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TexasTowelie

(111,288 posts)
Wed Jun 5, 2019, 02:48 PM Jun 2019

Police investigate body found outside ex-lawmaker's home

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Republican Party officials reported the death of a former state lawmaker the same day that unidentified human remains were found outside her home, and authorities said Wednesday that they're investigating the case as a homicide.

The remains were found Tuesday outside the home in Pocahontas, about 130 miles (210 kilometers) northeast of Little Rock, Arkansas State Police spokesman Bill Sadler said. He declined to identify the victim and said the state medical examiner may confirm the identity of the remains later Wednesday. Prosecutor Henry Boyce said the body was a woman's, but said its condition prevented any immediate positive identification.

Property records show the home belonged to former state Sen. Linda Collins-Smith, 57, and her ex-husband, retired Circuit Judge Philip Smith. The state GOP tweeted Tuesday night that Collins-Smith had died, but provided no details.

The state crime lab was determining the cause and manner of death, police said. A Randolph County judge granted Boyce's request for an order sealing the documents and statements obtained by police during the investigation.

Read more: http://www.dnronline.com/associated_press/national/police-investigate-body-found-outside-ex-lawmaker-s-home/article_ed4e7022-9706-5af0-82f1-31c94d9ef064.html

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Police investigate body found outside ex-lawmaker's home (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2019 OP
Whoa. Wonder if it was a murder/suicide? Laffy Kat Jun 2019 #1
Hard to follow the story..says 'remains' angstlessk Jun 2019 #3
Weird. Article: "Originally a Democrat, she switched parties in 2010...saying, 'I catbyte Jun 2019 #2

angstlessk

(11,862 posts)
3. Hard to follow the story..says 'remains'
Wed Jun 5, 2019, 03:45 PM
Jun 2019

instead of 'body', which indicates it may have been there for a period of time?

catbyte

(34,168 posts)
2. Weird. Article: "Originally a Democrat, she switched parties in 2010...saying, 'I
Wed Jun 5, 2019, 03:01 PM
Jun 2019

didn't leave the Democratic party, the Democratic party left me.'..." Then it went on to say that she was one of the most conservative members of the legislature, fighting Governor Asa Hutchinson over Medicaid expansion. That doesn't sound like any Democrat I've ever seen. Maybe in 1960, but not in 2012.

Disturbing case nevertheless.

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