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Michelle Parker likely choked to death by ex-fiancé after 2011 The People’s Court airing, court records show

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Michelle Parker likely choked to death by ex-fiancé after 2011 The People’s Court airing, court records show — Oviedo Business news

Detectives with the Orlando Police Department believe Michelle Parker was choked to death by her former fiancé, Dale Smith, within hours of the estranged couple appearing on the TV program The People’s Court in 2011, newly unsealed court records show.Smith, 55, was arrested Oct. 14 for Parker’s murder, nearly fifteen years after her disappearance. He has entered a plea of not guilty to a charge of second-degree murder.Detectives recently re-interviewed witnesses, including Parker’s family, and conducted additional analysis on cell phone data first obtained in 2011, the documents indicate.Police said their investigation uncovered evidence of Smith of having a violent history with Parker and other women that included rough sex and choking.The estranged couple appeared on Nov.17, 2011, episode of The People’s Court that involved a dispute over a missing engagement ring. The hour-long TV show aired in Central Florida at 2:00 p.m. that day.Parker was reported missing by her sister that even

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