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‘It's a new and safer beginning for the state,' Arkansas State Crime Lab groundbreaking brings hope to many
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Arkansas State Crime Lab is cracking down on cases that have gone unsolved by introducing a new crime lab in North Little Rock during Friday's groundbreaking. State law enforcement officials said this is all to delivering timely, accurate, and reliable work that'll impact dozens throughout the state. The state's new crime lab will be a 190,000 square-foot facility equipped with the latest forensic technology and infrastructure and is a $200 million project. They say the project is the start of something new and that every piece of evidence will be handled with integrity. Arkansas purchases $4 million-plus 19-acre site in North Little Rock for new crime lab This expansion is happening in three different parts of the state. Theodore Brown, the director and Chief Medical Examiner, says this is a part of their commitment to building a safer and stronger Arkansas. 'Everything that we are doing that we are putting into this new facility is centered solely on best serving Arkansans,' Brown said. 'How can we best provide timely accurate and reliable forensic sciences throughout our state when our families, our patients need us most?' The services at the crime lab include forensic pathology, toxicology, drug analysis, DNA analysis, ballistics, digital evidence processing, and latent fingerprint identification. The project is expected to reach completion in 2027. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Yahoo
Batesville man sentenced to life in prison for first-degree murder
BATESVILLE, Ark. – Prosecutors said a Batesville man will serve a life sentence after being convicted of murdering his former roommate. Court records show 41-year-old Israel Estrada Cannalte was found guilty of first-degree murder last week in the death of 43-year-old Maximo Hernandez. Attorneys for Amber Waterman file two motions in Benton County murder case Prosecutors said Hernandez's body was found in the living room of his Batesville home by friends visiting on Dec. 26, 2023. Reports from the Arkansas State Crime Lab state Hernandez had been stabbed more than 50 times with a knife and a screwdriver. Man arrested after Searcy teen shot in neck during Mother's Day weekend Officials said the Batesville Police Department arrested Cannalte on the day Hernandez's body was discovered after a Newport hospital reported that a man, identified as Cannalte, came to the emergency room with suspicious cuts on his hands. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
05-03-2025
- Yahoo
Car of 95-year-old Mountain Home woman found at Jacksonville Air Force Base
MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. – Mountain Home police said the car of a 95-year-old woman, who has been missing for nearly a month, was found Tuesday. According to the Mountain Home Police Department, authorities with the Jacksonville Air Force Base informed police that a beige Buick LeSabre was found crashed in a remote area at the Jacksonville Air Force Base. Family speaks on ongoing search for 95-year-old woman missing from Mountain Home Arkansas State Police has also canceled the Silver Alert for Day who authorities said was last seen driving the car in early February. Police said the body found inside the car has been sent to the Arkansas State Crime Lab for an autopsy and positive identification. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
