Rebecca O’Donnell Murders Linda Collins

Rebecca O’Donnell is a killer from Arkansas who was convicted of the murder of former State Senator Linda Collins

According to court documents Rebecca O’Donnell worked as an aide to Linda Collins and was also her best friend.

Apparently friendship did not mean much to Rebecca O’Donnell who stole a ton of money from Linda Collins over the years. When confronted of her theft O’Donnell would stab Linda Collins to death in front of her home

Rebecca O’Donnell would initially attempt to blame the murder of Linda Collins on Collins husband Phil however that story would fall apart

Rebecca O’Donnell would be arrested, plead guilty to murder and sentenced to fifty years in prison

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ADC Number

717834

Name:

O’Donnell, Rebecca

Race

CAUCASIAN

Sex

FEMALE

Hair Color

BROWN

Eye Color

HAZEL

Height

65 inches

Weight

122 lbs.

Birth Date

09/28/1970

Initial Receipt Date

08/07/2020

Facility

Interstate Compacts

Facility Address

N/A

Mailing Address

N/A

Custody Classification

C4

Good Time Class

I-C

PE/TE Date*

09/26/2049

Total Time*

50 yrs.

ADC Incarcerations**

1

Rebecca O’Donnell Case

Rebecca Lynn O’Donnell admitted Thursday to killing former state senator Linda Collins and hiding her body as part of a plea agreement that handed her 50 years in prison.

O’Donnell, 49, was known as a close friend and campaign aide to Collins, a conservative politician who served several terms in the Legislature from Northeast Arkansas. She was arrested less than two weeks after Collins’ body was found in her backyard in June 2019.

“I intentionally killed her,” O’Donnell told Judge John Fogleman during a hearing Thursday, after being asked to say what she did.

Prosecutors have not explained a detailed motive for Collins’ murder, other than saying in a court filing that they believed the crime was committed over money. O’Donnell did not further explain why she killed Collins in court on Thursday.

Documents that have been under seal in the case for over a year will be redacted and released to the public within the next week, Fogleman said.

Following her arrest, O’Donnell was housed for a time in the Jackson County jail, where police later accused her of attempting to recruit several other inmates in a plot to kill Collins’ ex-husband, Phil Smith, and frame him for the senator’s murder.

O’Donnell pleaded no contest to murder solicitation charges in the Jackson County case, receiving seven years on those charges.

That sentence will run consecutively to a 43-year sentence in Randolph County for first-degree murder and abuse of a corpse, which was related to her attempts to conceal Collins’ body.

As part of the agreement, O’Donnell will be eligible for parole, prosecutors said.

https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/aug/06/odonnell-pleads-guilty-gets-50-years-death-former-/

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Shawna Cash Murders Officer In Arkansas

Shawna Cash is a convicted killer from Arkansas who was convicted of the murder of Officer Kevin Apple

According to court documents Shawna Cash and Elijah Andazola were pulled over on a traffic stop. However soon after the driver, Shawna Cash, would take off ramming the police car and pinning Officer Apple between the two cars which would cause his death. Cash would take off again and would later crash the car and be arrested

Shawna Cash would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole

Shawna Cash Case

An on-duty Pea Ridge officer died on June 26, 2021, after being hit and run over by a car at a gas station. 

After three years, Officer Kevin Apple’s case is one step closer to being laid to rest after the driver of the car, Shawna Cash, has been found guilty and sentenced to life in prison without parole after nearly three hours of jury deliberations.

Not only has this case gone on for a few years, but it has sparked a lot of community interest. From Cash’s initial guilty plea in September 2021 to several law enforcement agencies showing up for Officer Apple’s funeral procession, here is a timeline of the case. 

At approximately 11:24 a.m. on June 26, the Pea Ridge Police Department (PRPD) was alerted by Rogers police about a blue SUV they had been following. Police say at 12:09 p.m., Pea Ridge Police located the vehicle parked at the White Oak Gas Station on N. Curtis Avenue. 

Officer Apple and Officer Brian Stamps attempted to contact the vehicle occupants, who were later identified as Shawna Cash and Elijah Andazola, but an altercation erupted. 

Police said the vehicle then rammed into the police car as the suspects were fleeing, pinning Officer Apple between two vehicles and killing him. Officer Apple was also dragged nearly 150 feet by the vehicle, according to an affidavit. Officer Stamps was not injured in the incident. 

