On May 11, 2017, 17-year-old Ciera Miller was killed at a residence on Gum Springs Road, west of Dardanelle, Arkansas. Ciera, described as a sweet and caring teen about to graduate high school, was one of three people killed that day; her 61-year-old grandmother, Rita Miller, and Yell County Sheriff’s Deputy Lieutenant Kevin C. Mainhart also died in the same violent episode.

Authorities identified 42-year-old James Arthur Bowden of Dardanelle as the suspect. The sequence began with a domestic dispute between Bowden and his ex-girlfriend, Haley McHam, who was Ciera’s mother, and included a traffic stop during which Lieutenant Mainhart was fatally shot. Bowden then went to the Gum Springs Road home and killed Rita and Ciera Miller. Bowden later held McHam hostage for several hours before surrendering; McHam escaped briefly after Bowden became drowsy from taking pills and later said Bowden blamed her for the deaths of her mother and daughter.

Does anyone have information about Ciera’s life in Dardanelle or memories of her that could help preserve her story?