05/07/2004: "David Parker's Journal: 16"
MISSING PERSONS REPORT
Date: March 5, 2004
Incident No. 80506-03-05-04
Investigating officer: Detective Jim Adams
Badge: 625
First name: David
Middle Name: Unknown
Last Name: Parker
Nickname: None
Sex: Male
Race: White
Hair: Brown
Eye color: Blue
Height: 6 ft.
Weight: Approximately 160 lbs.
Date of Birth: Unknown
Age Range (Current Age): 30 to 35
County: U.S.
Dental X-rays Available: No
Date missing: Sometime after Feb. 1
Reporting agency: Benton Police Department
Dental X-rays Available: No
Report type: Suspicious circumstances
Suspect Name: Unknown
Narrative: David Parker was last seen on or about Feb. 1 at St. Alban’s College in Benton.
Parker is a concert pianist who was working on a composition for the St. Alban’s Orchestra. According to Dr. Janice Nelson, the chair of the St. Alban’s Music Department, Parker dropped of the score Feb. 1 and promised to contact Dr. Nelson by mid-February to schedule rehearsals. After repeated attempts to reach Parker, Dr. Nelson went to his home at 812 River Drive March 2. She looked through a window when no one answered the door, saw the house in disarray, and telephoned police. (See supplemental patrol and forensics reports.)
Parker was alone when he last visited the college, Dr. Benton said. The departmental secretary, Laura Peterson, confirmed the account. Dr. Benton is unaware of any close friends or acquaintances of Parker’s. She described him as “reclusive.” She volunteered that Parker “did not seem especially happy.”
Parker, who briefly practiced law before embarking on a career in music, is Chicago native. He is divorced; his wife is deceased. He has no known living family members. Parker has traveled extensively in his career and maintained a succession of residences around the U.S. and abroad, according to Arthur Eckstein, Parker’s booking agent in New York. Parker has no immediate bookings and has been on a sabbatical for the past year, Eckstein said. Eckstein said he has not talked to Parker in six months and is unaware of his whereabouts.
Given the broken furniture and general evidence of violence at Parker’s residence, foul play may have been involved in his disappearance. The tile foyer had been wiped with bleach, indicating that person or persons unknown took steps to remove blood and other evidence.
Anyone with information about David Parker should contact Detective Adams at the Benton Police Department.