“It’s something nobody should ever have to see is a horrific act,” Jim Erwin, who had witnessed the incident, said. 

Erwin helped stop the suspects after he witnessed Cash and Andazola run over Officer Apple. Within seconds, he says he jumped into his car to chase down the pair.

“I never had a second thought I never was concerned about anything but making sure those folks were caught,” he said.

Erwin followed them for around 8.5 miles, from Pea Ridge to Bella Vista, notifying law enforcement every step of the way.

“We stayed on him…for Mr. Apple,” said Erwin.

With the help of several surrounding departments, including the Rogers Police Department, the Benton County Sheriff’s Office, Arkansas State Police, and more, the two suspects were successfully located in Bella Vista and taken into custody without incident after crashing their vehicle. According to police, Andazola did try to run away from officers but was later found in a camper trailer. Both Cash and Andazola were transported to the Benton County Jail. 

“Helping stop the people who killed a beloved community member. If you tell him he’s a hero, he’ll tell you no. I just did what any good neighbor should do,” Erwin said. “The real heroes are the local law enforcement, not me. The real hero is Mr. Apple.”

day after his death, community members gathered to remember Officer Apple.

“He was nice. He was caring. He was compassionate,” Patricia Burris, who witnessed Apple’s death and had several encounters with him.

“He’s really going to be a person that we really miss,” Bob Rich, a former neighbor of Officer Apple for over 10 years, said.

The Pea Ridge officer was a friend to everyone and always willing to help.

“Kevin came out to cut my grass, worked my flower beds, took the trash out,” Sharla Rich, a former neighbor of Officer Apple, said when recalling the many times he’s helped their family over the past 10 years.

Officer Apple was a 23-year police veteran and served with the Pea Ridge Police Department for three years.

“Our department is in shock right now,” PRPD said. “We are a hometown, and everyone in our police department is family, and so we ask that you give us and our family some space. Give us some patience and time, and we do appreciate your support.”

Then-Governor Asa Hutchinson ordered flags to fly at half-staff in honor of Officer Apple. Hutchinson released the following statement:

“I am deeply saddened to hear of the loss of Pea Ridge Police Officer Kevin Apple. My prayers are with Officer Apple’s family and the entire Pea Ridge community during this time.”

Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge also issued the following statement regarding the death of Officer Apple:

“My heart aches as today marks the end of Officer Kevin Apple’s watch. He will forever be remembered for his unwavering commitment to safeguarding his community from harm. As the chief law enforcement officer of the state, I send my deepest condolences and prayers to Officer Apple’s family, friends, and his brothers and sisters in blue. He has left a lasting impression on law enforcement statewide and this is a devastating loss for the local community.”

Officer Apple’s funeral was held on July 2. His funeral procession traveled through Highway 72, Highway 94, Highway 102, and I-49. Arkansas State Police completely shut down the southbound section of the interstate for the memorial.

“It’s a tremendous void that will be very difficult to fill for Kevin Apple in this department, in fact, I think it will be impossible, in his own unique way,” Lt. Michael Lisenbee said.

“I have received so many messages from the public about how he has changed people’s lives and helped children. For his whole career, he has helped people. We have an elderly lady, I found out this morning [of June 30, 2021] that he went by there one time and he’s been going back there every day and making sure she’s okay. That’s just the kind of man Apple was,” Chief Lynn Hahn said.

Shawna Cash of Pine Bluff and Andazola of Bella Vista were officially charged with capital murder on June 28, 2021

Andazola was charged with capital murder in connection with Officer Apple’s death and was held without bond, while Cash was charged with capital murder and was not given a bond.

Cash had been identified as the driver of the vehicle that struck Officer Apple.

An affidavit following the incident showed police questioning Cash and Andazola about what happened leading up to Officer Apple’s death. Neither took responsibility for the fatal crash then. 

Andazola said Cash was driving and that he was in shock after the vehicle struck Officer Apple, and Cash said she was just doing what she was told to do and that she tends to “blackout” during stressful situations. 

Cash told investigators she had smoked marijuana the morning of Officer Apple’s death, but that neither she nor Andazola had done any other substances

ash pleaded not guilty to capital murder and other charges for the death of Officer Apple on Sept. 16, 2021.

Shawna Cash entered the plea in the Benton County Circuit Court. Prosecutors, however, said they were seeking the death penalty.

