A woman stabbed the father of her children several
times on Sunday evening when he gave her a cheap
mother's day present that she did not like,
according to police.
Paige Parkerson, 20, from Jefferson County, was
arrested and charged with first-degree murder in
the death of her live-in boyfriend Clifton JR
Barkin, 22.
Police were called to the house by his mother
Evetta Wright, shortly after she got a phone call
from Parkerson allegedly confessing to the crime.
She told the Houston Chronicle: 'Paige told me she
killed JR, that he was dead.'
Mrs Wright had just dropped her son off at the
house at 11.30pm on Sunday and that was after
taking him to Wal-Mart to buy flowers and a
Mother's Day card for Paige.
Barkin, 22, was stabbed several times and died
just after midnight in the backyard of his yellow
rental house.
Mrs Wright said she believes Parkerson expected a
more expensive gift, such as jewelry.