Arthur Estralla, 49, was shot on the evening of October 12, 2021, at a residence along Arkansas Highway 171 just north of Malvern in rural Hot Spring County. Gunfire was reported around 7:30 p.m.; first responders transported him from the property at 3260 Highway 171 to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead around 8 p.m. Authorities identified him as being from Hot Springs, not Malvern.

The Hot Spring County Sheriff’s Department requested help from the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division. State police agents interviewed witnesses at the scene that night and described the case as an apparent homicide while they worked to reconstruct events and determine who fired the fatal shot. In the days after the killing officials reported no arrests and no identified suspect in custody, and local coverage supplied no motive or other key leads.

If anyone has information about activity at 3260 Highway 171 on the evening of October 12, 2021, please share what is known.