Eric Michael Littlejohn was 38 when he was found dead in the garage of a West Childress Street residence in Morrilton, Arkansas, in the early morning of May 23, 2022. Police were called about 2:47 a.m. after a report of an unresponsive male; Littlejohn had sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the head.

Within days investigators identified a suspect. On May 27, 2022, 28-year-old Alexander Schwarz of Conway was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Schwarz later pleaded guilty in Conway County Circuit Court and was sentenced to 40 years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections for his role in Littlejohn’s death.

Littlejohn worked as a service manager at Logan’s Roadhouse in Conway and was remembered by friends and family for a kind, sincere spirit and a goofy sense of humor.