Cassandra Lynn Arnold, a 32-year-old White woman, was shot in Newton County on the night of July 8, 2020. Deputies were called at about 10:45 p.m. to a home on White Birch Drive in the Covington area, where they found her with multiple gunshot wounds. She was rushed to a nearby hospital and did not survive.

Authorities identified a suspect as Alex Khalil Smith, also known as Cap, described as from Monticello and reported by The Monticello News to have been Arnold’s girlfriend. The Newton County Sheriff’s Office said Smith was considered armed and dangerous before he was taken into custody on July 14, 2020. He was reported to face charges of murder or felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a knife during the commission of a crime.

The arrest followed intense early reporting on the killing and arrest; no later reliable report of a trial, conviction, or final court resolution was found. Does anyone have information about Cassandra’s life in the Covington area or about what happened that night?