Warden's Wife Posts $10,000 Bond

The wife of an Oklahoma prison warden who disappeared in 1994 with an escapee and lived with him for more than 10 years has been charged with aiding him in his escape. Bobbi Parker posted a $10,000 bond after she was arraigned in Greer County District Court for helping convicted killer Randolph Dial escape from the Oklahoma State Reformatory.

Parker did not enter a plea at her arraignment hearing. She is scheduled to return to court May 15 for a status hearing.

Parker was officially charged on April 4, exactly three years after she and Dial were found in 2005 living on a chicken farm in east Texas. At the time, Dial told investigators that he kidnapped Parker at knifepoint and forced her to stay with him during his years as a fugitive.

Dial was given a life sentence for the 1981 murder of karate instructor Kelly Hogan. Because he was a sculptor and painter with a master's degree in art, Dial was put in charge of the prison's inmate pottery program. He lived outside the prison's walls and he used a kiln in the Parker's garage.

Although Dial claimed he forced Parker to stay with him, authorities believe that the two were romantically involved before the escape and Parker helped him escape by putting Dial in the trunk of her car and driving away from the prison.

Parker's family members told reporters that it is time to put the incident behind them. Dial died in prison in 2007.

"We've had 13 years of this," Jerry Parker said. "The first 10, we heard nothing from her. Now Bobbi has been reunited with her husband. It's time for the Parker family to be represented."

See Also:
Hearing for Warden's Wife in Inmate Escape Case
Randy and Bobbi Parker Marriage Profile

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