A violent domestic dispute on the evening of March 20, 2019, left 21-year-old Hannah Roberts of Pine Bluff dead and her partner Arnold Martinez wounded. Deputies responded about 10:08 p.m. to the 3000 block of Mae Drive and learned Martinez had been shot and taken to Jefferson Regional Medical Center. Deputies later located Roberts’s body on Boys School Road; she died from an apparent gunshot wound believed to have occurred during the disturbance with Martinez.

Investigators identified Martinez as the suspect and obtained a search warrant for his vehicle. Officers recovered a Smith & Wesson .40 caliber handgun plus methamphetamine, marijuana, Clonazepam, and numerous ecstasy/MDMA pills. Those findings resulted in multiple drug- and firearm-related charges against Martinez while the homicide investigation remained ongoing.

Roberts’s parents, Wendy and Christopher Gates, were left caring for her premature baby daughter, Esmoralda Josephine. The family asked that donations be made to the CASA Women’s Shelter in Pine Bluff and the International Order of Rainbow Girls in Hannah’s memory. Does anyone have information about that night or the people involved that could help investigators?