ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. -- The adoptive father of Erica Parsons made his first appearance in court Thursday.

Sandy Parsons nervously walked into the court room and looked around at Erica's family.

In 2016, Parsons led investigators to Erica's remains in South Carolina.

Her biological mother, Carolyn, was in the courtroom.

She says she's glad he led authorities to the remains so she could bury them, but thinks Parsons and his wife are equally as guilty.