Woman convicted of husband's murder after parrot repeated victim's 'last words' (3 photos)

A woman who shot her husband to death didn't realize she was leaving behind a witness in the form of her pet parrot.





In 2015, Glenna Durham shot her husband Martin in their Michigan home, shooting him five times before turning the gun on herself.

When police arrived, they found Glenna alive. The woman claimed she didn't know who shot them, and investigators initially thought it was a double homicide because she had been shot in the head.

However, their pet parrot Bud kept repeating the words "don't shoot, don't f*ck shoot" in Martin's voice, and the husband's family decided there was something to the bird's words.



Further investigation revealed a series of suicide notes written by Glenna to her family, as well as the fact that the couple was in financial trouble due to gambling problems.

It turned out that they were so deeply in debt that they were in danger of losing their home, leading investigators to believe that Glenna was the shooter.



The parrot's words and "don't shoot" cries helped convince the Martin family that there was more to the case than met the eye.

Glenna claimed she had no memory of what happened on the day of the shooting, but insisted she did not kill her husband.

However, the woman was eventually tried for murder, even though the parrot was not allowed to be a key witness. Although the Martin family believed there was something in the parrot's words, and prosecutors initially considered doing something about the bird's words, it was decided not to use its cries as evidence.

The parrot that uttered what may have been Martin's last words was ultimately dismissed as evidence, despite the Duram family recording a video of the parrot talking.

Understandably, prosecutors decided that calling a bird as a witness was beyond ridiculous, and that the fate of the trial should not depend on the bird's chatter. Furthermore, getting it to utter specific phrases and be sure that the bird understood what it was saying would be nearly impossible.

In the end, despite the parrot not being used in the trial, the jury returned a guilty verdict after deliberation, and Glenna Duram was sentenced to life in prison.

As for what happened to Bud, Martin's ex-wife Christina Keller took him in and gave him a new home.