Larry J. Parkhurst
Lake of the Ozarks Major Case Squad members were called together early Monday following the fatal shooting of a rural Eldon man at his home at about 2 a.m. Monday. Since that time, more than 100 leads have been investigated by officers, Miller County Sheriff Alan Strope said. Dead is Larry J. Parkhurst, 43, of Rte. 4, Eldon. He and his family lived at the end of Route M near where County Road 17-10 M-20 crosses Saline Creek. Strope said Parkhurst died of a single gunshot wound to the head and upper body. The gunman was outside the residence and fired at Parkhurst through a window, the sheriff said. "We believe there was just one shot," the sheriff said. A 12-guage shotgun is believed to have been used. Miller County Coroner Doug Griswold said Parkhurst died instantly. Nine pellets were removed from his body, including those that pierced his right temple, Griswold said. Preliminary autopsy results were given to Strope verbally on Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Jay Dix of Columbia, a forensic pathologist, performed the autopsy. "The family was there," Strope said. He said they were sleeping but that Parkhurst was awake and in another part of the house when the shooting occurred. None of them were injured.
Parkhurst and his wife Brenda have three sons. An older son, Sonny James Parkhurst, and his wife and child, also live at the home. They were awakened by the shot and found Parkhurst on the floor in the living area of the house. The gun blast came through a living room window but
the kitchen, where Parkhurst fell, is visible from that window, investigators said. On Tuesday Missouri Water Patrol officers searched the Osage River for aweapon but found nothing. Gunpowder residue tests have been done on the hands of a number of people, Strope said. Widespread reports that a 13-year-old boy was a suspect are not true, the sheriff said. However, the youth was tested for gunpowder residue, Strope said.
Strope said many rumors have surrounded the investigation and the number of them may have clouded it. Those rumors were treated as leads and it took officers time to investigate them, Strope said.
One of the rumors was that Parkhurst was to testify in a federal trial this week. Federal agencies have told the sheriff that was not true. Federal agencies have been involved to some extent with the probe, the sheriff went on to say.
"We haven't narrowed it down a whole lot," the sheriff said Tuesday afternoon, obviously tired and frustrated. "We're still plodding along."
Many of the major case squad officers were sent back to their home jurisdictions Tuesday as much of the leg work in the case was completed after they worked late into the night on Monday. In the fall of 1988 Parkhurst and his parents, James and Betty Parkhurst of Eldon, were charged in Miller County with cultivating marijuana on a
farm in Miller and Morgan counties. That case has never gone to trial, however, even though it remained open. A "les pendens" was attached to the farm with the intent of seizing the farm if criminal charges were proved.
At the time of his death, Parkhurst was a member of a country band. Fire Station No. 2 at Grand Avenue and 10th Street was used as a command center for the major case squad because none of the law enforcement agencies in the county have offices large enough to handle the extra officers.
Major case squad members include Miller, Morgan and Camden county sheriff departments and police departments at Eldon, Lake Ozark, Osage Beach, Camdenton, Versailles, Iberia, Stover and Laurie. Missouri State Highway Patrol officers also assisted and the patrol provided lab
services for the investigation.
Larry James Parkhurst, 43, of Eldon died Monday, July 6, 1992, at his home. He was born Jan 12, 1949, at Eldon to James C. and Betty Jean Whittle Parkhurst who survive at Eldon. On Sept 11, 1978, he was married in Eldon to Brenda Whittle, who survives at the home. Mr. Parkhurst was a musician with Rogue, an area country band, at the time of his death. He drove for Opie's Milk Haulers for seven years and also had owned and operated Central Barber Shop in Eldon. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era.
Other survivors are four sons, Sonny James Parkhurst, Zachariah Coleman Curtis Parkhurst, Casy Ely Parkhurst and Cody Malachi Parkhurst, all of the home; a grandson of the home; and three sisters, Mary Jean Ekstam, Shirley Ineta Hawk and Sharon Darlene Barnhart, all of Eldon. Funeral services will be held at 5 p.m. Friday at Mt. Zion Christian Church at Tuscumbia with the Rev. Gene Edwards and the Rev. Wilford
Whittle officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Zion Cemetery with military graveside rites by VFW Post 2442. Arrangement by Phillips Funeral Home in Eldon.
