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On January 6, 1997, Williams stood trial at the Pulaski County Circuit Court for the kidnapping, aggravated robbery, rape, and murder of Stacy Rae Errickson. Williams was subsequently found guilty on all counts, and the jury presiding his trial sentenced Williams to death for the most serious charge of murder on January 14, 1997.
Arkansas Christina Marie Riggs (September 2, 1971 – May 2, 2000) was convicted of the November 1997 murders of her two children, Justin Dalton Thomas (age 5) and Shelby Alexis Riggs (age 2). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Riggs was a licensed practical nurse , and she planned to kill the children with injections of drugs she obtained from her hospital.
Grover Cleveland Richardson Jr. (September 9, 1948 – November 12, 2014) was a state legislator in Arkansas. [1] [2] [3] He was one of the representatives for Pulaski County, Arkansas. He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1977 to 1984. [4] In 1983 he sponsored a bill to require executions be broadcast live. [5]
Arkansas State Police confirms death in vehicle fire on I-530 in Pulaski County. KARK. Miriam Battles. November 8, 2024 at 2:13 PM.
Tommy Franklin Robinson (March 7, 1942 – July 10, 2024) was an American businessman, lobbyist, and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Arkansas's 2nd congressional district from 1985 to 1991. He was a member of the Republican Party. Before he was elected to Congress, Robinson was the sheriff of Pulaski County.
Prosecutors sought the death penalty. [8] He was held in the Pulaski County Detention Center, awaiting a scheduled February 2011 jury trial. [8] In January 2010, Arkansas Judge Herbert Wright ordered the State's Public Defenders Commission to pay part of the bill for Bledsoe's private attorney. [25]
Around 4:00am on August 23, 1987, the bodies of 16-year-old Don Henry and 17-year-old Kevin Ives were hit by a freight train in the town of Alexander, Arkansas, United States, as they were lying on the tracks. The locomotive engineer engaged the brakes while blowing the horn, but the train could not stop in time and rolled over the bodies.
Pulaski County Jane Doe was a woman who was found deceased on April 20, 1985, in Wrightsville, Arkansas. She was estimated to be 30 to 40 and had blondish-red hair. Her cause of death has neither been released nor properly determined. Little has been made available about her case. [57] [58]