PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Cameron Lamar Parker pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Michelle McClendon on Wednesday, closing a 13-year investigation.
In the early morning of Nov. 7, 2011, officers responded to a call about shots being fired in the 500 block of Chautauqua Avenue.
Upon arrival, officers found a body with a gunshot wound. The victim was identified as 42-year-old Michelle McClendon.
The Portsmouth Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Bureau assigned the case to a cold case investigator in September 2023. Following much hard work, persistence and witness interviews, the cold case investigator identified the suspect, 42-year-old Cameron Parker…