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A 911 call on March 31, 2017, brought first responders to an apartment on the 300 block of California Street in Marianna, Arkansas, where 23-year-old Marshal Turner was found dead of a gunshot wound to the chest and pronounced dead at the scene. Those initially at the apartment reported the shooting as a suicide.

Investigators from the Marianna Police Department later found inconsistencies in the occupants’ accounts. Two people at the scene — 20-year-old Matayo Artist, who lived at the address, and an unnamed 17-year-old — were questioned. Their story of suicide fell apart as the men accused each other of pulling the trigger. Authorities say the pair then removed the firearm from the apartment and tried to stage the death as a suicide.

Both Artist and the juvenile were arrested on charges including capital murder, tampering with physical evidence, and hindering apprehension; both were denied bond and held at the Lee County Jail. Did anyone in Marianna know Marshal Turner, Matayo Artist, or the juvenile and have information about that night?