Rose Petal Murder Conviction, Legal Expert Examines Case For Appeal

Impact of Influence: The Murdaugh Family Murders and Other Cases

Matt Harris and Seton Tucker

True Crime

4.1 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The trial of the murder of Christina Parcell began on February 10, 2025. It concluded 2/21/2025 with Zachary Hughes being sentenced to life for the murder of Parcell. Hughes had a very unusual defense. He admitted to killing Parcell but he claimed it was to protect her daughter. In this episode we discuss with Seton's father and attorney Matt Siembieda, how a Hughes appeal might play out, and what he thought of the strategies used by the State and defense, Matt Siembieda is an attorney and law professor at Temple Law School. There are six other episodes on this case. Those were released on January 10, 13, 21 February 14th and Feb 17th and February 24. This is the background on the Parcell case. On Oct 13, 2021, 41 year old Christina Parcell was found brutally murdered in Greer, SC. Parcell had suffered 31 stab wounds and www.Fitsnews.com dubbed the homicide the Rose Petal Murder because rose petals were found scattered around Parcell’s body. When word of Christina Parcell’s murder spread, there was an outpouring of kind words about Christine. However, sometimes things are not what they seem. Shortly after her murder Parcell’s fiancé was arrested, but not on charges relating to her murder. Parcell had also been involved in a contentious custody battle with the father of her child. Eventually an arrest was made for the murder of Christine Parcell but it was not her not her fiancé or the father of her child. This horrific story involves murder and allegations of criminal sexual conduct with minors and buggery. In this episode Seton and Matt give listeners and viewers the background on this case before it is scheduled to go to trial on January 13. Seton Tucker and Matt Harris began the Impact of Influence podcast shortly after the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. Now they cover true crime past and present fro the southeast region of the U.S. Impact of Influence is part of the Evergreen Podcast Company. Look for Impact of Influence on Facebook and Youtube. Jenn Wood and Fits News have been covering this case in great detail and have been really digging into the large amount of documents that have been filed To see their great reporting https://www.fitsnews.com/ please support our sponsors who allow us to continue doing these shows for you Quince, Indulge in affordable luxury use code Quince.com/impact for free shipping Magic Mind has a limited time offer 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchase with code IMPACT at checkout Eat smart with Factor. Get started at FACTOR MEALS dot com slash FACTORPODCAST and use code FACTORPODCAST to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping. That’s code FACTORPODCAST at FACTOR MEALS dot com slash FACTORPODCAST to get 50% off plus free shipping on your first box Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Impact of Influence.
0:02.0	Covering true crime throughout the southeast.
0:06.0	Hello friend, Matt Harris, Seton Tucker.
0:11.0	Impact of Influence, you can find us on Facebook, joining the conversation.
0:14.0	And we continue with the story of the Rose Petal Murder and the trial, which ended up in the conviction of 33-year-old
0:22.0	Zachary David Hughes, but there's many questions from that.
0:25.6	Get to that in a second.
0:26.5	Want to make sure that you take care of our sponsors.
0:30.4	So we are part of the Evergreen Podcast Company
0:32.9	and the YouTube channel that we're getting rolling.
0:34.3	I'd love to have more subscribers to that, rate, share,
0:37.0	and take care of that. So in just a minute, we're going to talk to your attorney, father,
0:41.5	about the whole Hughes case. But one of the things that I do to get prepped for the podcast is
0:47.4	do my magic mind shot. Magic mind gets you that focus and get you alert and ready to go to take on the pod.
0:57.6	I like to take mine first thing in the morning, maybe take a walk and then take my mental
1:00.9	performance shot and I feel like it's a great way to start my day.
1:03.6	And what everyone wants is less stress.
1:05.6	They've included herbs in the magic mind formula that provides safe and effective stress reduction, a sense of
1:11.5	calmness, and a lifted mood without hurting your energy bank. There's no risk. They're completely
1:16.5	confident in what they've built and they will refine 100% no questions asked for 100 days after
1:22.8	buying. Use the code because it's a limited offer. You can use it now that gets you up to 48% off your first
1:29.1	subscription or 20% off one-time purchases with code Impact at checkout. You can claim it at
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Matt Harris and Seton Tucker, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Matt Harris and Seton Tucker and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.