Ian Victor Crawford, 18, was found dead from gunshot wounds in the early morning of April 16, 2023, at a home on Park Street in Pocahontas, Arkansas. Officers responded to a call at 3:54 a.m.; family and friends remembered Ian as a young man who enjoyed football.

Investigators quickly focused on a family member. Ian’s older brother, 21-year-old Shaun Caleb Crawford, was arrested and initially charged with first-degree murder and tampering with physical evidence. A detective testified at a bond hearing that after the shooting Shaun left the scene and discarded parts of the firearm behind the First Assembly of God Church down the street.

Shaun later waived a jury trial and accepted a negotiated plea. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter and tampering with evidence, saying an argument led him to pull a pistol from his waistband and throw it at his brother, at which point the gun discharged; he also admitted attempting to clean Ian and hiding the weapon. A judge sentenced Shaun to 10 years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections.

Did anyone in Pocahontas know the Crawford family or have information about what led to the argument that night?