Lake of the Ozarks Major Case Squad members were called together early Monday following the fatal shooting of a rural Eldon man at his home at about 2 a.m. Monday. Since that time, more than 100 leads have been investigated by officers, Miller County Sheriff Alan Strope said. Dead is Larry J. Parkhurst, 43, of Rte. 4, Eldon. He and his family lived at the end of Route M near where County Road 17-10 M-20 crosses Saline Creek. Strope said Parkhurst died of a single gunshot wound to the head and upper body. The gunman was outside the residence and fired at Parkhurst through a window, the sheriff said. "We believe there was just one shot," the sheriff said. A 12-guage shotgun is believed to have been used. Miller County Coroner Doug Griswold said Parkhurst died instantly. Nine pellets were removed from his body, including those that pierced his right temple, Griswold said. Preliminary autopsy results were given to Strope verbally on Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Jay Dix of Columbia, a forensic pathologist, performed the autopsy. "The family was there," Strope said. He said they were sleeping but that Parkhurst was awake and in another part of the house when the shooting occurred. None of them were injured.
Parkhurst and his wife Brenda have three sons. An older son, Sonny James Parkhurst, and his wife and child, also live at the home. They were awakened by the shot and found Parkhurst on the floor in the living area of the house. The gun blast came through a living room window but
the kitchen, where Parkhurst fell, is visible from that window, investigators said. On Tuesday Missouri Water Patrol officers searched the Osage River for aweapon but found nothing. Gunpowder residue tests have been done on the hands of a number of people, Strope said. Widespread reports that a 13-year-old boy was a suspect are not true, the sheriff said. However, the youth was tested for gunpowder residue, Strope said.
Strope said many rumors have surrounded the investigation and the number of them may have clouded it. Those rumors were treated as leads and it took officers time to investigate them, Strope said.
One of the rumors was that Parkhurst was to testify in a federal trial this week. Federal agencies have told the sheriff that was not true. Federal agencies have been involved to some extent with the probe, the sheriff went on to say.
"We haven't narrowed it down a whole lot," the sheriff said Tuesday afternoon, obviously tired and frustrated. "We're still plodding along."
Many of the major case squad officers were sent back to their home jurisdictions Tuesday as much of the leg work in the case was completed after they worked late into the night on Monday. In the fall of 1988 Parkhurst and his parents, James and Betty Parkhurst of Eldon, were charged in Miller County with cultivating marijuana on a
farm in Miller and Morgan counties. That case has never gone to trial, however, even though it remained open. A "les pendens" was attached to the farm with the intent of seizing the farm if criminal charges were proved.
At the time of his death, Parkhurst was a member of a country band. Fire Station No. 2 at Grand Avenue and 10th Street was used as a command center for the major case squad because none of the law enforcement agencies in the county have offices large enough to handle the extra officers.
Major case squad members include Miller, Morgan and Camden county sheriff departments and police departments at Eldon, Lake Ozark, Osage Beach, Camdenton, Versailles, Iberia, Stover and Laurie. Missouri State Highway Patrol officers also assisted and the patrol provided lab
services for the investigation.
Larry James Parkhurst, 43, of Eldon died Monday, July 6, 1992, at his home. He was born Jan 12, 1949, at Eldon to James C. and Betty Jean Whittle Parkhurst who survive at Eldon. On Sept 11, 1978, he was married in Eldon to Brenda Whittle, who survives at the home. Mr. Parkhurst was a musician with Rogue, an area country band, at the time of his death. He drove for Opie's Milk Haulers for seven years and also had owned and operated Central Barber Shop in Eldon. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era.
Other survivors are four sons, Sonny James Parkhurst, Zachariah Coleman Curtis Parkhurst, Casy Ely Parkhurst and Cody Malachi Parkhurst, all of the home; a grandson of the home; and three sisters, Mary Jean Ekstam, Shirley Ineta Hawk and Sharon Darlene Barnhart, all of Eldon. Funeral services will be held at 5 p.m. Friday at Mt. Zion Christian Church at Tuscumbia with the Rev. Gene Edwards and the Rev. Wilford
Whittle officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Zion Cemetery with military graveside rites by VFW Post 2442. Arrangement by Phillips Funeral Home in Eldon.
