A live performance pianist initially from California’s Central Coast will stay in jail as he awaits trial for what police described because the “very violent” stabbing loss of life of a lady in her South Carolina dwelling.
Zachary David Hughes, 29, was denied bail Wednesday in a courtroom in Greenville County, S.C. He has been in jail since being charged in November with the homicide of Christina Parcell.
The 41-year-old veterinary technician was discovered fatally stabbed Oct. 13 in her dwelling in Greer, S.C. Prosecutors say Hughes was a good friend of a person who was in a custody dispute with Parcell over their daughter.
In requesting bail, Hughes’ attorneys identified he had turned himself in upon listening to of the arrest warrant, although he was inside strolling distance of the Canadian border as he ready to depart the nation for a stint as a pianist on a cruise ship.
The protection attorneys additionally tried to forged suspicion on Parcell’s fiance, Bradly Submit, who reported discovering her physique. Lower than every week after the homicide, Submit was arrested on suspicion of sexual exploitation of a minor, with investigators alleging he had produced little one sexual abuse materials on no less than 5 events.
The prosecution says Hughes was caught on Parcell’s doorbell digital camera on the day of the homicide and that his DNA was discovered underneath her fingernails.
Hughes’ request for bail included testimonial letters from individuals who knew him on the Juilliard College, the place he acquired a level in piano efficiency. Within the 2017-’18 season, he was principal keyboardist with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra.
Hughes spent the primary 11 years of his life in Los Osos, Calif., earlier than shifting together with his household to Virginia.
On his web site, he says he was chosen in 2019 for Marine Corps Officer Candidate College however was “dropped from coaching as a consequence of extreme stress fractures sustained in each legs.”