Juilliard-trained pianist convicted of murder after mid-trial confession leads to additional arrest
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Zachary Hughes was sentenced to life behind bars for murder after his confession on the stand led to a second arrest in a South Carolina killing.
"I’ve never had a defendant get on the stand with the kind of attitude, ego, cold-faced sternness and explain a brutal murder in the way he did. It shook me a little bit," prosecutor Walt Wilkins said. Julia Bonavita is a Fox News Digital Production Assistant for Photo and Video, and a Fox Flight Team drone pilot. You can follow her at @juliabonavita13 on all platforms.
Hughes testified during his trial that he killed Parcell, a pet hospital staffer, to protect her child from abuse. Parcell was locked in an ongoing custody battle with the child's father, whom Hughes had befriended. While Hughes was on the stand, authorities also arrested Hughes’ friend, John Mello, 64, for his involvement in Parcell’s death.
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