Rose Petal Murders Trial Days 4 and 5

Impact of Influence: The Murdaugh Family Murders and Other Cases

Matt Harris and Seton Tucker

True Crime

4.1 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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The trial of the murder of Christina Parcell began on February 10, 2025. In this epsiode a review of the fourth and fifth days of the trial. The defense rested following day 5. There are four other episodes on this case. Those were released on January 10, 13, and 21amd February 14th 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 Factormeals.com/impact50off to get 50%off plus free shipping on first order download the app that allows you to organize and prioritize your watchlist and interact with friends to see what they think you should watch next Streamline.watch/impact search for Setontucker and Matt1079 to see what the are watching Visit C B Distillery dot com and use code IMPACT for 20% off. That’s C B Distillery dot com code IMPACT. C B Distillery dot com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.8	Impact of influence.
0:33.5	Covering true crime throughout the southeast.
0:39.0	Hello, friend of Matt Harrison, Seaton Tucker.
0:41.3	Always grateful you're spending time with us for the Evergreen Podcast Company.
0:44.9	And you can find impact of influence on Facebook.
0:47.7	We are back dealing with the Rose Petal Murder Trial,
0:52.4	where 33-year-old Zachary David Hughes has been accused of fatally stopping
0:56.2	41-year-old Christina Parcell in her Greer, South Carolina home, October 13th, 2021.
1:02.7	Now, why was it called the Rose Petal Murders?
1:05.0	Well, it was dubbed the Rose Petal Murders because there were rose petals found scattered around
1:10.5	the crime scene. Fitznews named that,
1:12.3	and they were very good at being on top of this story. At the time of her death, Christina, was involved
1:16.8	at a very contentious child custody battle with John Mello, the father of her then nine-year-old
1:21.8	daughter. You'll hear his name mentioned a lot in the trial. He was in Italy, so he's not been
1:26.4	charged with anything to do with the murder. During the course of the investigation of Christina's death, child pornography materials
1:33.6	and buggery materials were discovered, and that's why Bradley Post, her fiancé, is now in custody,
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