GUILTY AR - Lavinda Counce, 90, murdered, Jonesboro, 3 July 2015

[modesty blaise]

so some animal killed this dear woman just to steal and abandon the car?? heartbreaking my condolences to her loved ones.

 

[Treelights]

This is Horrible!!!
RIP Lavinda!!

 

[DayLea]

Apparent slaying of 90-year-old woman stuns small town residents
11:02 a.m. CDT July 14, 2015
http://www.thv11.com/story/news/crime/2015/07/14/apparent-slaying-of-90-year-old-woman-stuns-small-town-residents/30130591/

 

[DayLea]

Sheriff: Counce was killed by gunshot wound
Posted: Jul 17, 2015 11:22 AM PST
Updated: Jul 17, 2015 1:07 PM PST
http://www.kait8.com/story/29573930/sheriff-counce-was-shot-in-the-head

Craighead County Sheriff Marty Boyd says Lavinda Counce was killed by a single gunshot wound to the head.

There are no words. This is all just so sad.

 

[glyph55]

Sheriff: Counce was killed by gunshot wound
Posted: Jul 17, 2015 11:22 AM PST
Updated: Jul 17, 2015 1:07 PM PST
http://www.kait8.com/story/29573930/sheriff-counce-was-shot-in-the-head


There are no words. This is all just so sad.

I hope they catch this monster. I'm guessing that the motive here was money related although it sickens me to think that someone could rationalize murdering a fragile, extremely sweet elderly lady for any reason. RIP Lavinda.

 

[Mimiof8]

http://www.kait8.com/story/29576972/breaking-arrest-made-in-counce-murder-case
Arrest made

 

[Mimiof8]

http://www.kait8.com/story/29579408...er-learning-accused-killer-lived-near-lavinda

The accused killer lived near her.

 

[modesty blaise]

not surprise it's was someone known to her.

 

[OkieGranny]

From August:

http://www.thv11.com/story/news/201...tion-killing--90-year-old-bay-woman/31652631/

Scott Ellington, District Prosecuting Attorney for the Second Judicial District of Arkansas, announces the filing of formal capital murder charges against a Bay man accused of the July 3 abduction and killing of Lavinda Counce, 90, also of Bay.

In a seven-count felony Information filed Thursday in Craighead County Circuit Court, Ellington charged Richard Jordon Tarver, 30, of 309 Harris Street, Bay, with capital murder, aggravated robbery, kidnaping, aggravated residential burglary, abuse of a corpse, theft of property and possession of a defaced firearm.

 

[0101ABA]

Trial reset for May in death of woman

JONESBORO -- A Craighead County man will be tried in May for the capital slaying of a 90-year-old Bay woman last summer, Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington said Wednesday.

Richard Jordan Tarver, 31, of Bay will be tried in Craighead County Circuit Court on May 23 after Craighead County District Judge Tommy Fowler changed Tarver's original trial date from March 14.

http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/mar/03/trial-reset-for-may-in-death-of-woman-2/?f=crime

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Use of photos in trial argued - July 30th

http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/jul/30/use-of-photos-in-trial-argued-20160730/

A Craighead County circuit judge will hold a hearing in Jonesboro to determine if 20 photographs of a 90-year-old woman's fatal injuries will be allowed in the capital murder trial of the man accused of killing her.

Tarver's attorney, Randall Miller of Jonesboro, filed several pretrial motions, including one that sought suppression of autopsy photographs of Counce's wounds.

In a hearing Thursday, Miller contended that the photographs were graphic and prejudicial against his client.

Craighead County Circuit Judge Cindy Thyer set an Aug. 31 hearing to determine the admissibility of the photographs for Tarver's trial. Ellington said a state Crime Laboratory medical examiner will testify on whether about 20 photographs are necessary for the prosecution.

Tarver's trial is scheduled to begin Sept. 26 and could last for two or three weeks, the prosecutor said.

 

[0101ABA]

Attorneys expect to make opening statements Thursday or Friday in the capital-murder trial of a man accused of killing a 90-year-old Craighead County woman.

Jury selection began Monday in Craighead County Circuit Court for the trial of Richard Jordan Tarver, 30, of Bay. Tarver is charged with killing Lavinda Counce of Bay in July 2015.

http://m.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/sep/28/jury-selection-starts-in-bay-slaying-tr/

 

[0101ABA]

Richard Jordan Tarver knew he could survive a zombie apocalypse if only he knew what it felt like to kill someone, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Grant DeProw said Thursday in his opening statement of Tarver's capital-murder trial in Craighead County Circuit Court.

Tarver, 31, of Bay is accused of forcing Lavinda Counce, 90, from her Bay home and into the trunk of her car July 3, 2015. Police say he drove her to a cornfield east of the Craighead County town, forced her to walk into the rows of corn and then shot her in the back of the head with a .38-caliber handgun.

http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/sep/30/zombie-test-kill-cited-at-murder-trial-/#/

Tetimony continues today.

 

[HI Gotcha]

http://www.14news.com/story/33205225/jury-selection-begins-for-lavinda-counce-murder-trial

 

[HI Gotcha]

https://twitter.com/malmjordan?lang=en

 

[HI Gotcha]

Defense giving closing arguments today, so it should go to the jury this afternoon. Fingers crossed for Justice for Lavinda!

 

[HI Gotcha]

http://www.kait8.com/story/33334461/verdict-handed-down-in-counce-murder-trial
Sentencing will be announced soon.

 

[0101ABA]

A jury in Craighead County has sentenced Richard Jordan Tarver to life in prison without parole for the July 3, 2015 abduction and slaying of Lavinda Counce, 90, of Bay.

He got the maximum of three life sentences plus 22 years for capital murder, kidnapping, burglary, abguse of a corpse, theft and possession of a defaced firearm.

http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlo...n-kidnapping-and-slaying-of-90-year-old-woman