UPDATE: The Saline County Coroner’s Office is confirming the identity of the deceased suspect is the person the Pine Bluff Police Department has been investigating.
Detectives with the Benton Police Department are conducting a death investigation near Gum and Thompson. Officers responded to the area after 911 dispatchers received a call, about 2:50 p.m. Sunday, March 5, of a possible dead body.
Benton Police Department detectives have been assisting detectives from the Pine Bluff Police Department on a missing person and possible homicide investigation, which led to the location in Benton. The Benton Fire Department and Saline County Coroner’s Office are also assisting in the investigation.
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