MANGUM — Jurors completed their first full day of deliberations Tuesday as they work to decide whether a former Oklahoma prison warden's wife helped a convicted killer escape or if she was kidnapped and held in check through threats for more than a decade.
Lawyers in the case said Tuesday that the judge granted a request by the jury to tour the home on the prison grounds where the warden and his wife lived. The jury is to board a bus at 9 a.m. Wednesday for the drive to the prison.
Bobbi Parker, 49, could face up to 10 years in prison if the jury decides she helped Randolph Franklin Dial escape from the Oklahoma State Reformatory, where her husband worked as deputy warden.
Jurors began deliberating on Monday after listening to months of testimony from more than 80 witnesses and reviewing more than 800 pieces of evidence. In addition to requesting the tour of the prison grounds, the jury on Tuesday asked to review 1994 video shot by Texas police of the van Parker and Dial disappeared in.
The jury faces one central question: Did she fall in love with Dial, who died in 2007, or did Dial drug the woman and take her from the Oklahoma State Reformatory as a hostage?
Parker and Dial disappeared Aug. 30, 1994. It took 11 years for authorities to locate them in Texas.
Prosecutors say Parker helped Dial escape after falling in love with him while they worked in a prison pottery program in the garage of the Parker home, on prison grounds.
Both Dial and Parker maintained he kidnapped her, but Oklahoma authorities filed charges against Parker, believing she helped Dial escape.
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In his closing argument Monday, assistant prosecutor Eric Yarborough dismissed Parker's claim that she was drugged.
“The intoxication in his case was love,” he told jurors. “She chose freedom with Randolph Franklin Dial. Was it a good choice? Probably not. Was it a bad choice? Absolutely.”
Parker's attorney, Garvin Isaacs, called Dial a “sick, sociopathic egomaniac” who stole Parker from her husband and two daughters. She's still married to her husband, Randy Parker, who testified during the trial that he loves his wife.
“Bobbi Parker isn't going to do anything that will break up her family,” Isaacs said.
<figure><img src="//cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-47eff7e480601a8e70cf3b09ac522a5a.jpg" alt="Photo - Bobbi Parker and husband, Randy, spend a few quiet moments together outside the courthouse Tuesday afternoon while a jury deliberates her fate inside. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman" title="Bobbi Parker and husband, Randy, spend a few quiet moments together outside the courthouse Tuesday afternoon while a jury deliberates her fate inside. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman"><figcaption>Bobbi Parker and husband, Randy, spend a few quiet moments together outside the courthouse Tuesday afternoon while a jury deliberates her fate inside. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="//cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-16e0812f14730dbb2ab19dd71c90ca0b.jpg" alt="Photo - The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. Talking outside the courtroom Tuesday morning are Parker, second from right, and members of her husband's, Randy, family. From left are his sister, Denay Prigmore, his mother , Nina Coulter , Bobbi Parker and her husband's step-motherr, Donna Parker. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman" title="The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. Talking outside the courtroom Tuesday morning are Parker, second from right, and members of her husband's, Randy, family. From left are his sister, Denay Prigmore, his mother , Nina Coulter , Bobbi Parker and her husband's step-motherr, Donna Parker. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman"><figcaption>The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. Talking outside the courtroom Tuesday morning are Parker, second from right, and members of her husband's, Randy, family. From left are his sister, Denay Prigmore, his mother , Nina Coulter , Bobbi Parker and her husband's step-motherr, Donna Parker. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="//cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-a48f9778dea9f146dea5431a88116275.jpg" alt="Photo - A sign taped to the east doors of the Greer County Courthouse. Much of the first floor of the building has been closed to visitors because the judge does not want jurors to be disturbed or distracted while they deliberate the fate of Bobbi Parker. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman" title="A sign taped to the east doors of the Greer County Courthouse. Much of the first floor of the building has been closed to visitors because the judge does not want jurors to be disturbed or distracted while they deliberate the fate of Bobbi Parker. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman"><figcaption>A sign taped to the east doors of the Greer County Courthouse. Much of the first floor of the building has been closed to visitors because the judge does not want jurors to be disturbed or distracted while they deliberate the fate of Bobbi Parker. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="//cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-efa1e5cd9de0415ccc0d5c42fedff10d.jpg" alt="Photo - Bobbi Parker is hugged by a family member as she waits with her husband and relatives outside the courthouse while her jury deliberates her fate inside. