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UPDATED AT 1:30 P.M. WITH MORE TESTIMONY FROM SHANE GREEN
The prosecution in the Sam Parker murder trial this morning questioned former Walker County Sheriff’s Office road deputy Shane Green about phone calls between he and Theresa Parker.
Green, who was one of the first law enforcement on the scene at the Parker residence after Theresa’s disappearance on March 21, 2007, testified he had several phone calls with Theresa before and after her trip to Gatlinburg, Tenn. a few days earlier.
Green said they discussed his then-girlfriend’s upcoming birthday, which occurred during the weekend Theresa was in Gatlinburg.
Green said he met with Theresa after leaving the girlfriend’s residence on Shallowford Road in Chattanooga, Tenn., while Theresa was heading north on I-75. They met at a truck stop and chatted for about 20 minutes, he said.
Green said they discussed his girlfriend's birthday and Theresa's plan to get away for a few days and go shopping.
Asked if he went to Gatlinburg with Theresa, Green said “no.”
Green said that before Theresa left, she invited several people — including him — from 911 dispatch to go to Gatlinburg with her. Green said he did not go.
Green said that on April 12, 2007, he talked by phone with Sam, who sounded upset and slurred. He said asked him, “Do you love her?”, “Where are you?” and “Where do you work?”
Green said Sam told him to “lawyer up” and “to come clean.”
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After a short mid-morning recess, Green re-took the stand with questioning from public defender David Dunn.
Dunn asked him how phone calls are recorded into the 911-dispatch system.
He asked Green if all communications at 911 are recorded and placed on a disc and Green said “yes, sir.”
Dunn said that now police officers have cell phones and that, when a 911 dispatcher calls from his or her independent cell phone to an officer’s cell phone, that conversation is un-able to be recorded into the system.
Green agreed.
Green said he had frequent conversations with 911 dispatchers.
Dunn asked, “Why use a cell phone?”
Green said that due to his moving back to Georgia from south Florida, he called his phone company to change his prefix, but was given a long-distance prefix from Benton, Tenn., and that everyone who would call him on a landline, would be calling long distance, including his own mother.
Green said that is why the employees at the 911 dispatch would call him on their cell phones.
Dunn asked Green if the phone conversations on March 22, during the welfare check of the Parker residence, were recorded and Green said, “No, sir.”
“As far as the police knew, you were on patrol,” Dunn asked.
Green said, “Yes, sir.”
“So, they had no way to tell where you were,” Dunn asked, and Green said, “Yes, sir.”
Dunn pointed out that Green’s mileage log posted around 300 miles for the time between March 21 and 22 and that was unusually high and double the amount, compared to the ear-lier part of the month and that Green filled his patrol unit up with gasoline twice on that shift.
Dunn asked Green if he made a report on the “welfare check” conducted at the Parker residence around 7 a.m. on March 22 and Green said that he did not. Dunn pointed out that Green finally made the report after the investigation was started into Theresa’s disappear-ance and when the GBI was involved.
Dunn then began to question whom Green had cell phone conversations with at the dis-patch, before Theresa went missing.
“Would you argue that there is not a single one (that you called that worked at dispatch, other than Theresa?) “Do you agree,” Dunn asked.
“I would agree,” Green said.
Dunn then began to question the numerous calls, back and forth, between Green and Theresa, including a 91-minute call between the two while she was heading to Gatlinburg.
“On Thursday, she is calling you a bunch,” Dunn asked, and Green said, “Yes, sir.”
Green said he spent that Thursday and Friday shopping for birthday gifts for his then-girlfriend.
Dunn pointed out that Green called in sick on Friday, March 16, and that Green had a long phone conversation with Theresa on Sunday, March 17.
“Did you know Sam had been aware of the two-guest reservation (at this time),” Dunn asked, and Green said, “It is possible.”
“Would you say that this is what that call was about,” Dunn asked, and Green said he and Theresa talked about many different things and that could have been one of them.
Dunn then pointed out that on March 20 Theresa had called Green repeatedly to no avail and that Rhonda Knox had once told authorities that Theresa had been upset about that.
Dunn asked Green, “Did you know Theresa was upset that she had called repeatedly, to you not answering,” and Green said, “No, sir.”
“After March 19, you never called Theresa Parker ever again, did you,” Dunn asked, and Green said, “Yes, sir.”
Green changed the location where he and Theresa had met on her way to Gatlinburg and said that it was at a rest stop with many truckers, instead of a truck stop, due to Dunn point-ing out that there was no truck stop in the vicinity that Green had described.
Dunn then began to question Theresa’s invitation to Gatlinburg, and Green said, “She asked everyone (to go).”
“Are you saying that Theresa didn’t ask you to go to Gatlinburg (during the rest stop con-versation),” Dunn asked, and Green said, “I don’t recall her (doing so).”
Dunn then began to question Green about a transcript that was made by investigators on Green in April 2007.
Dunn pointed out that Green said in the transcript that Theresa would reserve guests for two if he changed his mind about joining her in Gatlinburg.
“Did she ask you at the truck stop,” Dunn asked, and Green said, “Yes, she was reiterat-ing (her previous invitation to everyone she had asked).”
Dunn said that in the transcript Green said that his accidental meeting with Theresa on her way back from Gatlinburg on Rossville Boulevard was actually a week and a half before her trip to Gatlinburg and not the day she was looking for a new apartment, as was in the report.
“You told the GBI that that meeting happened a week and a half before she left for Gat-linburg,” Dunn said.
“I don’t recall saying that,” Green said.
