Brett Parker Bookie Trial Gets Under Way: Murdered Wife, Clerk

COLUMBIA, S.C. (Associated Press) — Federal prosecutors seek to prove that a South Carolina man already convicted of double murder, his father, and an associate were behind a sports betting ring that moved thousands of dollars.

The State of Columbia reports the gambling trial of Brett Parker, his father Jack Parker, and Douglas E. Taylor starts Monday in Columbia. Prosecutors say they ran a gambling operation that collected thousands of dollars a day.

Government attorneys say also involved was Brett Parker's wife and his betting clerk, but they can't tell jurors Parker killed them and is serving life without parole in a South Carolina prison.

It's the second federal gambling trial since the April 2012 killings led federal and state authorities to investigate sports betting operations in the Midlands.