Breaking: US concert pianist is charged with murder

The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office in South Carolina has charged a young man of 29 with the brutal knife murder of a veterinary hospital worker, named as Christina Larain Parcell.

The murder suspect is said to have turned himself in.

He has been named by police as Zachary David Hughes. Music sources say Hughes is a Juilliard graduate with a specialty in Beethoven. Hughes, according to his website, studied with Jerome Lowenthal and has performed in the US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, and Japan. For the 2o17-18 season he was resident pianist with the Knoxville Symphony.

The police say they are unaware of any relationship between Hughes and Parcell prior to her murder. The investigation continues.