UPDATED AT 1:30 P.M. WITH MORE TESTIMONY FROM SHANE GREEN
The prosecution in the Sam Parker murder trial this morning questioned former Walker County Sheriff’s Office road deputy Shane Green about phone calls between he and Theresa Parker.
Green, who was one of the first law enforcement on the scene at the Parker residence after Theresa’s disappearance on March 21, 2007, testified he had several phone calls with Theresa before and after her trip to Gatlinburg, Tenn. a few days earlier.
Green said they discussed his then-girlfriend’s upcoming birthday, which occurred during the weekend Theresa was in Gatlinburg.
Green said he met with Theresa after leaving the girlfriend’s residence on Shallowford Road in Chattanooga, Tenn., while Theresa was heading north on I-75. They met at a truck stop and chatted for about 20 minutes, he said.
Green said they discussed his girlfriend's birthday and Theresa's plan to get away for a few days and go shopping.
Asked if he went to Gatlinburg with Theresa, Green said “no.”
Green said that before Theresa left, she invited several people — including him — from 911 dispatch to go to Gatlinburg with her. Green said he did not go.
Green said that on April 12, 2007, he talked by phone with Sam, who sounded upset and slurred. He said asked him, “Do you love her?”, “Where are you?” and “Where do you work?”
Green said Sam told him to “lawyer up” and “to come clean.”
___
After a short mid-morning recess, Green re-took the stand with questioning from public defender David Dunn.
Dunn asked him how phone calls are recorded into the 911-dispatch system.
He asked Green if all communications at 911 are recorded and placed on a disc and Green said “yes, sir.”
Dunn said that now police officers have cell phones and that, when a 911 dispatcher calls from his or her independent cell phone to an officer’s cell phone, that conversation is un-able to be recorded into the system.
Green agreed.
Green said he had frequent conversations with 911 dispatchers.
Dunn asked, “Why use a cell phone?”
Green said that due to his moving back to Georgia from south Florida, he called his phone company to change his prefix, but was given a long-distance prefix from Benton, Tenn., and that everyone who would call him on a landline, would be calling long distance, including his own mother.
Green said that is why the employees at the 911 dispatch would call him on their cell phones.
Dunn asked Green if the phone conversations on March 22, during the welfare check of the Parker residence, were recorded and Green said, “No, sir.”
“As far as the police knew, you were on patrol,” Dunn asked.
Green said, “Yes, sir.”
“So, they had no way to tell where you were,” Dunn asked, and Green said, “Yes, sir.”
Dunn pointed out that Green’s mileage log posted around 300 miles for the time between March 21 and 22 and that was unusually high and double the amount, compared to the ear-lier part of the month and that Green filled his patrol unit up with gasoline twice on that shift.
Dunn asked Green if he made a report on the “welfare check” conducted at the Parker residence around 7 a.m. on March 22 and Green said that he did not. Dunn pointed out that Green finally made the report after the investigation was started into Theresa’s disappear-ance and when the GBI was involved.
Dunn then began to question whom Green had cell phone conversations with at the dis-patch, before Theresa went missing.
“Would you argue that there is not a single one (that you called that worked at dispatch, other than Theresa?) “Do you agree,” Dunn asked.
“I would agree,” Green said.
Dunn then began to question the numerous calls, back and forth, between Green and Theresa, including a 91-minute call between the two while she was heading to Gatlinburg.
“On Thursday, she is calling you a bunch,” Dunn asked, and Green said, “Yes, sir.”
Green said he spent that Thursday and Friday shopping for birthday gifts for his then-girlfriend.
Dunn pointed out that Green called in sick on Friday, March 16, and that Green had a long phone conversation with Theresa on Sunday, March 17.
“Did you know Sam had been aware of the two-guest reservation (at this time),” Dunn asked, and Green said, “It is possible.”
“Would you say that this is what that call was about,” Dunn asked, and Green said he and Theresa talked about many different things and that could have been one of them.
Dunn then pointed out that on March 20 Theresa had called Green repeatedly to no avail and that Rhonda Knox had once told authorities that Theresa had been upset about that.
Dunn asked Green, “Did you know Theresa was upset that she had called repeatedly, to you not answering,” and Green said, “No, sir.”
“After March 19, you never called Theresa Parker ever again, did you,” Dunn asked, and Green said, “Yes, sir.”
Green changed the location where he and Theresa had met on her way to Gatlinburg and said that it was at a rest stop with many truckers, instead of a truck stop, due to Dunn point-ing out that there was no truck stop in the vicinity that Green had described.
Dunn then began to question Theresa’s invitation to Gatlinburg, and Green said, “She asked everyone (to go).”
“Are you saying that Theresa didn’t ask you to go to Gatlinburg (during the rest stop con-versation),” Dunn asked, and Green said, “I don’t recall her (doing so).”
Dunn then began to question Green about a transcript that was made by investigators on Green in April 2007.
Dunn pointed out that Green said in the transcript that Theresa would reserve guests for two if he changed his mind about joining her in Gatlinburg.
“Did she ask you at the truck stop,” Dunn asked, and Green said, “Yes, she was reiterat-ing (her previous invitation to everyone she had asked).”
Dunn said that in the transcript Green said that his accidental meeting with Theresa on her way back from Gatlinburg on Rossville Boulevard was actually a week and a half before her trip to Gatlinburg and not the day she was looking for a new apartment, as was in the report.
“You told the GBI that that meeting happened a week and a half before she left for Gat-linburg,” Dunn said.
“I don’t recall saying that,” Green said.