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Paige Parkerson Allegedly Murders Clifton 'JR' Barkin Over Cheap Mother's Day Gift

Paige Parkerson

First Posted: 06/18/12 08:49 AM ET Updated: 06/18/12 08:49 AM ET

A Texas woman repeatedly stabbed her fiancé after receiving only a card and flowers from Walmart for Mother's Day, investigators say.

Paige Parkerson, 20, is charged with first-degree felony murder in the death of Clifton "JR" Barkin, the 22-year-old father of her two children, according to the Daily Mail.

Barkin's mother, Evetta Wright, received a call from Parkerson early Monday morning informing her that Barkin was dead. "Paige told me that she killed JR," Wright told the Beaumont Enterprise. "That he was dead."

Wright last saw her son at 11:30 p.m. the previous night, when she dropped him off at the home he shared with Parkerson, according to the Enterprise. Just before that, Wright had driven Clifton to Walmart so he could purchase flowers and a Mother's Day card for Parkerson. Wright believes that her son's fiancée attacked him because she expected a more lavish gift.

Parkerson, whose Facebook page lists her favorite quotation as, "if looks could kill i would be da murder of all my haters," was arrested shortly after her phone call to the victim's mother, the Houston Chronicle reported. She is currently being held at Jefferson County Jail on $75,000 bond.

The couple's children are now staying with relatives.

 
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09:27 AM on 05/18/2012
The young lady was 20 and had 2 children whose ages not identified. Another example of why children should not have children. Now those 2 children do not have a mother or a father. Just sad that young people do not even consider the consequences of their actions.
01:55 AM on 05/17/2012
WOWWWWWW Y DID SHE HAVE 2 KILL HIM, HER KIDS FATHER AT LEAST HE BOUGHT HER SOMETHING, SOME PPL DON't GET NOTHING, JUST SAD
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07:35 PM on 05/17/2012
That would be me. I got nothing. :/
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12:14 AM on 05/17/2012
We'll see if her looks kill behind bars... Bet she won't be so high maintenance.
08:48 PM on 05/16/2012
That'll teach him ... or maybe not now.
08:32 PM on 05/16/2012
she watched many "Housewives" shows 24/7 and expected the same should be lavished on her. Now how is she going to explain it to the kids? A life for a gift. Dumb. Shame. Shame. Shame.
06:36 PM on 05/16/2012
This can't be real
02:40 PM on 05/17/2012
Wow, well this should be a lesson for all you guys out there...what happened to "it's the thought that counts"...Unbelievable.