Can a talking parrot be a murder witness?

The 45-year-old was found dead on-site. His wife, Glenna Duram, 46, was found with a shotgun wound to the head, which she survived.

Now, because of the bird’s repeated reenactments, the victim’s parents tell local media they have reason to believe Glenna Duram killed their son before turning the gun on herself in a murder-suicide attempt. They believe the bird is repeating their son’s last words as he begged his wife not to pull the trigger.

In police reports obtained by WOOD-TV, Michigan State Police say Glenna Duram is a suspect and that she denies killing her husband. She also left suicide notes for family members that she does not recall writing, according to the reports.

His family thinks the parrot’s low- and high-pitched voices correspond with their son and daughter-in-law, respectively.

“Then, all of a sudden, this came out of the bird’s mouth,” the victim’s father, C-harles Duram, told local ABC station WABC, referring to the shooting comment. “I personally think he was there and he remembers it, and he was saying it.”

Doreen Plotkowski, the owner of Casa La Parrot in Grand Rapids, told WABC it is not uncommon for African grey parrots to mimic men’s and women’s voices.

“It’s definitely an argument between a man and a woman,” Plotkowski said to the station. “In my mind, it’s something that he’s heard, definitely heard before.”

But plenty of people have been skeptical of the family’s story.

Glenn Reynolds, a spokesperson for the World Parrot Trust, a conservation and welfare organization, said it is extremely rare, though not impossible, for a parrot to hear something once and then repeat it.

“An African grey is probably the best at it,” he told Yahoo News. “I just think it’s highly unlikely that the bird would say that after hearing it one time.”

Reynolds, who used to breed parrots, said his wild-caught African greys didn’t pick up any speech patterns at all, but that those he raised were incredible talkers.

“I have heard them mimic voices that were so close to the person’s voice that you would think it’s that person,” he said. “A friend of mine had an African grey for many years. When the phone rang, the parrot would say, “Chris, telephone” in his mother’s voice and, “OK, I got it” in Chris’s.”

A representative f-rom Michigan State Police could not immediately be reached for comment.