Mother's Day slaying blamed on cheap gift

[The Northerner]

BEAUMONT — Evetta Wright said she was puzzled when she got a call early on Monday from her son.

Not long before, around 11:30 p.m. on Sunday, she'd dropped Clifton “JR” Barkin off at his house after taking him to Wal-Mart to buy flowers and a Mother's Day card for Paige Parkerson, the mother of Barkin's two small children.

When she answered the phone, she said Parkerson was on the line.

“Paige told me she killed JR, that he was dead,” Wright said through sobs.

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Barkin, 22, died just after midnight on Monday in the backyard of his yellow rental house, stabbed several times. Wright said she believes Parkerson expected a more expensive gift, such as jewelry.

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[warrior1]

1. I'll bet there is more to the story

[Kalidurga]

2. I sincerely hope so...

if their isn't this wackadoodle is even more wackadoodle that this story suggests.

[ZombieHorde]

8. I think there is more to most family murders than we hear.

We miss the context of years of history.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

3. He shoulda gone to Jared

... ok, tasteless comment.

But, as noted in another reply, there is more to the story than flowers and a card.

[Amaril]

4. .....

[yesphan]

5. Buying a "gift"

of any kind from walmart seems like a really bad idea to start with, regardless of the price.

[Lawlbringer]

6. The question isn't who shot JR, it's

who stabbed him?

[southernyankeebelle]

7. Sad. My husband brought me home WalMart flowers and a small box of can and a card.

I was happy. I told him not to get me anything. He is good to me everyday.

[Mr Dixon]

9. SMH

WTF