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On October 11, 1993, 18-year-old Julie Heath (June 11, 1975 – October 11, 1993) was driving on U.S. Highway 270 between Malvern and Hot Springs, Arkansas, to visit her boyfriend in Hot Springs. Nance stated that he stopped to help Heath after her car broke down and offered her a ride to Malvern.
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Arkansas since 1976, when the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in the United States. 31 people have been executed in Arkansas since 1976: 30 males and 1 female ( Christina Marie Riggs ).
Arkansans were on edge after the deadly Elaine massacre (September 30–October 1, 1919) in rural Elaine, Arkansas. During the riots, hundreds of black people were killed and according to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas, "the Elaine Massacre was by far the deadliest racial confrontation in Arkansas history and possibly the bloodiest racial conflict in the history of the United States."
Winston Pounds was an African-American man who was lynched by a mob in Wilmot, Arkansas, on August 25 [1] or 26, 1927. [2] [3]According to white newspapers, [further explanation needed] Pounds was hanged after being accused of breaking into and entering the house of a white man, and then allegedly assaulting his wife.
John Carter was an African-American man who was murdered in Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 4, 1927. [1] Grabbed by a mob after another Black man had been apprehended for the alleged murder of a white girl, Carter was hanged from a telephone pole, shot, dragged through the streets, and then burned in the center of the city's Black part of town with materials that a white crowd of perhaps 5,000 ...
"In addition to that, he was a really wonderful father, an adventurous man, a fun person with a lot of friends who loved music, the outdoors. I couldn't have asked for a better dad.” Tucker ascended from lieutenant governor to succeed Clinton as governor in 1992, then won election to a four-year term in 1994 despite claims by his opponent ...
A veteran L.A. County probation officer was slain at her Lancaster home Sunday during a break-in, the L.A. County Sheriff's Department says.
Heath Stocks [1] is a long-time victim of sexual and psychological abuse by his former Scoutmaster Charles "Jack" Walls III. [2] For years prior to the murders of his family, Heath had a strained relationship with his father, mainly due to the interference of Walls, who exploited the difficulties in Heath and his father's relationship.