he clearly had the forethought of doing so. By the fact that this man Mr. Parsons carried the gun from more than likely his residence into the church counseling center he had plenty of time to change his mind about shooting his wife. He actions seem to have been safely mapped out before even entering the counseling session with his ex-wife Carol. When Mr. Parsons states to the councilor that they were "going to get down to the nitty gritty today" obviously shows that his actions had already been decided in his head. Either she was to say yes and live or no and soon take her last few breaths. This is a story that skins me because it seems as if he is trying to play the criminal justice system by his after actions. Its guys like this that think they have the system beat by "technically" delivering all the correct lines and doing the things they think will help them when it comes their time in the court of law. I have a feeling that the only reason why Mr. Parsons called 911 right after the event... and stating "he shot his wife in a RAGE"... that he thought he might get let off much easier during trial. Little does he know not only is it obvious what he was trying to do but also the fact that there was the possibility of harming children as well only intensifies the case against him. Whatever sentence this man gets he disserves if you ask me.
ReplyDeleteThat is so terrible! I mean my gosh, who would of thought that someone would just start firing off a gun in the middle of a counseling session. And man those poor kids, now they don't have a mother and a father either because he is going off to prison. I think that has to be one of the most selfish acts, how could a person who has three kids go off and kill his ex wife because she wont leave her boyfriend. When I started reading this article I thought it was going to be one of those incidents where he kills her and then kills himself, but shocking enough it wasn't. He actually called the police and turned himself in. I guess that was the least he could do at that point.
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