Preliminary autopsy reveals little in death of Edna man

By Jessica Coleman
Staff Writer

Jackson County Justice of the Peace Darren Stancik said a preliminary autopsy report on the body of Jarrett Parker gave only “a cause of death and a manner of death.”

Parker, a 33-year-old Edna resident, died of a gunshot wound to the chest, and the manner of death was ruled a homicide.

In medical terms, “homicide” is the killing of one human being by another, meaning the ruling does not make any assumptions about the details surrouding the case or moments leading up to Parker’s death. It simply means that the death was not the result of an accident or a suicide. Murder, manslaughter, and self defense all fall under the heading “homicide.”

A full, detailed autopsy report may not be available for six weeks, according to Stancik.

In the early morning hours of Tuesday, Feb. 7, Parker’s girlfriend called 911 saying she had shot her boyfriend. When authorities arrived at the home on E. Church St. in Edna, Parker was already deceased.

Parker’s girlfriend has not been arrested.