School feud between boys leads to father’s death

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Differing accounts of fight
Parsley says Jude and the boyfriend began arguing and looked like they were going to start fighting. Before anything happened, the two calmed down.

Then, Parsley said, as the two men walked between their cars, Reese hit Jude in the face.

Larson, the attorney, insists it happened differently: Reese was rushed by Jude and others almost as soon as he pulled up in the van.

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Reese was arrested the day of the fight on unrelated charges of burglary and possession of criminal tools. He was freed Thursday on a $25,000 bond. Larson is representing him only on the burglary charge but said he had talked to his client about the fight.

Jude worked in a warehouse and did construction, painting, and other odd jobs. He and Phillips also had an 8-year-old daughter.

"He was a great guy. Just loved his family, loved doing stuff with his kids on the weekends and just worked during the week," said next-door neighbor Rob Hernandez, 40, a construction worker. "Just a regular kind of guy."

Parsley said Jude's son has not returned to school since the fight. She said he made a brief phone call to her son, who is best friends with the boy.

"He just wanted to know from my son: 'Did you watch the news because my daddy's dead,'" Parsley said.