DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. — A woman accused of murdering and mutilating her boyfriend’s body says she is innocent.
Ambria Boyd also wants people to help pay for her defense to prove it.
Her attorney told Channel 2’s Tom Jones his client had nothing to do with the death of 37-year-old Jamal Parker.
“Absolutely nothing to do with it. She’s 100% innocent,” Attorney Michael Sterling said.
Parts of Parker’s body were found in the Dog River Reservoir in May. Sterling says Boyd, a bartender like Parker, had nothing to with it.
“And I’m confident she’s going to be exonerated,” she said.
Boyd faces murder charges along with Brittany Baker and Mario Barber. Douglas County investigators searched an upscale home on Langdale Chase for four days after they said that’s where Parker was killed.
Sterling says his client, the mother of a 9-year-old boy, is sorry for Parker’s tragic death.
“She loved Mr. Parker, and she’s absolutely devastated over what happened,” he said.
Sterling explained why Boyd is asking the public to help raise $75,000 to pay for her defense.
It was something that surprised Parker’s father.
“Ain’t no way in the world somebody in their right mind would want to back a person for being, doing what they did,” Charles Parker said.
Sterling says the state plans to spend close to $1 million to prosecute Boyd, and she needs all the help she can get to prove her innocence.
“Every dime raised will go towards her legal defense fund. No money will go into anybody’s pockets,” he said.
Sterling says Boyd hasn’t been indicted and a judge hasn’t found probable cause in this case. So, he says she has every right to ask for help so she can get a fair trial.
Parker’s father disagrees and thinks asking the public to donate for such a heinous crime is disrespectful.
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