Ex-Secretary Testifies in Parker Trial

MANGUM, Okla. (AP) – The former secretary to a former deputy Oklahoma prison warden whose wife is charged with helping an inmate escape says the inmate had become friends with the prison’s warden. Anne Brooks testified Wednesday in the trial of Bobbi Parker. Parker is charged with helping convicted killer Randolph Dial escape the Oklahoma State Reformatory in Granite where her husband – Randy Parker – was deputy warden. Brooks was Randy Parker’s secretary and testified that Dial and prison Warden Jack Cowley spoke frequently inside the prison. She said she didn’t trust Dial and called him “that conniving inmate.” Prosecutors say Bobbi Parker fell in love with Dial and helped him escape in 1994. Defense attorneys say Dial kidnapped Parker and held her hostage until they were found in Campti, in Shelby County, Texas, in 2005.