Juanita Wofford, 58, was found murdered in her Fort Smith home on June 23, 1993, after friends noticed her absence from a church event and went to check on her. She was discovered in bed with multiple stab wounds and defensive injuries to her arms and hands; investigators described blood throughout the house and evidence indicated she had been sexually assaulted after death. The scene was noted as extraordinarily violent and traumatic for the community.

An early arrest was made when a local man, Danny Bennett, confessed, but that case later unraveled and he was released after a similar slaying in nearby Van Buren raised questions. A break came in March 2000 when DNA from an attempted attack on a 16-year-old led to Charles Ray Vines, who matched DNA from both Wofford’s and Ruth Henderson’s cases and later confessed. Vines was convicted in March 2001 of two counts of capital murder, residential burglary and rape, receiving three life terms without parole. Did anyone in Fort Smith at the time recognize Vines as a neighbor or regular in the community who might help fill gaps about his movements in 1993?