Pianist charged in 'twisted secrets' killing of vet found dead surrounded by rose petals in mystery murder

A performance pianist is acceptable to basal proceedings for the brutal killing of a South Carolina veterinarian successful a bizarre and analyzable sidesplitting known arsenic the 'twisted secrets murder'. 

Zachary Hughes stands accused of sidesplitting Christina Parcell, 41, successful October 2021. She was recovered stabbed 31 times successful her home, her assemblage surrounded by roseate petals.  

Hughes was arrested done DNA recovered astatine the scene. He was adjacent friends with Parcell's ex, John Joey Mello, though the alleged motive remains unclear.  

Prosecutors accidental the brace hatched a cruel program to harass Parcell, sending nude photos of her to her colleagues astatine the veterinary signifier wherever she worked, and besides sending them to neighbors.

At the time, Mello and Parcell were arguing implicit custody of their daughter. 

How Hughes came to go progressive successful their quality remains a mystery. 

The enigma deepens with the apprehension of Parcell's boyfriend, Bradly Post, who was taken into custody connected kid porn charges soon aft her killing.   

Detectives said they recovered a slew of kid intersexual maltreatment worldly connected Post's devices. 

The worldly allegedly included videos of him performing intersexual acts connected children, and helium was charged with criminal intersexual behaviour with a insignificant and 7 counts of intersexual exploitation of a minor. 

A suit was subsequently filed by a guardian of a insignificant seen successful the material, claiming Parcell was besides progressive successful performing sexually explicit acts connected the insignificant earlier her murder. 

The suit alleges the 2 disseminated sexually explicit videos and photographs of the juvenile for idiosyncratic gain. 

In September, Hughes' attorneys argued for the sickening pornographic worldly to beryllium allowed to beryllium presented successful his trial, claiming it is cardinal to the execution charges helium is facing. 

Prosecutors said successful a counter-filing that they judge if the worldly is presented astatine trial, Hughes' attorneys would reason that Post was liable for Parcell's death. 

Hughes has pleaded not blameworthy to the slaying, and astatine a erstwhile enslaved proceeding received a fig of letters of enactment from household and past colleagues arguing successful his defense. 

Among the letters of enactment was an grounds of his past soft playing, including performance performances helium gave of Beethoven. 

Hughes, who is simply a postgraduate of the world-famous Julliard School successful New York City and had been moving arsenic a performance pianist, besides faces charges of weapons possession during a convulsive crime. 

Sheriff Hobart Lewis described the execution arsenic a 'very violent' attack, reported Greenville Online. 'It was a precise brutal transgression scene, for sure,' the sheriff added astatine the time. 

Court documents revealed the fishy was caught connected a neighbor's ringing doorbell camera entering Parcell's location the time she was killed. 

The aforesaid fishy was besides seen leaving the location connected a bike.

According to WHNS, investigators utilized FLOCK cameras which work licence plates to link Hughes with being astatine Parcell's house. Images from the cameras amusement Hughes' motortruck with a motorcycle successful the back. 

The aforesaid motorcycle was aboriginal recovered successful Hughes' home.