Jury Selection Continues in Trial of Warden’s Wife

MANGUM, Okla. (AP) – The first week in the trial of a former warden’s wife accused of falling in love with a convicted killer and helping him escape from prison concluded without a jury in place. Greer County, Okla., prosecutors and defense attorneys disqualified several people but chose no new jurors on Friday as they continued efforts to find an impartial panel to hear the case of Bobbi Parker. Jury selection continues today. District Attorney John Wampler has said five people “made the first cut.” Parker is accused of helping Randolph Dial escape from the Oklahoma State Reformatory in 1994 and running away with him. Defense attorneys have said Dial abducted Parker and held her captive until she was rescued at an East Texas chicken ranch in 2005.