India, Oct. 14 -- Dale Smith Jr., the ex-fiance of missing Orlando mother Michelle Parker, has been arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder in connection with her disappearance and presumed death, police said on Wednesday, October 14, 2026. The arrest comes nearly 15 years after Parker, a mother of three, vanished in November 2011. Her body has never been found.

According to FOX 35 Orlando, Smith was taken into custody early Wednesday. He had long been considered a suspect in Parker's disappearance, but he had not previously been arrested or charged in the case.

Parker was 33 when she went missing. Her case drew widespread attention because she disappeared on the same day an episode of The People's Court, featuring her and Smith i...