Christina Parcell's Sister
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172 appearances
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first heard May 2025
last heard May 2025
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But prosecutors have one more damning piece of evidence against Hughes to put before the jury.
With the state's case laid out, it's now the defense's turn. And in a twist, they announce Zach Hughes will be taking the stand.
And what he tells the jury catches prosecutors and just about everyone else in the courtroom off guard.
Why did you feel like it was important for you to be there? Part of me feels like by being there every day, every minute of this trial, maybe she got to be there too. Courtroom 8 got fuller and fuller as days went on. So we're standing outside the courtroom right now. It has been quite a sight, to say the least.
Zach Hughes' defense team opens with a bombshell, announcing not only will Hughes take the stand, but he's prepared to confess to killing Christina Parcell.
Hughes first describes how he met John Mello and learned the details of the contentious custody battle that Mello was in with Christina. He says Mello told him that he was worried for his daughter's safety. And in an attempt to help, Hughes admits he was the one who mailed those envelopes with the explicit pictures of Christina.
I'm curious why the concern for this child, a child that he doesn't really know that well.
According to Hughes, those roses found at the scene that caused so much speculation were nothing more than a ruse. And along with the flowers, he also had a gun.
Zach Hughes says that he knew he didn't have time to clean up all of the now scattered rose petals.
The paint thinner Hughes brought with him explains that odd smell the responding officer noticed. That's true. But even after his detailed testimony, Zach Hughes' defense attorneys insist that he is not guilty of murder.
He planned this. He had a gun and a knife. He basically lied to get into the home, and then he stabbed this woman. How is that not murder?
And the defense had argued that there were serious abuse allegations against Christina Parcell herself and that jurors should hear them. The judge ruled those accusations were irrelevant and inadmissible, but that didn't stop Zach Hughes from repeatedly making them during his testimony.
Investigators say it's also important to note that nobody knew of the allegations against Bradley Post until his arrest after Christina Parcell's murder.
But Zach Hughes' testimony isn't over yet. And there's one more bombshell to come.
In this Greenville County courthouse, classical pianist Zach Hughes has a rapt audience as he takes jurors step by step through how he says he killed Christina Parcell.
And if a confession from the witness stand wasn't shocking enough, Hughes drops another bombshell, testifying that his friend and Christina Parcell's ex, John Mello, offered to pay him on two separate occasions to kill her.
We reached out to John Mello about these allegations right after Zach Hughes's testimony. And he told us, quote, it never happened.
Before he made the decision to do this, did he have any physical proof that this child was in harm's way.
Zach Hughes says he also had the chance to see Christina's daughter while he was visiting John Mello in Italy, and Mello spoke to her over Zoom.
Now, after a full day of testimony, it's the prosecutor's turn to question Zach Hughes.
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