--- title: Michigan Parrot Might be Murder Witness description: Family members believe the parrot, Bud, may be an important witness to the murder. canonical: https://time.com/4358205/parrot-murder-witness/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-06T14:09:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T22:24:39.378Z article:section: U.S. og:title: This Parrot Might Be An Important Witness To A Murder og:description: Is Bud quoting the victim? og:url: https://time.com/4358205/parrot-murder-witness/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Parrot Might Be An Important Witness To A Murder twitter:description: Is Bud quoting the victim? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Parrot Might Be An Important Witness To A Murder by [Rachael Trost / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Rachael Trost / NBC News Jun 6, 2016 2:09 PM CUT by [Rachael Trost / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Rachael Trost / NBC News Jun 6, 2016 2:09 PM CUT It’s a case that may come down to what the bird heard. Martin Duram, 45, was shot and killed in his Michigan home in May 2015 in what police first thought was a double homicide. Duram’s wife, Glenna, had also been shot, in the head, but police realized an hour later she was still alive. Investigators now list Glenna as a suspect in her husband’s death, suggesting she had tried to pull off a murder-suicide, according to reports obtained by [NBC Affiliate woodTV](http://woodtv.com/2016/06/02/records-police-think-wife-shot-man-tried-to-kill-self/ "undefined"). Glenna has denied the allegations and has not been charged. However, family members say they may have a witness… [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/parrot-mimicking-murder-n586341?cid=par-time%5F20160606 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4358205/parrot-murder-witness/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4358205/parrot-murder-witness/"},"headline":"This Parrot Might Be An Important Witness To A Murder","datePublished":"2016-06-06T14:09:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:24:39.378Z","description":"Is Bud quoting the victim?","url":"https://time.com/4358205/parrot-murder-witness/","keywords":["Crime","Michigan"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachael Trost / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4358205/parrot-murder-witness/","name":"This Parrot Might Be An Important Witness To A Murder"}}]}] ```