Richard Dennis ’Dickie’ Ratliff, 69, a lifelong Pine Bluff resident and local businessman, was found unresponsive in an apartment on West 10th Street on the afternoon of Monday, October 14, 2019. He was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound. Born October 31, 1949, Ratliff served in the U.S. Army and Reserves and helped build a family business that began with Big Banjo Pizza Parlor and grew into Ratliff Enterprises. He was described as generous, a family man who enjoyed duck hunting and time with friends and relatives.

The killing was Pine Bluff’s 26th homicide of 2019. Four days after the death, on October 18, 2019, police arrested two 29-year-olds, Marlo Carter and Jameisha McClain, and charged both with capital murder in connection with Ratliff’s death. Carter had been arrested on theft of property charges days before the homicide and both suspects were booked into the W.C. Dub Brassell Detention Center.

Are there witnesses or anyone with information about Ratliff’s movements or contacts in the days before October 14 who can help clarify what happened?