Larry J. Parkhurst
Lake of the Ozarks Major Case Squad members were called together early Monday following the fatal shooting of a rural Eldon man at his home at about 2 a.m. Monday. Since that time, more than 100 leads have been investigated by officers, Miller County Sheriff Alan Strope said. Dead is Larry J. Parkhurst, 43, of Rte. 4, Eldon. He and his family lived at the end of Route M near where County Road 17-10 M-20 crosses Saline Creek. Strope said Parkhurst died of a single gunshot wound to the head and upper body. The gunman was outside the residence and fired at Parkhurst through a window, the sheriff said. "We believe there was just one shot," the sheriff said. A 12-guage shotgun is believed to have been used. Miller County Coroner Doug Griswold said Parkhurst died instantly. Nine pellets were removed from his body, including those that pierced his right temple, Griswold said. Preliminary autopsy results were given to Strope verbally on Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Jay Dix of Columbia, a forensic pathologist, performed the autopsy. "The family was there," Strope said. He said they were sleeping but that Parkhurst was awake and in another part of the house when the shooting occurred. None of them were injured.
Parkhurst and his wife Brenda have three sons. An older son, Sonny James Parkhurst, and his wife and child, also live at the home. They were awakened by the shot and found Parkhurst on the floor in the living area of the house. The gun blast came through a living room window but
the kitchen, where Parkhurst fell, is visible from that window, investigators said. On Tuesday Missouri Water Patrol officers searched the Osage River for aweapon but found nothing. Gunpowder residue tests have been done on the hands of a number of people, Strope said. Widespread reports that a 13-year-old boy was a suspect are not true, the sheriff said. However, the youth was tested for gunpowder residue, Strope said.
Strope said many rumors have surrounded the investigation and the number of them may have clouded it. Those rumors were treated as leads and it took officers time to investigate them, Strope said.
One of the rumors was that Parkhurst was to testify in a federal trial this week. Federal agencies have told the sheriff that was not true. Federal agencies have been involved to some extent with the probe, the sheriff went on to say.
"We haven't narrowed it down a whole lot," the sheriff said Tuesday afternoon, obviously tired and frustrated. "We're still plodding along."
Many of the major case squad officers were sent back to their home jurisdictions Tuesday as much of the leg work in the case was completed after they worked late into the night on Monday. In the fall of 1988 Parkhurst and his parents, James and Betty Parkhurst of Eldon, were charged in Miller County with cultivating marijuana on a
farm in Miller and Morgan counties. That case has never gone to trial, however, even though it remained open. A "les pendens" was attached to the farm with the intent of seizing the farm if criminal charges were proved.
At the time of his death, Parkhurst was a member of a country band. Fire Station No. 2 at Grand Avenue and 10th Street was used as a command center for the major case squad because none of the law enforcement agencies in the county have offices large enough to handle the extra officers.
Major case squad members include Miller, Morgan and Camden county sheriff departments and police departments at Eldon, Lake Ozark, Osage Beach, Camdenton, Versailles, Iberia, Stover and Laurie. Missouri State Highway Patrol officers also assisted and the patrol provided lab
services for the investigation.
Larry James Parkhurst, 43, of Eldon died Monday, July 6, 1992, at his home. He was born Jan 12, 1949, at Eldon to James C. and Betty Jean Whittle Parkhurst who survive at Eldon. On Sept 11, 1978, he was married in Eldon to Brenda Whittle, who survives at the home. Mr. Parkhurst was a musician with Rogue, an area country band, at the time of his death. He drove for Opie's Milk Haulers for seven years and also had owned and operated Central Barber Shop in Eldon. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era.
Other survivors are four sons, Sonny James Parkhurst, Zachariah Coleman Curtis Parkhurst, Casy Ely Parkhurst and Cody Malachi Parkhurst, all of the home; a grandson of the home; and three sisters, Mary Jean Ekstam, Shirley Ineta Hawk and Sharon Darlene Barnhart, all of Eldon. Funeral services will be held at 5 p.m. Friday at Mt. Zion Christian Church at Tuscumbia with the Rev. Gene Edwards and the Rev. Wilford
Whittle officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Zion Cemetery with military graveside rites by VFW Post 2442. Arrangement by Phillips Funeral Home in Eldon.