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman" title="Bobbi Parker is hugged by a family member as she waits with her husband and relatives outside the courthouse while her jury deliberates her fate inside. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman"><figcaption>Bobbi Parker is hugged by a family member as she waits with her husband and relatives outside the courthouse while her jury deliberates her fate inside. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="//cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-bb3f3d7e207bbe87cf00c64bac5fe8d3.jpg" alt="Photo - Bobbi Parker smiles while standing in a hallway of the courthouse with members of her family who were there to support her as the jury deliberated her fate. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman" title="Bobbi Parker smiles while standing in a hallway of the courthouse with members of her family who were there to support her as the jury deliberated her fate. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman"><figcaption>Bobbi Parker smiles while standing in a hallway of the courthouse with members of her family who were there to support her as the jury deliberated her fate. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="//cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-f5090d85996fd39fa8978a64b1e85064.jpg" alt="Photo - Defendant Bobbi Parker smiles while sitting on a step outside the jail with her husband and her defense attorney, Garvin Isaacs, right. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman" title="Defendant Bobbi Parker smiles while sitting on a step outside the jail with her husband and her defense attorney, Garvin Isaacs, right. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman"><figcaption>Defendant Bobbi Parker smiles while sitting on a step outside the jail with her husband and her defense attorney, Garvin Isaacs, right. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="//cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-e4568f609e44cabb5a7a9cdd91c0a995.jpg" alt="Photo - Defense attorney Garvin Isaacs sits on a window ledge outside the county courthouse with members of Bobbi Parker's family Tuesday afternoon. Talking with Isaacs are Parkers son-in-law and a sister-in-law. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman" title="Defense attorney Garvin Isaacs sits on a window ledge outside the county courthouse with members of Bobbi Parker's family Tuesday afternoon. Talking with Isaacs are Parkers son-in-law and a sister-in-law. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman"><figcaption>Defense attorney Garvin Isaacs sits on a window ledge outside the county courthouse with members of Bobbi Parker's family Tuesday afternoon. Talking with Isaacs are Parkers son-in-law and a sister-in-law. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="//cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-7343cadbe4e5758c2982401b63db4b70.jpg" alt="Photo - Bobbi Parker smiles after receiving a supportive hug from her father-in-law, Jerry Parker outside the courthouse Tuesday afternoon. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman" title="Bobbi Parker smiles after receiving a supportive hug from her father-in-law, Jerry Parker outside the courthouse Tuesday afternoon. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman"><figcaption>Bobbi Parker smiles after receiving a supportive hug from her father-in-law, Jerry Parker outside the courthouse Tuesday afternoon. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="//cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-a1508d9449f57960d08d890b0b5a743e.jpg" alt="Photo - Bobbi Parker walks with her husband, Randy, outside the courthouse Tuesday afternoon while her jury deliberates inside. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman" title="Bobbi Parker walks with her husband, Randy, outside the courthouse Tuesday afternoon while her jury deliberates inside. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman"><figcaption>Bobbi Parker walks with her husband, Randy, outside the courthouse Tuesday afternoon while her jury deliberates inside. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="//cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-761bcb7342d6bf074775f330c15673ea.jpg" alt="Photo - Bobbi Parker stands near her father-in-law, Jerry Parker, outside the county courthouse Tuesday afternoon as her jury meets inside. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman" title="Bobbi Parker stands near her father-in-law, Jerry Parker, outside the county courthouse Tuesday afternoon as her jury meets inside. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman"><figcaption>Bobbi Parker stands near her father-in-law, Jerry Parker, outside the county courthouse Tuesday afternoon as her jury meets inside. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="//cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-886f90793683cfa357fe5452e8358161.jpg" alt="Photo - Bobbi Parker's defense attorney Garvin Isaacs has a phone conversation while sitting in a window ledge on the east side of the county courthouse Tuesday afternoon. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman" title="Bobbi Parker's defense attorney Garvin Isaacs has a phone conversation while sitting in a window ledge on the east side of the county courthouse Tuesday afternoon. