"Bill Clinton, the former president, on Monday urged voters not to use the midterm election as a protest against the White House, as he toured his home state of Arkansas to help Democrats’ efforts to prevent a GOP takeover there."
The Democrats must really be in trouble if Clinton has to campaign in Arkansas. That is going to take some acrobatics.
"Realtor’s body found; suspect pleads not guilty" by Jill Bleed | Associated Press October 01, 2014
LITTLE ROCK — A parolee accused of abducting and killing a top-selling Arkansas real estate agent had contacted her to set up an appointment to view a vacant house, authorities said Tuesday, hours after discovering the woman’s body in a shallow grave at a concrete company.
Police found Beverly Carter’s body early Tuesday, five days after she went to show the house in a rural area near Little Rock and never returned.
Authorities arrested Arron Michael Lewis, 33, on Monday on suspicion of kidnapping, and preliminary charges of capital murder and robbery were added after Carter’s body was found buried at a business where Lewis previously worked.
Lewis, who was on parole for theft convictions, pleaded not guilty to the preliminary charges and remained in the Pulaski County jail Tuesday without bond. It was not immediately clear whether he had an attorney.
Lewis told reporters Tuesday while he was being taken to be questioned by authorities that he did not kill Carter.
When asked why Carter was targeted, Lewis responded, ‘‘Because she was just a woman that worked alone — a rich broker.’’
Pulaski County Sheriff’s Captain Simon Haynes would not say how the 49-year-old Carter was killed or why, but described her as ‘‘a target of opportunity’’ for Lewis.
He said Lewis scheduled the appointment to see the home in Scott, about 15 miles east of Little Rock, but would not say how Lewis learned that Carter was a real estate agent.
Haynes and Pulaski County Sheriff Doc Holladay also would not say what linked Lewis to the crime.
Prosecutor Larry Jegley said that his office is still reviewing the case and that it is too soon to say whether he would seek the death penalty.
‘‘Events like this stain the soul of our community,’’ Jegley said. ‘‘They leave scars, and we know that.”
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Why did Whitewater and Mena just come to mind?