Shawna Cash’s capital murder trial in the death of Officer Apple began on Jan. 29, but the first week was dedicated to jury selection.

The courtroom was at max capacity on the first day with 182 potential jurors. The judge qualified the panel by asking potential jurors if they knew the prosecution, the defense, or any potential witnesses.

Before recess on the trial’s first day, Cash’s attorneys raised concerns about the prosecutor’s power to subpoena witnesses testifying on mitigating factors for the defense. They said this might cause a “chilling effect” on their witnesses’ testimony because they will be under oath.

Judge Karren said he didn’t see a problem with the subpoenas due to previous case law.

The judge did emphasize the courtroom was open to public viewing, including off-duty police. Because the case involved a fallen officer, many law enforcement officers were expected to attend even if they were not testifying.

On Feb. 2, the jury selection was finished, and the trial was set to move forward the next week.

Benton County jury found Cash guilty of Officer Apple’s death in 2021.

The verdict was determined after jury deliberations on Feb. 7 and 8, two days after the state rested its case in Cash’s capital murder trial.

Although jury selection began on Jan. 29, the first full day of the trial was on Monday, Feb. 5.

The prosecution called at least 11 witnesses during the first full day of the trial, including an officer who was on the scene at the time of the incident. The gallery was filled with spectators watching as prosecutors argued Cash “made a choice” when she hit and killed Pea Ridge Police Officer Kevin Apple with a car in 2021.

While on the stand, Officer Stamps recalled the scene and said he heard and saw Cash drive as fast as she could away from the gas station as Apple told her to “stop.” Stamps said Apple repeatedly yelled at Cash, “Don’t do it.” As Shawna Cash drove away, Stamps said he fired his service weapon multiple times in an effort to stop her.

Other testimonies on the first day came from Fayetteville and Farmington officers who had previous run-ins with Shawna Cash within the year prior to the 2021 incident.

The prosecution also showed the jury photos, drone video, and hard evidence of the crime scene.

On the second full day of trial, pedestrian witnesses in the area recalled the day of the incident, with one witness saying he ran straight towards Apple’s body after noticing it in the street.

By the third day, the state rested its case, and jury deliberations began on Feb. 7.

After the jury was read its instructions, the defense counsel rested their case without calling any witnesses and delivered closing arguments.

The defense made the argument that Cash’s consequences did not align with her purpose. They claimed Shawna Cash was not thinking about killing Pea Ridge Police Officer Kevin Apple, rather his death was a consequence of her intentions to flee from police.

The defense also asked the jury to find her guilty of second-degree murder instead of capital murder. However, prosecutors previously stated they would seek the death penalty.

The prosecution told the jury that “justice demands that we call this what it is—capital murder.”

Benton County jury sentenced Shawna Cash to life in prison without parole for killing Officer Apple on Feb. 13 after nearly three hours of jury deliberations.

The sentencing phase began a day after Cash’s conviction on Friday, Feb. 9.

On the first day of sentencing, two former elementary school teachers of Shawna Cash testified that they remembered her as a quiet kid with very few friends. Reports from the Arkansas Department of Human Services were introduced that reportedly stated Cash would show up to school with infected tick bites and health issues, which led to a hospital stay and even reports of sexual abuse.

The sentencing phase continued on Monday, Feb. 12, where Shawna Cash’s former boyfriend, her brother, and her psychiatrist took the stand before the defense rested its case as to why she should not receive the death penalty.

Her former boyfriend, Tristan Smith, who is currently serving a prison sentence at the Arkansas Department of Corrections was the first to take the stand on Monday.

Shawna Cash’s lawyers said she lived with Smith and his family while she was a teen. While she was living with his family, Smith testified that was when Cash started taking methamphetamine.

Smith said that Shawna Cash saved his life once while he tried to commit suicide. Although he said he did not want to testify, he hoped his testimony could help save her life.

Kendra Roberts, a psychiatric nurse practitioner who has prescribed medications for Cash, testified about Cash’s medications and their uses.

She mentioned that she diagnosed Shawna Cash with two instances of psychosis in the past. Roberts agreed with the prosecution that a large portion of the diagnosis comes from self-reporting. Shawna Cash’s medical and school records were also presented to the jury.

Before resting their case, the defense recalled Shawna Cash’s brother to the stand. He was asked what losing Cash would mean to him.

“It’s going to hurt. It’s going to suck,” he said.

