An Officer's Wife Shot Dead
48 Hours
CBS News
4.1 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Amanda Perrault died of a gunshot wound to the head. The unusual position of her body raised questions about who pulled the trigger. "48 Hours" contributor Anne-Marie Green reports.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm going deep into my wife's family history digging up the cold case of her murdered great-grandmother. |
| 0:07.0 | And did I mention that I'm looking into whether the murderer was actually the beloved family patriarch? |
| 0:12.0 | Binge all episodes of Ghost Story, and free right her. It's so frustrating because you just |
| 0:36.6 | you can look back and you wish you did more. |
| 0:49.0 | Maybe my sister was scared to go to the law because her husband was a police officer. |
| 0:55.0 | Jones County District Attorney's Office. I believe Seth Parall was an individual that had a lot of people fool. |
| 1:00.0 | They're fine money. |
| 1:02.0 | He doesn't want to stay there. I think he did behind a badge and more mask every day. |
| 1:05.0 | Every day, nice house, nice car, law enforcement. |
| 1:10.0 | But behind that door... nice car, law enforcement. |
| 1:14.0 | But behind that door to that house, he was pretty abusive. |
| 1:18.0 | It's not the camera. |
| 1:19.0 | No, let's not, let's tell truth. |
| 1:21.0 | No, let's tell truth. No. |
| 1:22.0 | Maybe she was scared to get out. |
| 1:26.0 | It's February 3rd, 2020. |
| 1:28.0 | Set the scene for me. What happened? |
| 1:30.0 | I'm sitting at my desk in my office. |
| 1:32.0 | That was real. |
| 1:33.0 | And the phone rings, and it's the police chief. |
| 1:36.0 | I got Seth Paralt on the phone. |
| 1:38.0 | He's told me his wife, he killed herself. |
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