Live Blog: Prosecutors Introduce Photo Evidence of Victims' Bodies, Parkers' Home

Wednesday was an emotional day in the double-murder trial of Irmo resident Brett Parker. 

Jurors heard opening statements from attorneys, testimony from several witnesses and a recording of the 911 call Parker made on April 13, 2012 — the day Richland County deputies found his wife, Tammy Jo Parker, and friend, Bryan Capnerhurst, in the Parkers' Ascot Estates home with multiple gunshot wounds. 

The prosecution began detailing what they say was the motive for the shooting deaths of Tammy Jo Parker and Bryan Capnerhurst.

Prosecutors said Parker was having an affair and was "deeply in debt" and needed a way out, according to a report from The State. 

The prosecution said Parker texted the woman "within an hour or so of the shooting," The State reports. 

From the beginning, prosecutors said Parker devised a “premeditated” and “cold-blooded” plan to kill his wife to collect more than $1 million in insurance money to pay off his gambling debt. 

They say Parker shot Capnerhurst and then staged the scene to look like Capnerhurst killed Tammy Jo Parker.

Parker's attorneys say he acted in self-defense and that Capnerhurst went to the Parkers' Tackeria Court home to rob the two to collect $21,000, according to The State. 

Defense attorneys also claimed Tammy Jo Parker participated in the gambling operation.

During Wednesday's testimony, jurors heard the recording of the 911 call Parker made after the shooting.

On the call Parker could be heard crying and saying that Capnerhurst shot his wife and that he then shot his friend, according to ABC Columbia.

Ten witnesses, most of whom were Richland County Sheriff's deputies, testified Wednesday. 

At times, Parker could be seen in court wiping away tears. Family and friends of the both the Parkers and Capnerhurst also cried when hearing the testimony.

The trial continues Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at the Richland County Judicial Complex.

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