Law & Crime
South Carolina prosecutors want to unlock the iPhone that belongs to a Juilliard-trained concert pianist charged in connection with the stabbing death of a woman who worked at an animal hospital.
Zachary David Hughes, 29, stands accused of murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime over the Oct. 13, 2021 slaying of 41-year-old Christina Larain Parcell, a beloved employee at the Foothills Veterinary Hospital in Greenville, S.C.
Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis said at the time of the gruesome discovery that the victim was “murdered in a very violent way” and described the crime scene as “very brutal.”
According to the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office, Parcell was stabbed at least 31 times in her own home. Officers arrived there around 11:00 a.m. on the day in question after the victim’s then-fiancé, Bradly Post, called 911 to say he had found her deceased.
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