Lake of the Ozarks Major Case Squad members were called together early Monday following the fatal shooting of a rural Eldon man at his home at about 2 a.m. Monday. Since that time, more than 100 leads have been investigated by officers, Miller County Sheriff Alan Strope said. Dead is Larry J. Parkhurst, 43, of Rte. 4, Eldon. He and his family lived at the end of Route M near where County Road 17-10 M-20 crosses Saline Creek. Strope said Parkhurst died of a single gunshot wound to the head and upper body. The gunman was outside the residence and fired at Parkhurst through a window, the sheriff said. "We believe there was just one shot," the sheriff said. A 12-guage shotgun is believed to have been used. Miller County Coroner Doug Griswold said Parkhurst died instantly. Nine pellets were removed from his body, including those that pierced his right temple, Griswold said. Preliminary autopsy results were given to Strope verbally on Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Jay Dix of Columbia, a forensic pathologist, performed the autopsy. "The family was there," Strope said. He said they were sleeping but that Parkhurst was awake and in another part of the house when the shooting occurred. None of them were injured.
Parkhurst and his wife Brenda have three sons. An older son, Sonny James Parkhurst, and his wife and child, also live at the home. They were awakened by the shot and found Parkhurst on the floor in the living area of the house. The gun blast came through a living room window but
the kitchen, where Parkhurst fell, is visible from that window, investigators said. On Tuesday Missouri Water Patrol officers searched the Osage River for aweapon but found nothing. Gunpowder residue tests have been done on the hands of a number of people, Strope said. Widespread reports that a 13-year-old boy was a suspect are not true, the sheriff said. However, the youth was tested for gunpowder residue, Strope said.
Strope said many rumors have surrounded the investigation and the number of them may have clouded it. Those rumors were treated as leads and it took officers time to investigate them, Strope said.
One of the rumors was that Parkhurst was to testify in a federal trial this week. Federal agencies have told the sheriff that was not true. Federal agencies have been involved to some extent with the probe, the sheriff went on to say.
"We haven't narrowed it down a whole lot," the sheriff said Tuesday afternoon, obviously tired and frustrated. "We're still plodding along."
Many of the major case squad officers were sent back to their home jurisdictions Tuesday as much of the leg work in the case was completed after they worked late into the night on Monday. In the fall of 1988 Parkhurst and his parents, James and Betty Parkhurst of Eldon, were charged in Miller County with cultivating marijuana on a
farm in Miller and Morgan counties. That case has never gone to trial, however, even though it remained open. A "les pendens" was attached to the farm with the intent of seizing the farm if criminal charges were proved.
At the time of his death, Parkhurst was a member of a country band. Fire Station No. 2 at Grand Avenue and 10th Street was used as a command center for the major case squad because none of the law enforcement agencies in the county have offices large enough to handle the extra officers.
Major case squad members include Miller, Morgan and Camden county sheriff departments and police departments at Eldon, Lake Ozark, Osage Beach, Camdenton, Versailles, Iberia, Stover and Laurie. Missouri State Highway Patrol officers also assisted and the patrol provided lab
services for the investigation.
Larry James Parkhurst, 43, of Eldon died Monday, July 6, 1992, at his home. He was born Jan 12, 1949, at Eldon to James C. and Betty Jean Whittle Parkhurst who survive at Eldon. On Sept 11, 1978, he was married in Eldon to Brenda Whittle, who survives at the home. Mr. Parkhurst was a musician with Rogue, an area country band, at the time of his death. He drove for Opie's Milk Haulers for seven years and also had owned and operated Central Barber Shop in Eldon. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era.
Other survivors are four sons, Sonny James Parkhurst, Zachariah Coleman Curtis Parkhurst, Casy Ely Parkhurst and Cody Malachi Parkhurst, all of the home; a grandson of the home; and three sisters, Mary Jean Ekstam, Shirley Ineta Hawk and Sharon Darlene Barnhart, all of Eldon. Funeral services will be held at 5 p.m. Friday at Mt. Zion Christian Church at Tuscumbia with the Rev. Gene Edwards and the Rev. Wilford
Whittle officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Zion Cemetery with military graveside rites by VFW Post 2442. Arrangement by Phillips Funeral Home in Eldon.
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