On the trial’s final day, both sides made one last push—the state asking for the death penalty and the defense counsel trying to save her life.

On Tuesday, the prosecution called one rebuttal witness to the stand. They also replayed Shawna Cash’s phone call from jail on Dec. 12, 2021, where she laughed about her weight gain and said she didn’t think she was going to be found guilty of capital murder.

Prosecuting Attorney Josh Robinson called Shawna Cash’s actions on June 26, 2021, an attack on law and order. He told the jury that their decision sends a message to the community on what is tolerated and what isn’t.

Defense Attorney Katherine Street pleaded with the jury to recognize the damage beneath the woman who committed the murder and reminded the jury that taking Cash’s life would not bring back Officer Apple’s.

Andazola is being charged with being an accomplice to capital murder and will face trial in March.

https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/crime/shawna-cash-murder-case-arkansas-officer/527-e6dd1c7e-13ac-4d0f-833a-c06f020bcd55

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Andrea Lea Wilson Murders Grandmother

Andrea Lea Wilson is a killer from Arkansas who was convicted of the murder of her Grandmother

According to court documents Andrea Lea Wilson attempted to murder a cyclist by striking him with her vehicle. However the cyclist would thankfully survive. Wilson was not yet done as she would go to her Grandmother’s home for dinner. Once the Grandmother, Ruby Ross, went to sleep she would be attacked by Andrea who would beat the elderly woman to death with a hammer. Andrea would later tell authorities that she was told by God she needed to murder someone or else she would be sent to hell

Andrea Lea Wilson would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to thirty six years in prison

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ADC Number

718253

Name:

Wilson, Andrea L

Race

CAUCASIAN

Sex

FEMALE

Hair Color

BROWN

Eye Color

BLUE

Height

64 inches

Weight

140 lbs.

Birth Date

04/27/1992

Initial Receipt Date

05/05/2021

Facility

McPherson Unit

Facility Address

302 Corrections Drive Newport, Arkansas 72112  Map

Mailing Address

302 Corrections Drive Newport, Arkansas 72112

Custody Classification

C2

Good Time Class

I-C

PE/TE Date*

05/17/2040

Total Time*

36 yrs.

Andrea Lea Wilson Case

A Bentonville woman was sentenced to 36 years in prison after admitting to attempting to kill a bicyclist as a sacrifice to God, but deciding later to beat her grandmother to death with an hammer in order to appease God.

Andrea Lea Wilson, 28, pleaded guilty Monday to first degree murder, aggravated assault and battery. She was originally charged with capital murder, but agreed to plead guilty to the lesser charge under a plea agreement that Shane Wilkinson, Wilson’s attorney, reached with Joshua Robinson, deputy prosecutor.

The hearing was conducted via Zoom with Wilson at the Benton County Jail. The judge was the only one in the courtroom with the other parties also participating by video conferencing.

Andrea Lea Wilson told Benton County Circuit Judge Robin Green that she understood her rights and had not been coerced into pleading guilty.

Andrea Lea Wilson admitted that at 1:42 a.m. May 15, 2018, that she struck Jonathan Hampton with a car while he was riding his bicycle on the sidewalk along S.W. Regional Airport Boulevard in Bentonville when he was struck from behind by the car, according to court documents.

Hampton was knocked off his bicycle, and he saw Wilson driving towards him, according to court documents. Hampton said Wilson appeared angry inside the vehicle and was yelling, according to court documents.

Hampton reported that Wilson’s posture and eyes changed, and she then asked him for help and appeared normal, according to court documents

Andrea Lea Wilson went to her grandmother’s home in Pea Ridge later that day, and the two ate dinner together, Robinson said.

Ruby Ross, her grandmother, went to sleep and Wilson struck the 81-year-old woman in the head with a hammer approximately four times killing Ross, Robinson said.

Robinson said Andrea Lea Wilson concealed the hammer and other items in a garbage bag and placed those items in an out building on the property.

Robinson said Wilson has undergone several mental evaluations as part of the case, and she said she was not taking her prescribed lithium at the time of the crimes.

Andrea Lea Wilson reported in the evaluations that she believed God had told her she needed to make a sacrifice or else she would be sent to Hell, Robinson said.

She believed May 15, 2018, was the last chance for her to make the sacrifice and she attempted to kill Hampton, Robinson said. She then decided to murder her grandmother to appease God, Robinson said.

