Rose Petal Murder Verdict is Reached

Impact of Influence: The Murdaugh Family Murders and Other Cases

Matt Harris and Seton Tucker

True Crime

4.1 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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The trial of the murder of Christina Parcell began on February 10, 2025. It concluded 2/21/2025 with Zachary Hughes being sentenced to liuf for the murder of Parcell. Hughes had a very unususal defense. His testimony and the verdict are discussed in this episode. There are five other episodes on this case. Those were released on January 10, 13, 21 February 14th and Feb 17th. This is the background. 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 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

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0:30.8	Impact of influence. Covering true crime throughout the southeast.
0:39.0	Hello, friend.
0:40.6	So great for you going to spend time with us,
0:42.5	Matt Harris and Seton Tucker and Impact of Influence.
0:46.7	You can always find on Facebook and from there,
0:50.1	the YouTube channel trying to keep up.
0:52.1	But a lot of things are happening so fast
0:53.6	that sometimes that runs just a bit behind. But we enjoy that you will join in the conversation on the
0:58.7	Impact of Influence Facebook page. Evergreen podcast company is what we are a part of.
1:03.2	Seton has been in Greenville, South Carolina, as far as the covering the Rose pedal murder trial and it has been full of
1:14.7	drama excitement and questions yeah I mean it's been exhausting week well let's a recap and
1:22.5	we'll get you to what happened the rose pedal murder trial began on February now I'm going to have to get two weeks ago.
1:30.0	33-year-old Zachary David Hughes was accused of fatally stabbing 41-year-old Christina Parcell in her
1:36.8	Greer South Carolina home, October 13th, 2021. So this is three plus years later.
1:43.5	Dubbed the Rose Petal by Fitznews because rose
1:48.0	petals were found scattered at the crime scene. And we eventually find out why. We didn't know long
1:53.8	we didn't know, but we will know at the end of this week. At the time of her death, Christina Purcell
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