COULD 'BUD' THE PARROT BE A TRUSTED WITNESS?

Family Says Parrot Is Key Witness in Man's Murder
Loren Rogers | 05 June, 2016,
A MI murder case has taken a freaky turn as the murder victim's family believes a parrot is repeating the words it heard before their son was shot and killed, television station WOOD-TV reported.
The 45-year-old's wife, Glenna, survived a gunshot would to the head and, according to police, has denied shooting her husband.
After the shooting, Glenna told police she did not remember the day leading up to what happened, but stressed that she did not kill her husband.
While Duram's parents acknowledge that the parrot could never put forth as evidence, they believe there should already be enough to charge Glenna with murder, yet no charges have been laid.
In a video of the parrot, the family says the bird mimicked both Duram and his wife, Glenna, switching voices during the alleged incident.
"I personally think he was there and he remembers it and he was saying it", Charles Durham added.
Now, Michigan State Police reports obtained by 24 Hour News 8 under the Freedom of Information Act list the wife as a suspect, suggesting she tried to pull off a murder-suicide.
"That bird picks up everything and anything, and it's got the filthiest mouth around", Martin Duram's mother Lillian Duram told WOOD.
Her in-laws, however, finger Duram as the killer and say the parrot can prove her guilt.
Police records show an unidentified person asked a detective whether Bud could be used as evidence, but there is no mention of whether the detective responded, according to ClickOnDetroit.com.
Newaygo County Prosecutor Robert Springstead tells local media that the decision on whether to press charges will be made in the next couple weeks.
"Then, all of a sudden, this came out of the bird's mouth", said Charles Duram, the victim's father. They said she left three suicide notes, and that the gun belonged to the family.
"It's definitely an argument between a man and a woman", she said after watching the video. That's the dilemma MI police department might be facing right now.
"In my mind, it's something that he's heard, definitely heard before", Plotkowski said. "When the investigation is done, I like to be satisfied there's proof beyond a reasonable doubt."
http://investmentunderground.com/2016/06/family-says-parrot-is-key-witness-in-mans-murder/ 

eddie wrote:I've watched the video and I simply cannot make out what the bird is saying?!

eddie wrote:I've watched the video and I simply cannot make out what the bird is saying?!

Original Quill wrote:Perhaps a TV show.  If the parrot had heard Bob Marley sing, I Shot the Sheriff, could his owner get off on a self-defense plea?  

Perhaps, but he could not use the plea for the deputy.  You have to first admit the shooting before pleading self-defense.  As the parrot informs, I did not shoot the deputy!