Jury Selection in Trial of Warden’s Wife

MANGUM, Okla. (AP) – Jury selection continues in Greer County District Court for the trial of a former warden’s wife accused of falling in love with an inmate and helping him escape. The fourth day of jury selection began Thursday in the trial of Bobbi Parker. Defense attorney Garvin Isaacs says the selection process has been slow because attorneys are trying to choose jurors who haven’t been swayed by pretrial publicity. Parker has pleaded not guilty to helping convicted killer Randolph Dial escape from the Oklahoma State Reformatory in 1994. Defense attorneys say Dial kidnapped Parker and held her hostage until she was rescued at an East Texas chicken ranch in 2005. Dial maintained until his death in 2007 that he kidnapped Parker.