Zachary Hughes is accused of murdering Laura Parcell in South Carolina in 2021
A man on trial for murder claims he killed a woman to protect her daughter from being sexually abused.
Zachary Hughes, a Juilliard-trained pianist, turned himself in to police in South Carolina after they said he fatally stabbed Christina Parcell, a 41-year-old veterinary tech, in October 2021.
Hughes was charged with murder and possession of a weapon, per the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office…