<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">“</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Thompson said facts uncovered in the investigation support a charge of voluntary manslaughter because Silas Parks apparently acted after a sudden quarrel or in the heat of passion. That is also consistent with past instances of domestic violence between the couple that form a pattern, including one in 2006 where Silas Parks shoved Sarah Parks to the ground, he said.”</span></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman', serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman', serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman', serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">While we may never know, I'd like to know what was the trigger that set this off? WHAT news hit Silas Parks so hard that he acted the way he did? All we now have is speculation and I hope the reason comes out at the sentencing.</span></font></div></div></body></html>