Darrel Parker speaks at a news conference with (from left) attorneys Dan and Herb Friedman and Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning at the Capitol. Prosecutors and the attorneys for Parker, a former Lincoln city forester, reached an agreement for him to be exonerated of first-degree murder in the slaying of his wife, Nancy.
Nancy Morrison of Des Moines, Iowa, met Darrel Parker at Iowa State. When she joined him in Lincoln in 1955, she found a job as a dietitian for Gooch's, creating recipes for the company's flour and noodles. On a snowy Dec. 14, 1955, Parker told police he returned to their home in Antelope Park for lunch and found her body in their bed. She had been bound, raped and strangled.
Darrel and Ele Parker sit at their kitchen table while drinking coffee, eating cookies and watching the birds at the townhouse they bought after the state of Nebraska settled with Darrel Parker for his wrongful conviction. Ele Parker died in 2017.
Darrel Parker speaks at a news conference with (from left) attorneys Dan and Herb Friedman and Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning at the Capitol. Prosecutors and the attorneys for Parker, a former Lincoln city forester, reached an agreement for him to be exonerated of first-degree murder in the slaying of his wife, Nancy.
Darrel and Ele Parker sit at their kitchen table while drinking coffee, eating cookies and watching the birds at the townhouse they bought after the state of Nebraska settled with Darrel Parker for his wrongful conviction. Ele Parker died in 2017.
Nancy Morrison of Des Moines, Iowa, met Darrel Parker at Iowa State. When she joined him in Lincoln in 1955, she found a job as a dietitian for Gooch's, creating recipes for the company's flour and noodles. On a snowy Dec. 14, 1955, Parker told police he returned to their home in Antelope Park for lunch and found her body in their bed. She had been bound, raped and strangled.
