Lee Patterson
Prosecutor in the Sam Parker murder trial
Lee Patterson (Prosecutor in the Sam Parker murder trial) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Disappearance of Teresa Parker, State of Georgia v. Samuel L. Parker, Domestic violence.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Disappearance of Teresa Parker
Patterson says Parker retains control by withholding the location of Teresa's body.
“He's still got some control because he hasn't told us where she is. It's still about manipulation and control”
48 Hours: The Secret (May 27, 2026) · Listen from 39:31
State of Georgia v. Samuel L. Parker
Patterson argues Parker went on a date after the killing to create an alibi.
“He had to have an alibi, and Christy Bellflower had expected him to come over there”
48 Hours: The Secret (May 27, 2026) · Listen from 29:54
Domestic violence
Patterson characterizes Parker as controlling and manipulative and says Teresa was tired of it.
“He was a very controlling, manipulative person. And I think that Teresa was tired of being controlled and manipulated”
48 Hours: The Secret (May 27, 2026) · Listen from 21:23
Cell phone records as evidence
Patterson says cell tower data showed Shane Green was not in Gatlinburg, rebutting the defense's boyfriend theory.
“the cell phone towers show that his cell phone activity was not in Gatlinburg”
48 Hours: The Secret (May 27, 2026) · Listen from 21:01
Appearances
The Secret48 Hours · May 27, 2026 · 41 min
Correspondent Tracy Smith reports on the 2007 disappearance of Georgia 911 dispatcher Teresa Parker and the no-body murder trial of her police-officer husband, Sam Parker.
Often appears with
- Tracy Smith · 1 shared episode
- Christina Hall · 1 shared episode
- Mark Veazey · 1 shared episode
- David Dunn · 1 shared episode
- Sam Parker · 1 shared episode
- James Harris · 1 shared episode
- Kenneth Parker · 1 shared episode
- Steve Wilson · 1 shared episode