{"id":97598,"date":"2025-07-27T20:34:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T20:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/97598\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T20:34:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T20:34:12","slug":"2-people-found-dead-along-arkansas-hiking-trail-in-a-suspected-homicide-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/97598\/","title":{"rendered":"2 people found dead along Arkansas hiking trail in a suspected homicide, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two people were found dead along a walking trail in a state park in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/arkansas-fluoride-possible-ban-bryan-king\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Arkansas<\/a>, authorities said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>A 43-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman were found dead at Devil&#8217;s Den State Park in Washington County, according to the Arkansas State Police. Its criminal investigation unit is handling what it calls a &#8220;suspected homicide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The suspect is a white male wearing dark shorts, a dark tank top and weight-lifting type gloves. He was seen driving toward a park exit in a black, four-door sedan whose license plate may have been covered by electrical or duct tape.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle may have been traveling on State Highway 170 or State Highway 220 near the park, police said.<\/p>\n<p>When\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thv11.com\/article\/news\/crime\/police-presence-devils-den-arkansas\/527-8bd38fd9-06ca-4ab4-b7b7-ca16c36ab275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CBS affiliate KTHV<\/a> asked why it took about six hours between officials receiving reports of the deaths and sending out a public statement, an Arkansas State Police spokesperson said the area where the suspected homicide occurred is remote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It took time for our Special Agents to arrive on scene, locate witnesses, conduct interviews and collaborate information so we released the appropriate information,&#8221; the spokesperson told KTHV.<\/p>\n<p>The victims&#8217; bodies were being taken to the Arkansas State Crime Lab, where the manner and cause of death will be determined.<\/p>\n<p>FBI Little Rock is communicating with Arkansas State Police and ready to assist with the investigation, FBI Little Rock Office Public Affairs Officer Jessica Franklin told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thv11.com\/article\/news\/crime\/police-presence-devils-den-arkansas\/527-8bd38fd9-06ca-4ab4-b7b7-ca16c36ab275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CBS affiliate KTHV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are praying for the family and friends of the victims, and know that law enforcement will not rest until the perpetrator is brought to justice,&#8221; Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\n        More from CBS News\n      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people were found dead along a walking trail in a state park in Arkansas, authorities said Sunday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":93675,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5027,51,50,52],"class_list":{"0":"post-97598","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-arkansas","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114927112248993660","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}