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If you have information regarding these cases, please contact ASP
Crime Hotline: 800-553-3820
eMail: info@asp.arkansas.gov |
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| Reward Offered In Izard County Murder Case |
On September 21, 2004 Rebekah Christian Gould, at the time 22 years-old and a college student, was reported missing to the Izard County Sheriff’s Department.
Following the initial disappearance report provided by her family, deputies responded to a mobile home where Ms. Gould had been living. The sheriff’s department later requested the assistance of the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division.
Based on evidence collected during the initial phase of the investigation and subsequent interviews, it's believed Ms. Gould was last seen at a local convenience store on September 20, 2004 piror to returning home.
On September 27, 2004, Ms. Gould’s body was recovered from a wooded area adjacent to Arkansas State Highway 9, just south of the Melbourne city limits. |
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Rebekah Gould
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Based on findings of the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory, the investigation is being handled as a homicide.
While Arkansas State Police Special Agents and local sheriff’s deputies continue their investigation a $10,000 reward is being offered by a private interest for information provided to law enforcement which will lead to the arrest and conviction of an individual or persons responsible for Ms. Gould’s murder.
If you have any information regarding this case, please contact the Arkansas State Police Crime Hotline at (800) 553-3820 or the Izard County Sheriff’s Department at ( 870) 368-4203. |
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Who Moved Bulldozer Onto State Highway?
$25,000 Reward Offered for Information on Crash that Claimed Life of Local Man |
On Sunday, May 7, 2000, Shannon Yarbrough, 24, of Roland was traveling westbound along Arkansas Highway 10, west of Little Rock, when the vehicle he was driving collided with a large piece of construction equipment that had recently been moved onto the roadway.. |
Yarbrough died as a result of the injuies sustained in the pre-dawn crash. Sometime prior to 4 AM, 10-miles west of Little Rock, a bulldozer that was being used to clear right-of-way along the north side of the roadway was maliciously moved into the westbound lane of traffic. Yabrough had just cleared a curve east of the blocked highway and was left with only seconds to react to the obstruction
Arkansas State Troopers and Special Agents of the agency’s Criminal Investigation Division who have been involved in the investigation believe the bulldozer may have been moved from the right-of-way as a prank that quickly turned deadly.
A $25,000 reward is being offered to anyone who can provide information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual responsible for moving the bulldozer into the roadway.
The Arkansas State Police is asking for help from anyone who may recall seeing anything unusual along the right-of-way.
If you have any information about this case, please contact Arkansas State Police via e-mail or by calling one of the two telephone numbers below. |
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Both photographs (above) depict an eastbound view along Arkansas Highway 10 west of Little Rock. The photographs were taken the morning of the crash that claimed the life of Shannon Yarbrough. The bottom photograph illustrates the reaction distance Yarbrough had as he cleared the westbound curve. (Click on image for larger picture) |
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Arkansas State Police Crime Hotline (800) 553-3820 or (501) 618-8100. |
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| Information Needed To Solve Conway Murders |
Arkansas State Police investigators need to talk to anyone who might have information about two murders committed in a Conway, Arkansas home on the evening of Saturday, May 18, 2002.
Carter Elliott, 49, of Conway and Timmy Wayne Robertson, 26, who was living with Elliott in the home at #6 Shady Valley, were shot execution-style. |
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Carter Elliott (left) and
Timmy Wayne Robertson |
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Two women who attempted to enter the home late Sunday afternoon following the murders discovered Elliott’s body at the front door of the house.
Police were called to the scene and investigators could find no sign of forced entry to the home.
State Police Special Agents believe someone in the neighborhood may have noticed a vehicle, normally not seen in the area, or an individual approaching the house about 8:30 or 9 on Saturday night, May 18th.
If you know anything about this case, please contact the Conway Police Department or e-mail the Arkansas State Police.
Conway Police Department (501) 450-6120
Arkansas State Police (800) 553-3820 or (501) 618-8100 |
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| Few Clues Left in Disappearance of Polk County Woman |
Arkansas State Police Special Agents were contacted by Polk County Sheriff's Deputies at Mena on Saturday, January 27th after a search of the Queen Wilhelmina Lodge area failed to produce any clues into the whereabouts of Gloria White Moore McDonald, 68, of Mena.
McDonald had traveled the same day to the lodge with her husband, step-son and a friend of the step-son. The group arrived about noon and set-out hiking along one of the nature trails that borders the lodge property atop Rich Mountain. About 150 yards into the hike, McDonald told the group she was returning to the lodge because of trees that were blocking parts of the trail. The three others proceeded along the trail ending their hike about a half-hour later.
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Upon returning to the lodge the family and friend were unable to locate McDonald. The car the group had traveled in to the lodge was parked where it had been originally left and McDonald's purse was locked inside. A search of the car indicated none of McDonald's personal belonging were missing.
