Candace Conners, 72, of Sherwood was charged with leaving the scene of an accident involving physical injury or death after she turned herself in to the Pulaski County District Court on Feb. 17, 2023.
Lawrence “Gage” Gates, 22, of Jacksonville was found dead the morning of Sept. 2, 2022, in a yard adjacent to State Highway 107 near West Cleland Road in Pulaski County. Gates’ mother told investigators she last saw her son at 3 p.m. on the preceding day.
Conners’ arrest is the result of the collaborative investigative work of the Arkansas State Police and the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory.
Investigators determined that Gates was struck by a 2014 Jeep Cherokee Trail Hawk, later located in Cabot. Evidence collected from the vehicle confirmed that DNA on the vehicle belonged to Gates.
