April 26, 2006: Police find 37-year-old Larry Parks on a street in Northwest Baltimore suffering from gunshot wounds. He is left paralyzed from the neck down.
April 28, 2006: A VOA programs director warns Evans that he risks returning to prison because he does not have a job.
May 11, 2006: Evans is discovered missing from halfway house; a staff member recommends that Evans be ousted from facility.
May 31, 2006: Evans is written up for failing to obey a staff member.
June 12, 2006: Federal probation official writes in a report that Evans threatened a VOA staff member. Evans is returned to federal custody.
Aug. 20, 2006: Evans is shot in both legs in the 3900 block of Norfolk Ave. but recovers.
Oct. 6, 2006: Evans is arrested on that same block and charged by city police with possessing drugs with intent to distribute.
Nov. 5, 2006: Parks dies at St. Agnes Hospital; his death is ruled a homicide
April 2007: Ten inmates are discovered missing from VOA; two probationary officers are suspected of taking bribes from the inmates and later fired.
May 2007: Baltimore police charge Evans in Parks' death. A federal probation officer writes: "It should be noted that the alleged crimes took place on 4/26/06 while Mr. Evans was a resident at Volunteers of America."
March 2008: A five-year, $3.6 million contract with the federal prison system is set to expire; officials have given no indication of whether it will be renewed.