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman"><figcaption>Bobbi Parker's defense attorney Garvin Isaacs has a phone conversation while sitting in a window ledge on the east side of the county courthouse Tuesday afternoon. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="//cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-71e6ffca697e70e21286bbf1c09bcdff.jpg" alt="Photo - Bobbi Parker's defense attorney Garvin Isaacs sits alone in a window ledge on the east side of the county courthouse Tuesday afternoon as he waits with Parker and members of her family to learn her jury's verdict. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman" title="Bobbi Parker's defense attorney Garvin Isaacs sits alone in a window ledge on the east side of the county courthouse Tuesday afternoon as he waits with Parker and members of her family to learn her jury's verdict. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman"><figcaption>Bobbi Parker's defense attorney Garvin Isaacs sits alone in a window ledge on the east side of the county courthouse Tuesday afternoon as he waits with Parker and members of her family to learn her jury's verdict. The first full day of jury deliberations began Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2011. after closing arguments were completed in the trial of Bobbi Parker late Monday night. The trial is in the Greer County Courthouse in Mangum, Okla. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="//cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-b2b54747a1171a75b511adf7013bc644.jpg" alt="Photo - In a Monday, Sept. 19, 2011 photo, defendant Bobbi Parker, top left, enjoys a few moments with her husband, Randy, right, and other family members during a break from her trial late Monday afternoon. Jurors deliberating to decide whether Parker helped a convicted killer escape or whether she was kidnapped and held in check through threats for more than a decade asked the court Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011 if they could tour the home on the prison grounds where the warden and his wife lived. (Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman)" title="In a Monday, Sept. 19, 2011 photo, defendant Bobbi Parker, top left, enjoys a few moments with her husband, Randy, right, and other family members during a break from her trial late Monday afternoon. Jurors deliberating to decide whether Parker helped a convicted killer escape or whether she was kidnapped and held in check through threats for more than a decade asked the court Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011 if they could tour the home on the prison grounds where the warden and his wife lived. (Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman)"><figcaption>In a Monday, Sept. 19, 2011 photo, defendant Bobbi Parker, top left, enjoys a few moments with her husband, Randy, right, and other family members during a break from her trial late Monday afternoon. Jurors deliberating to decide whether Parker helped a convicted killer escape or whether she was kidnapped and held in check through threats for more than a decade asked the court Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011 if they could tour the home on the prison grounds where the warden and his wife lived. (Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman)</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="//cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-8b6f0637d56f1a7f6fd1167829be3a85.jpg" alt="Photo - In a Monday, Sep. 19, 2011 photo, Randy Parker, left, and his father, Jerry Parker, talk outside the courtroom as defense attorney Garvin Isaacs addresses the jurors during the afternoon court session. Jurors deliberating to decide whether Parker helped a convicted killer escape or whether she was kidnapped and held in check through threats for more than a decade asked the court Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011 if they could tour the home on the prison grounds where the warden and his wife lived. (Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman)" title="In a Monday, Sep. 19, 2011 photo, Randy Parker, left, and his father, Jerry Parker, talk outside the courtroom as defense attorney Garvin Isaacs addresses the jurors during the afternoon court session. Jurors deliberating to decide whether Parker helped a convicted killer escape or whether she was kidnapped and held in check through threats for more than a decade asked the court Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011 if they could tour the home on the prison grounds where the warden and his wife lived. (Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman)"><figcaption>In a Monday, Sep. 19, 2011 photo, Randy Parker, left, and his father, Jerry Parker, talk outside the courtroom as defense attorney Garvin Isaacs addresses the jurors during the afternoon court session. Jurors deliberating to decide whether Parker helped a convicted killer escape or whether she was kidnapped and held in check through threats for more than a decade asked the court Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011 if they could tour the home on the prison grounds where the warden and his wife lived. (Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman)</figcaption></figure>
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