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On the night of March 14, 2020, 20-year-old Joshua Ezekiel Severns was found shot to death behind a restroom facility at Hollywood Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Investigators say Severns left his home on foot to meet someone and was directed to several different locations before being brought to the park.

On July 9, 2020, Hot Springs detectives arrested 18-year-old Payton Mann on charges of Capital Murder and Aggravated Robbery; he was held without bond at the Garland County Detention Center. The next day, 19-year-old Alisa Kay Andry was taken into custody and charged with First-Degree Murder and Aggravated Robbery. Reports state Andry had lured Severns to the park intending to rob him, and she later pleaded guilty for her involvement.

Severns was a 2019 graduate of Hot Springs High School and remembered as an avid skateboarder, artist, and hiker. Does anyone have information about Severns that could add context to his movements that night or know people who might help clarify what led him to meet those involved?