Repeated aerial and ground searches of the area have failed to produce any evidence that would explain what happened to McDonald.
McDonald was described by her family at the time of the disappearance as being in good physical condition. Weighing about 120 pound and standing 5-feet, 6-inches tall, McDonald was wearing a bright yellow hooded jacket, blue plaid shirt, blue jeans and tennis shoes when she was last seen. McDonald was carrying a Minolta Riva Zoom 90 camera at the time of the disappearance.
If you know anything about this case, please contact Arkansas State Police via e-mail or by calling one the following law enforcement agencies.
Polk County Sheriff's Office (501) 394-2511
Arkansas State Police (800) 553-3820 |
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| Ambush Leaves West Memphis Trucker Dead |
The unsolved murder of a West Memphis freight hauler has led Crittenden County authorities and State Police to ask for help.
On Wednesday, December 1st, 1999, shortly after 5 PM, West Memphis Police were dispatched to a report of gunshots fired at a truck passing along the 500 block of East Barton.
At the scene police found Charles G. Ellison, 31, of West Memphis, the driver of a tractor-trailer truck. Ellison died of a single gunshot wound.
Police learned from witnesses that as many as three shots were fired at Ellison who lost control of the truck after the shots were fired and veered off Barton Street into an open field where police later found the truck.
Ellison had been returning to Temple Product Corporation after delivering a shipment of sheetrock in Corinth, Mississippi.
Witnesses told West Memphis police the gun shots came from the passenger side window of a small white two-door sedan driven by a black male. The shots were fired at Ellison while both his truck and the suspect vehicle were traveling south along North 7th Street before approaching the intersection with Barton.
If you know anything about this case, please contact the West Memphis Police or e-mail the Arkansas State Police. A $12,000 cash reward from Crittenden County Crime Stoppers is being offered in connection with this case.
Crittenden County Crime Stoppers (870) 732-4444
West Memphis Police Department (870) 732-7525
Arkansas State Police (800) 553-3820
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Suspect Sketch in Morgan Nick Case Updated
Age Progression Photo of Missing Girl |
Investigators from the multiple law enforcement agencies assigned to the Morgan Nick abduction case have updated their files to include a new sketch of an unknown man wanted for questioning in connection with the disappearance of the child.
Morgan Nick was abducted from a baseball field at Alma on June 9th 1995. Early on in the search for the six-year-old child, police developed information about a man seen at the ball park who may have been in an older model faded red Ford pick-up truck.
The unknown man was described at the time as Caucasian, approximately six-feet tall, in his late 20's or early 30's, muscular build with short dark colored, or black hair and a short mustache and beard (3 to 4 day growth of facial hair). The man was wearing only cut-off blue jean shorts (no shirt or shoes). Individuals who saw the man say his chest was "hairy" and his voice/dialect pattern was described as "hillbilly".
Witnesses also report the pick-up truck the man was seen near or in had a camper shell with windows, covered by curtains, possibly on both sides of the truck.
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| Sketch of Abductor |
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Since the abduction, several age enhanced photographs of Morgan as she might appear today have been developed by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
For more information about the Morgan Nick case and age enhanced photographs, visit the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children website.
There is a $60,000 reward offered for information to anyone who can give investigators information that will help solve the case.
If you know anything about this case, please contact the Arkansas State Police via e-mail or by calling the telephone number below.
Arkansas State Police Crime Hotline (800) 553-3820 |
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Search Continues For Missing Student:
Reward Offered For Information In Case |
The Arkansas State Police and Lonoke County Sheriff’s Department continue to follow-up on leads involving the case of Matthew "Matt" Pendergrast. Local authorities discovered Pendergrast’s abandoned sport utility vehicle December 1st off Kerr Road, approximately one and a half miles north of Interstate 40, in Western Lonoke County. The Arkansas State Police is treating the investigation as a missing person case.
Pendergrast, a Rhodes College (Memphis, Tennessee) senior, departed his home at Memphis about 7:30 on the morning of December 1st. Later that afternoon his vehicle and clothes were found near a remote section of a bayou frequently used by hunters. Searches of the waterway and surrounding area have failed to turn-up any evidence that would explain what happened to Pendergrast.
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A $15,000 reward has been offered by Pendergrast’s family in Atlanta for information leading to the whereabouts of the missing student.
Pendergrast, 23 years old, is described as 5-feet, six-inches tall, weighing 110 pounds, blue eyes, brown hair, fair complexion and noticeable dimples. Pendergrast would have likely traveled along Interstate 40 to reach the location where his truck was discovered. The Georgia license plate on the maroon, 1998 Toyota Four-Runner, driven by Pendergrast displayed 934 PT.
If you know anything about this case, please contact the Arkansas State Police via e-maill or by calling the telephone number below.
Arkansas State Police Crime Hotline (800) 553-3820 |
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