Justin Keith Brown Bateson, 18, of Ravenden Springs, was found dead in a vacant lot on Magnolia Drive in Paragould on the morning of March 12, 2024, with multiple gunshot wounds to the head. Investigators say he had been seen the evening before, about 7:30 PM on March 11, leaving a residence with another young man; witnesses later heard gunfire near the 200-block of Magnolia Drive and the companion returned to the home alone.

Police arrested 19-year-old Connor Grist of Pocahontas on March 14 after personal property belonging to Bateson was recovered during a search of the residence where Grist was staying. Grist, who was reported to be a convicted felon on probation at the time, was charged with first-degree murder, aggravated robbery, and possession of firearms by certain persons. A Greene County jury later found Grist guilty of first-degree murder, and on February 6, 2025, a judge sentenced him to 40 years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections.

Who in the Paragould or Ravenden Springs area might have seen Bateson on March 11 or has information about the events on Magnolia Drive that night?