Capital Murder Suspect Cries In Court

Alabama Court Daphne man accused of raping and killing a woman outside an Eastern Shore bar cries during his preliminary court hearing

by Pat Peterson

Published: Thu, January 29, 2009 - 6:40 pm CST Last Updated: Thu, January 29, 2009 - 7:41 pm CST

A Daphne man accused of raping and killing 21-year Brianna Parish cried in court Thursday afternoon. Troy MacDonald, charged with capital murder, wept during his preliminary hearing in Bay Minette.

"It was emotional and stressful for him," says J. Clark Stankowksi, Troy MacDonald's attorney. "Any human in a situation like that with the guards around him and all the people, it's emotional."

"I've seen some people cry just for the television cameras," says Baldwin County District Attorney Judy Newcomb.

During the preliminary hearing, prosecutors outlined detailed information about what they say happened the night Parish went missing. Prosecutors say Parish was raped, sodomized then strangled to death. The district attorney's office also says Parish was beaten over the head with an object.

Judge Jody Bishop found enough evidence to send the capital murder case to a grand jury. The next grand jury in Baldwin County will convene in February.

Brianna Parish went missing from a Daphne bar the week before December. A volunteer search party found the young woman's body near a sewage treatment plant three days later. In December, Troy MacDonald was arrested and charged with capital murder.

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iloveyoubri Says:

Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 8:43 am

thank you, we really appreciate that.

FastFred Says:

Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 8:05 am

My deepest sympathy goes out to the Family,God Bless.

iloveyoubri Says:

Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 7:48 am

Here here FastFred!
Y’all want to see some crying?
http://www.wkrg.com/local/article/body_found_in_daphne/20935/

Paste that to your browser and see who needs the people’s sympathy, thoughts, and prayers. It certainly isn’t Troy McDonald. (I will not reveal which person I am in this video.)

FastFred Says:

Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 8:48 pm

IS Stankowski trying to make us feel sorry for that “scum bag”? Looks like he has more sympathy for MacDonald.If this individual does not get the Death Sentence,I will certainly loose all faith in our justice system.

iloveyoubri Says:

Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 1:53 pm

They’re not going to lay out all the evidence against him until they start the court procedings. It could ruin my cousin’s whole case. Not only that, it could influence picking a jury. People can’t know too much. It’s going to be hard enough to pick a jury as it is since her case was so high profile.

fish4fun2 Says:

Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 1:44 pm

Is there any info available about the evidence against him, or nothing like that?

iloveyoubri Says:

Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 10:49 am

Trust me, we all (family) feel the same way. But a gun would be way too quick. I would definately want him to suffer. I’m sorry if that sounds horrible to anyone, but this article is absolutely rediculous. “It was an emotional and stressful day for him.” That makes me sick. I cry on a daily basis, am in counseling and on medication because of what this man did to my cousin. Death penalty all the way!

rachel0509 Says:

Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 10:54 pm

the guy deserves to die!!!!!!!!!!!!!! who gives a hell if he cried. ill bet you that while he was doing to Bri what he was doing, she was crying too but did he give her sympathy and stop what he was doing? no. i hope this guy rots in hell for what hes put Bris family (which is family of my cousin) through!!!!!!!!! i hope they dont think twice about a death sentence.better yet i hope someone in that jail finds a way to do to him what he did to her. to kill him in the cruelest of ways. and to hurt him. and ughhhhhhhhhh i wish i could meet this man!! id tell him all this to his face! i wish i could just take a gun to his head!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

iloveyoubri Says:

Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:43 am

I competely agree Sirk. He has no concience. All he cares about is money. I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night knowing I got someone off I knew was guilty. He knows he is, but he’s representing him. In my eyes he’s as bad as Troy.

Sirk Says:

Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:33 am

I could not be a lawyer because no amount of money would make me represent creeps like this.