Michael Parson has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for shooting his wife eight times in April 2012. Adina Broome, now Parson’s ex-wife, is restricted to a wheelchair, almost blind, and has very little speech capability left.
Parson was married to Broome, but was secretly engaged to another woman who was in Afghanistan at the time. Parson lured Broome out of her apartment by telling her he needed to be picked up at the VA hospital in Decatur. Parson then shot her eight times—three in the head—and he left her to die.
Marine Rachel Harner, Parson’s secret fiancée, is now living a guarded and isolated life. She feels terrible for Broome and was shocked when she returned from Afghanistan to find that her fiancé was a liar and the life she thought she was returning to did not exist.
Police say Parson was a suspect from the beginning because he did not seem upset that his wife almost died. He was caught because he lied to the police and said he was at the VA hospital in Decatur when he was actually near or at his apartment complex when Broome was shot.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kelly Amanda Lee sentenced Parson to the maximum possible term of 35 years. Lee said, “It’s a rare case where the maximum sentence allowed by the law is too lenient; this is one of them.”
The staff at the Law Offices of Scott Miller regrets the tragedy that has taken place. We send our thoughts to Adina Broome, her family, and Marine Rachel Harner who is also a victim in this Georgia felony story.
