Concert pianist who ‘stabbed the mom of his friend’s child’ got sick coded text from him

Concert pianist who ‘stabbed the mother of his friend’s child 31 times during bitter custody fight’ could be forced to hand over iPhone password as prosecutors claim a text between the two friends was a code for murder

• A new motion has been filed to gain access to Zachary Hughes’ phone after officials believe it could hold new information  
• Hughes, 29, is charged in the October 2021 killing of Christine Parcell
• Parcell, 41, a veterinary technician and mom-of-one, was found stabbed to death inside her Greer, South Carolina, home 
• New court documents revealed Hughes was close friends with the father of Parcell’s child – John Mello – and exchanged 2,000 WhatsApp messages
• Parcell had been locked in a custody battle with Mello, who was arrested last year for violating a custody…