A woman was convicted for murdering her husband after shooting him five times - with his pet parrot apparently witnessing the tragic scene unfold.
In May 2015, Martin Duram was killed after being shot with a .22 caliber handgun. He was found alongside his wife of 10 years, Glenna, who had also suffered a single bullet wound in their Michigan home.
However, despite Glenna's injuries, the wife was subsequently put on trial and later charged with murder, with prosecutors insisting that she was trying to take her life with a self-inflicted wound.
Later in the shocking murder trial, a pet parrot made headlines after it appeared to recite what is believed to be the victim's "last words".
Listen to the parrot repeat the victim's apparent "last words" below:Glenna and Martin were found in their home after a neighbor became concerned after not hearing from them for two days. They testified in court that they would usually speak to each other daily.
The neighbor decided to enter the home to find two bodies lying on the floor of the bedroom. They initially believed that they were both dead before authorities arrived and saw that Glenna was still breathing.
According to the Metro, another witness described the house as "ransacked" with things dispersed everywhere and cops allegedly found a note to their three children that read: "Please forgive me [you’re] one of the best things I ever did - Love mom."
Glenna spent months recovering in the hospital before becoming the police's key suspect.
But unbeknownst to the wife, there was apparently a witness who witnessed everything that went down the night Martin was tragically killed.
That witness was Bud, an African grey parrot who belonged to the late husband and his former wife Christina Keller. After Martin died, he was returned to Christina.
In the months after the shooting, the ex-wife noticed the pet parrot kept talking in a deep "male" voice and saying: "Don’t f***ing shoot" and "No! No!" - which Christina believed to be Martin's voice, as reported by The Mirror.
Christina and the deceased man's parents both believed that Bud was repeating their son’s final words as Glenna turned a gun on him. The parrot would switch from a female voice to a male voice - as if it was recalling an argument.
The family recorded the parrot’s words and shared them with media reports and the publicity of the pet witnessing a possible murder appeared to force authorities to move forward with the case.
"When Bud says those words, I feel like [the shooting] is being relieved in front of me. My house goes cold," Christina told Inside Edition.
Martin's father told local news at the time: "I personally think [Bud] was there, and he remembers it and he was saying it".
Per BBC News, a prosecutor in Michigan did initially consider using the parrot's squawkings as evidence in the murder trial, but this was later dismissed.
Two years later, Glenna was found guilty of first-degree murder after eight hours of deliberation by a Newaygo County jury in Michigan.
In 2019, she requested for a new trial - which was denied by the state’s Court of Appeals - and claimed that her rights were violated when prosecutors used data extracted from cellphones as evidence in the case.
One year later, the Supreme Court declared that Glenna was prohibited from appealing the decision. According to The Cinemaholic, she is currently serving a life sentence in Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Pittsfield Charter Township, Michigan.
