Nineteen-year-old Davidlee Alan Kane Stansbury of Salem, Arkansas, was reported missing April 23, 2021 after leaving his home around 4:30 a.m. with a friend. His body was found April 26 in a wooded area near Republican Road, about five miles north of Salem. Authorities determined he had been shot.

Investigators say the friend who left with Stansbury, 19-year-old Jacoby Austin Goehler, was responsible for the killing; Goehler was arrested April 23 and charged with first-degree murder. Prosecutors also charged 40-year-old Jennifer Lynn Bowman-Harnden with conspiring with her son, allegedly believing Stansbury had raped her daughter, a claim the report says was never substantiated; Bowman-Harnden was arrested April 28 and charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. A third person, 19-year-old Travis Eugene Barker, was later arrested and charged in connection with the case.

The community lost a young life; questions remain about the motive and the events that led to the shooting. If anyone has information about Davidlee Stansbury or his movements that morning, please come forward.