Stanley LeVon Milner Sr., 31, was found dead in the roadway in the 700 block of North Locust Street in Waldo, Arkansas, on August 6, 2019. The Waldo Police Chief discovered him shortly before noon; he had sustained multiple gunshot wounds. He was a father to two sons, TaMarion Crockett and Stanley Milner Jr., and family remembered him as a loving father, brother, and uncle.

Investigators from the Waldo Police Department worked with the Magnolia Police Department, the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the Taylor Police Department. Authorities identified 39-year-old Mario D. Easter, a Waldo resident, as a primary suspect and arrested him during a traffic stop in Magnolia in the early morning of August 7, 2019; he was charged with capital murder and possession of a firearm by certain persons and held without bond. Three other people — Roosevelt Easter, 60; Janice Easter, 59; and Billie James McBride, 69 — were arrested on charges of tampering with evidence and held on $250,000 bond; officials did not immediately clarify how those charges related to the homicide investigation.

Did anyone in Waldo or Magnolia know Mr. Milner or his movements in the days before August 6, 2019?