Robinson told Benton County Circuit Judge Robin Green that Wilson underwent evaluations conducted by experts for prosecutors and the defense, and the experts disagree as to whether Wilson was able to appreciate the criminality of her conduct and conform her behavior to the law.

Robinson said law enforcement and Hampton were in favor of the agreement. Family members of Ross and Wilson were also in favor of the agreement, but some family members wanted a more lenient resolution, Robinson said.

LeAnn Ross, Wilson’s aunt, and Gregory Wilson, her brother, gave victim impact statements.

LeAnn Ross held up a photograph of her mother and father. She had provided a copy of the photograph to the court.

“It’s a beautiful photograph,” the judge said. “Thank you for providing it.”

Ross told the judge that her parents were hard-workers and provided a loving home which her niece and nephew did not have. She said the two suffered from neglect and abuse as children, and their childhoods were marred by their parents’ drug use.

Ross said her father died in 2007 and his death was especially hard on “Andrea” because she was always a paw-paw’ girl.

“It has been almost three years and while we know that Andrea has to suffer the consequences of her actions we please ask for mercy,” Ross said.

Ross said if her was here she would not want her granddaughter to be punished her entire life. “Actually if she could manifest herself in court today she would tell you to let her go because of her complete and and utter love of Andrea,” Ross said. “I want Andrea to know that I forgive her. She is valuable and we still love her.”

Gregory Wilson described his grandmother as the kindest person that he has known. “Her tremendous sense of empathy in an unforgiving world particularly for those who were considered to have done horrible things was always inspiring to me,” he said. “We didn’t see that often at home, so that was perhaps one of her best lessons I gained from her lifetime of love.”

He told the judge if his grandmother were here now, she would ask for the maximum opportunity for redemption in the case. “She would aspire for the defendant to live up to her unrecognized potential, more importantly she would want the defendant to honor the sacrifices of our family so that the next generation faces less hardships and more joy,” Gregory Wilson said.

Andrea Lea Wilson could be seen on the screen in the courtroom wiping away tears as her aunt and brother read their statements.

Robinson told the judge that the family’s wishes and the issues with the mental evaluations are reasons for resolving the case with the plea agreement.

Benton County Circuit Judge Robin Green accepted the plea agreement and Wilson’s guilty plea.

Andrea Lea Wilson gave her own statement in court. She first apologized to Hampton. “I don’t know you,” she said. “I’m ashamed you cross paths with me that night. I hope you find it in your heart to forgive me.”

She then apologized to her family. “I’ve been waiting on this moment for three years,” she said.

She said there’s not enough words to express her remorse and she took full responsibility for her actions. She said she not the same person that was arrested in 2018.

Green sentenced her to 36 years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. Wilson must abide by a suspended sentence for 10 years after her release from prison. She will be eligible for parole after serving 19 years in prison.

“This case started out as a death penalty case, but it was always more complicated than it initially appeared,” Wilkinson said. “Andrea has a history of mental illness combined with a terrible upbringing that has never truly been acknowledged. She is now on her medications and will remain that way when released.”

https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/apr/15/woman-admits-to-killing-pea-ridge-grandmother/

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Bruce Ward Murders Rebecca Doss In Arkansas

Bruce Ward was sentenced to death by the State of Arkansas for the murder of Rebecca Doss

According to court documents Bruce Ward would enter a corner store where he would attack the clerk nineteen year old Rebecca Doss. Rebecca Doss would be sexually assaulted and murdered

Bruce Ward would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death

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ADC Number

000915

Name:

Ward, Bruce E

Race

CAUCASIAN

Sex

MALE

Hair Color

BROWN

Eye Color

HAZEL

Height

73 inches

Weight

294 lbs.

Birth Date

12/24/1956

Initial Receipt Date

10/18/1990

Facility

Varner Supermax

Bruce Ward Case

Guilt has followed a former friend of an Arkansas death row inmate for 30 years.

The woman claims Bruce Ward nearly killed her in Pennsylvania just months before raping and strangling an Arkansas teenager to death.

She blames herself because she never pressed charges.

For her safety, she asked that her picture and married name not be used in this story.

“I’ve had to wrestle with a lot of things since then,” Amy said.

When she was 19, Amy took the bus to and from Pittsburgh Beauty Academy. The stop started her friendship with then 31-year-old Ward in the winter of 1988.

“He was very attractive looking, very intelligent, very charming,” she said.

