Police charge son-in-law in deaths of Tennessee couple
The wife of a retired attorney who died after a package exploded in the couple's rural Tennessee home has succumbed to her injuries, authorities said Thursday.
Investigators said Tuesday that a package sent to a rural Tennessee home exploded, killing a lawyer who lived there and injuring a woman.
Wilson County Sheriff Robert Bryan speaks along with members from other agencies at a press conference at the Wilson County Sheriff's office Tuesday Feb. 11, 2014. Investigators said Tuesday that a package sent to a rural Tennessee home exploded, killing a lawyer who lived there and injuring a woman. Jon Setzer was killed, and Marion Setzer is in critical condition. (AP Photo/The Tennessean, Larry McCormack)
An officer and a dog inspect a fence near a home in Lebanon, Tenn., on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, where police said a package exploded, killing a 74-year-old man and injuring a woman. (AP Photo/Lucas L. Johnson II)
Law Enforcement cars fill the front yard of a rural home in Lebanon, Tenn. where a package sent there exploded Monday, killing 74-year-old lawyer Jon Setzer and injuring 72-year-old Marion Setzer, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/The Tennessean, Larry McCormack) NO SALES
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The son-in-law of a Tennessee couple killed when a package exploded at their home has been charged with first-degree murder in their deaths.
State Fire Marshal’s Office spokeswoman Katelyn Abernathy says Richard Parker is also charged with unlawful possession of a prohibited weapon.
Reached by telephone the day before the arrest Thursday, Parker declined to talk about the deaths of Jon and Marion Setzer with The Associated Press.
Friends of the couple described the 74-year-old Jon Setzer and his 72-year-old wife Marion as kind, gentle and devout.
Abernathy says she does not have any information on a possible motive for the bombing in a semi-rural area of Lebanon, about 40 minutes east of Nashville.
