Murder Suicide Sunday night in Pine Bluff

On September 17, 2023, at approximately 7:01 P.M., Officers were dispatched to 1404 Avondale Drive, in reference to a shooting. Upon arrival, Officers noticed a black female slumped over in the driver’s side seat of a grey passenger vehicle at 1402 Avondale Drive. The... Read More.
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Detainee at Jefferson County Jail dies from apparent suicide

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is currently investigating the tragic death of detainee Treveon McDaniel, who was found in his single-person cell at the W.C. "Dub" Brassell Adult Detention Center earlier today. On Thursday, June 8, 2023, staff at DBDC observed detainee McDaniel #178304 hanging... Read More.
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ADC inmate dies from apparent suicide at Varner unit

GOULD, Ark. – An inmate at the Varner Unit of the Arkansas Department of Corrections has died from an apparent suicide. Skyland Harris, 33, was found unresponsive in his locked cell on Tuesday, at 12:54 p.m. Harris was serving a 20-year sentence out of Pulaski County... Read More.

Sheriff: 5 dead in murder suicide

ATKINS, Ark. (AP) — Five female family members found dead Christmas Day in a northwest Arkansas home died in a murder-suicide, law enforcement said Monday. Evidence collected at the scene in Atkins, about 65 miles (105 kilometers) northwest of Little Rock, led to the determination... Read More.
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Suspect in Dumas murder found dead from apparent suicide

  Texas law enforcement authorities notified Special Agents of the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division shortly after 6 PM Thursday night that Lavern Blackmon of Conway (Arkansas) is dead. Preliminarily authorities in Conroe, Texas believe Blackmon died from a self-inflected gunshot wound. Conroe, Texas is... Read More.

Medical examiner says death Friday was suicide

The State Medical Examiner’s Office has determined that a man who was found dead in a vehicle on Friday died as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. According to a news release Tuesday, the case of Corey Walker, 44, was initially investigated as a... Read More.
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Inmate commits suicide at ADC’s Pine Bluff unit

Arkansas Department of Corrections officials are reporting an inmate has committed suicide inside of the Pine Bluff unit. Officials say officers found 30-year-old Calvin J. Hammock hanging in his cell shortly after noon on Thursday, and attempts to revive him were unsuccessful. According to a news... Read More.