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LAFAYETTE, Ga. — Authorities have charged the husband of missing Georgia 911 dispatcher Theresa Parker with murder in her death.

Authorities arrested Samuel Parker, 52, at 9:55 a.m. Monday at his home, said Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the FBI assisted his deputies in making the arrest, Wilson said.

Theresa Walker, a dispatcher for Walker County, was last seen the night of March 21, 2007. Authorities had called her estranged husband a person of interest in her disappearance.

Sam Parker, a former Lafayette Police officer, had maintained his innocence.

The couple was in the process of getting a divorce when the woman disappeared.

Why do these cases seem to have a common thread? The women wanted a divorce, or were talking about a divorce, and suddenly they mysteriously disappear, with a husband who’s left behind who doesn’t seem that concerned, and says she ran off with another man.

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Another point of interest: Her husband is a cop.

Susan Murphy-Milano’s site from May, 2007:

The Walker County 911 dispatcher, last was seen March 21. She and her husband, a police officer with the LaFayette Police Department for 26 years, were divorcing. At the time of Theresa Parker’s disappearance, her husband was already was out of the house and she was moving to a neighboring town. She was reported missing after she failed to show up for work. Family members said she had no plans to go on any sort of trip.

Sam Parker said police have conducted five search warrants at his house and his credit cards, weapons and a safe were all seized. He said friends have even been told not to talk with him.

“I was just instantly accused and convicted and tried, you know, they were ready to lynch me in this town,” he told WAGA. “I’ve been ‘Wacoed’, I’ve been ‘Ruby Ridged’ by the FBI — and that’s, I know that’s the way it is.”

Sam Parker told WAGA his estranged wife left just days after he gave her $3,000 to pay off credit card bills and just days before he was supposed to give her $20,000 as part of their divorce agreement.

“I did not ever want to harm her, ever. And I never did,” he said.

Up until April 13, Sam Parker was on unpaid suspension from his job while the investigation continued. But on that date, he was fired from his job after explosives were found in his locker.

He doesn’t look as creepy as Drew Peterson, but Stacy Peterson’s story and Theresa Walker’s story are oddly similar.