Ward told Amy he was out on parole for a non-violent crime. She gave him a chance.

“I felt very, very safe with him,” she said.

Until one night, about half a year later, when he attacked her.

“My pants were down, he’s strangling me and all of a sudden, he just stops,” she said.

Amy will never forget how Ward looked, like he was in a trance.

“He was just not him,” she said. “He told me, ‘I wanted to scare you. Why are you not scared?’”

She told police but didn’t press charges.

“I didn’t want my parents to know,” she said. “I was embarrassed. I didn’t want this to be a big thing. I’m a shy person.”

Amy saw Ward one more time. When he showed up at her school and called after her, two of her friends quickly ushered her away.

“I hadn’t even thought of him in many years,” she said.

She saw him next on the Internet.

“Whatever became of him? Is he doing okay?,” she wondered. “I was hoping that maybe he had gotten some help.”

Amy wasn’t prepared for what she found. Ward was really out on parole for the murder of a 32-year-old Pennsylvania woman, Janet Needham.

“I was thinking, ‘Jesus, if he told me the truth, I don’t think I’d be stupid enough to be hanging out with this guy. This can’t be possible,’” she said. “And I just kept reading more and more.”

She discovered he was back behind bars, this time on death row for an Arkansas woman’s murder just months after he attacked Amy.

“And then I read about Becky…,” she trailed off as she started to cry.

While 18-year-old Becky Doss was working the overnight shift at a Little Rock gas station in August 1989, Ward raped and strangled her. It was the same way he took Needham’s life and too similar to Amy’s story.

“Did I trigger something? I don’t know,” she said.

But after seeing our interview with Doss’s mother, Amy knew she had to say something 30 years later.

“It broke my heart,” she said. “My goodness, what my mother would have gone through if that happened to me.”

As Ward continues to sit locked up so does Amy, part of her forever stuck at that bus stop.

“I feel like there’s something I could have done differently,” she said. “An innocent victim whose life was taken by somebody who should not have been there, should not have been there.”

Ward has been on death row since 1990.

A Supreme Court ruling in 2015 paved the way for the state to resume executions for the first time in nearly ten years. Ward was scheduled to be executed that year.

Since then, different legal situations, including the use of lethal injection drug Midazolam, have put his execution on hold.
https://www.kark.com/news/local-news/arkansas-death-row-inmate-attacks-friend-months-before-murdering-teen/

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Mickey Thomas Murders 2 In Arkansas

Mickey Thomas was sentenced to death by the State of Arkansas for two murders

According to court documents Mickey Thomas would enter a store where he would shoot and kill Mona Shelton, the owner, and Donna Cary, a customer, before robbing the store and fleeing

Mickey Thomas would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death

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ADC Number

000965

Name:

Thomas, Mickey D

Race

BLACK

Sex

MALE

Hair Color

BLACK

Eye Color

BROWN

Height

64 inches

Weight

194 lbs.

Birth Date

09/25/1974

Initial Receipt Date

09/29/2005

Facility

Varner Supermax

Mickey Thomas Case

On June 14, 2005, DeQueen Police found the bodies of two women at Cornerstone Monument Company after receiving a call about a possible break in.   Mona Shelton, the owner of the company, had been beaten and shot once in the head.   Donna Cary, a customer, had been shot once in the head at close range.   Police received a report of a black male with a white bag walking away from the front of Cornerstone Monument Company and getting into a pewter or copper-colored Ford Mustang with an Oklahoma license plate.   Police broadcast this description to area law enforcement officers, and at 11:27 a.m., Trooper Jamie Gravier of the Arkansas State Police spotted the Mustang traveling west near the Oklahoma-Arkansas border.   Gravier attempted to stop the vehicle, and a high-speed chase ensued into Broken Bow, Oklahoma.

Oklahoma police ultimately located the vehicle parked behind the Broken Bow residence of Hazel Thomas, Appellant’s mother, but the driver had already left the area.   That same afternoon, police received a report that a black male with a gun had just stolen a Broken Bow resident’s Mercury Cougar.   The Oklahoma authorities spotted the vehicle, and they were able to apprehend Appellant.

Appellant waived extradition to Arkansas and was charged in Sevier County with two counts of capital murder in the deaths of Mona Shelton and Donna Cary.   The case was transferred to Pike County where Appellant was convicted of two counts of capital murder and was given a sentence of death for each count.  

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ar-supreme-court/1380297.html

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