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Manhunt Continues After Double Homicide at Devil’s Den State Park

Investigators have launched checkpoints on nearby highways following Governor Sanders’s pledge to pursue the suspect.

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Overview

  • Two hikers, a 43-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman, were found dead on a trail around 2:40 p.m. on July 26.
  • Arkansas State Police have classified the incident as a double homicide and the suspect remains at large.
  • Authorities describe the suspect as a white male in dark athletic attire wearing weight-lifting gloves.
  • Witnesses saw a black four-door sedan, possibly a Mazda with its license plate covered by tape, leaving the park.
  • The victims’ bodies have been sent to the Arkansas State Crime Lab for cause-of-death determination.