When Counseling Fails

(Seattle, Washington) Sometimes things just don't work out.

Charles Parsons wanted to reconcile with his ex-wife, Carol.

And when she refused, Parsons shot her five times during a counseling session at a Federal Way Lutheran church, according to court documents released Friday. He was charged Friday with first-degree murder/domestic violence.

Parsons walked outside after leaving his ex-wife to die, put his .45-caliber pistol on the hood of his trunk and called 911, saying he had "shot (his) wife in a counseling session in a fit of rage," authorities said.

Then the 41-year-old Lakewood man lay his 6-foot- 3 inch, 365-pound frame on the ground to wait for police.

Despite the counseling, wife Carol Parsons, 38, wanted to continue seeing her boyfriend. I'm thinking that scheduling counseling sessions when the differences are irreconcilable is probably a bad idea.