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Hope Parks

Case from Crawfordsville, IN dated Aug 18, 2020

Victim Details

Hope Ann Parks

Female

White / Caucasian

Crawfordsville

IN

2020-08-18

44

Hope

Parks

07/14/2026

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In August of 2020, in the small city of Crawfordsville, Indiana, the life of 44-year-old Hope Parks came to a horrific end. The gruesome details of her death would soon emerge, shocking the quiet community. Between August 18th and August 20th, Hope was fatally shot in the back of the head. The events that followed escalated the horror of the crime.

On August 20, 2020, Hope's husband, Michael Dale Parks, walked into the Crawfordsville Police Department to report his wife missing. He claime ...
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  • WRTV: Crawfordsville man sentenced to 50 years after wife's decapitated body, severed head found
  • Fox 59: Court docs: Crawfordsville man killed wife, buried severed head in cellar
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