Well, let me tell you, this whole thing with Darlene Endsley and Angela Parks, it’s a real mess, a real bad one.
Darlene Endsley and Angela Parks, what a story
See, they were roommates, living together in the same house. You’d think folks living together would get along, right? Help each other out, maybe share a cup of sugar now and then. But not these two, no sir. Things got bad, real bad.
I heard tell that Darlene, she’s 58 years old, and Angela, she was 60. Not spring chickens, you know? Old enough to know better, if you ask me. But age don’t always bring sense, that’s for sure.
They say Darlene, she up and stabbed Angela. Killed her dead, right there in their own home. Can you believe it? Stabbed her with a knife, they say. The police, they found Darlene right there, still holding the knife. Imagine that! Holding the very knife she used to…well, you know.
Now, Darlene, she’s saying it was self-defense. She says Angela was after her, that she had to protect herself. And you know what? Turns out Darlene, she had even filed a protection order against Angela before all this happened. A piece of paper saying Angela had to stay away from her. But what good did that do in the end? Not a darn thing, far as I can see.
- Darlene Endsley arrested for stabbing Angela Parks
- Angela Parks, age 60, died from stab wounds
- Darlene Endsley claims self-defense
- A protection order was filed by Darlene Endsley against Angela Parks
The police, they don’t seem to be buying Darlene’s story, though. They arrested her right then and there and charged her with murder. Murder, I tell you! That’s a serious word. It means you took someone’s life, and now you gotta pay for it. Later, they changed it to manslaughter, which means… well, it still means you killed someone, just maybe not on purpose, not planned out like. They gave her 8 to 10 years in jail. That’s a long time for an old woman like her to be locked up.
Makes you wonder, don’t it? What happened between those two women? What could have been so bad that it ended like this? Was it just a fight that got out of hand? Or was there something more going on, something we don’t know about? I heard some folks sayin’ they argued a lot. Said they could hear them yelling sometimes, even in the middle of the night. Guess nobody thought it would come to this, though. Nobody ever thinks it will until it does.
Manslaughter, self-defense, what does it all mean?
I ain’t no lawyer, but it seems to me like “self-defense” means you were just trying to keep yourself alive. And “manslaughter” means…well, like I said, you killed someone, but maybe you didn’t mean to. Maybe it was an accident, or maybe you were scared and reacted without thinking. It’s all a big mess of legal talk, if you ask me. All them fancy words, they don’t bring Angela back, do they?
It’s a sad story all around. Two women, their lives ruined. Angela, she’s gone, and Darlene, she’s gonna be spending her golden years behind bars. All because of… what? Anger? Fear? Who knows? Maybe they both could have done things different. Maybe they could have walked away, talked things out. But they didn’t, and now here we are.
This whole Darlene Endsley and Angela Parks thing, it just goes to show you, life can be hard. Sometimes people do things they regret. Sometimes things happen that you just can’t explain. And sometimes, no matter how hard you try, you just can’t fix what’s broken.
It makes me think about my own life, you know? Makes me appreciate the good things, the simple things. A roof over my head, food on the table, and people around me who I care about. That’s what really matters, ain’t it? Not fighting, not arguing, not hurting each other. Just living, and trying to get along the best we can.
What happens next for Darlene Endsley?
Well, she’s gonna be in jail for a good long while, that’s for sure. Eight to ten years, they said. That’s a lot of time to think about what happened. Maybe she’ll find some peace, maybe she’ll regret it until the day she dies. I don’t know. All I know is, it’s a terrible thing, what happened to her and Angela. A real terrible thing.
And them neighbors, they probably won’t ever forget it neither. Imagine seeing something like that happen right next door. It would shake you up, that’s for sure. It makes you think about how quick things can change, how fast life can go from normal to… well, to this. Makes you want to hold your loved ones a little tighter, you know?
So yeah, that’s the story of Darlene Endsley and Angela Parks, as best as I can tell it. A sad story, a messy story, and a story that reminds us that life is precious, and we shouldn’t take it for granted. And maybe, just maybe, we should all try to be a little kinder to each other, a little more patient, a little more understanding. Because you never know what tomorrow might bring.
