Pulaski County man held in girlfriend's death had phone with photos of body, prosecutor says

Parnell Robert May, 41, of North Little Rock
Parnell Robert May, 41, of North Little Rock

4:25 P.M. UPDATE:

On Monday afternoon, the Pulaski County sheriff's office identified Sunday's homicide victim as 41-year-old Ann Marie Mireles.

According to a report, deputies found Mireles lying at the bottom of the stairs in front of 4907 Vaughn Road. She was cold to the touch and unresponsive. She was later pronounced dead at Baptist Health Medical Center in North Little Rock.

Mireles' boyfriend, 41-year-old Parnell Robert May, was arrested in her killing. The couple lived at the Vaughn Road address.

Read Tuesday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for more details.

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The Pulaski County man charged with killing his girlfriend Sunday had a cellphone with pictures of her body on it in his possession, a prosecutor said in court Monday.

Parnell Robert May, 41, was arrested Sunday on a first-degree murder charge after deputies found the battered and unconscious victim on the front steps of the couple's home at 4907 Vaughn Road, the Pulaski County sheriff's office said. The residence is in Pulaski County east of the Interstate 40/Interstate 430 interchange.

The woman, who was not identified in court, was transported to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. She had been bludgeoned with a pipe and punched in the head multiple times, prosecutor Victoria Gammill said during May’s initial appearance in Pulaski County District Court on Monday. He entered an innocent plea during the proceeding.

Authorities found May hiding under a bed at his home Sunday evening, according to a police report. He had blood on his pants and admitted to being in a violent altercation with his girlfriend, Gammill said.

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May knew the location of the pipe allegedly used to beat his girlfriend, and he had a cellphone with pictures of her body loaded onto it, Gammill said in court. She also said May has a history of violent crime, including misdemeanor and felony domestic battery charges spanning more than a decade.

After listening to the allegations, Judge Wayne Gruber called them “particularly heinous” and set May's bail at $1 million.

May denied involvement in his girlfriend’s death to reporters as he was transported into a patrol car Sunday night, saying, "I did not kill her. I promise to God," the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette previously reported.

May and the victim were a couple and had just moved into the building Thursday, a neighbor told the paper. She said the woman told her they had been homeless before in Texas and were just happy to have a place of their own.

A hearing is scheduled for Feb. 6, 2017.

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