Sara Parkson

"It was just supposed to be a con. She had to ruin it. She was going to give her money to her disease. To research! (Megan: "She wanted to help people so they wouldn't have to suffer like she did.") People she didn't even know; I'm her sister! Do you have any idea how much money my family has? And they cut me off like I never even existed! Besides, she was dying anyway."

- Sara Parkson's callous reasoning for killing her sister, Nikki

Sara Parkson is the main villainess from Body of Proof 's first season finale, "Broken Home."

She was played by Jo Armeniox.

Sara Parkson is the older sister of socialite Nikki Parkson, who was battling a terminal illness and died suddenly. Nikki's death was revealed as foul play after Megan Hunt's examination, and during the investigation, Sara claimed that she returned from London after hearing of her sister's passing, while revealing that she was cut off from her family due to her antics involving drugs. Sara appeared to act distant and subdued regarding her family, but in actuality, she was furious over being cut off. With that, Sara had devised a scheme to gain her family's wealth, which had her colluding with Shane Rinaldi in the plan. The villainess sent Shane to become Nikki's boyfriend, all while she convinced Nikki to leave her money to a wildlife foundation--a phony one cooked up by Sara herself.

Nikki had agreed with Sara's suggestion and everything was going according to plan, until Nikki informed Sara that she wanted to change charities; opting to donate to research involving her illness. Sara's plan went from being just about money to also involving murder, as she later strangled Nikki with her bare hands after failing to convince her to change her mind. Afterwards, she and Shane took Nikki body and hung her from the ceiling, and later watched as Nikki convulsed and eventually died, with the death made to look like a suicide.

Nikki struggled with her evil sister during the murder, and Sara's DNA found on Nikki's big toe revealed her as the killer. Megan and Peter Dunlop interrogated Sara, who unabashedly confessed to killing her sister. She also accused her family of abandoning her and blasted her sister for caring about strangers over her own sister (both in her mind), while callously saying that she was going to die anyway. Both Sara and Shane were arrested (off-screen) for Nikki's murder.