On July 22, 2015, the bodies of 66-year-old Patricia Cogdell and her husband Robert Cogdell were discovered in a wooded area behind their home on Quail Run Circle in Conway, Arkansas. Both had been shot to death; the investigation began after Robert, the City of Maumelle’s Director of Public Works, failed to show up for work and colleagues requested a welfare check. The couple had been married 44 years.
Authorities arrested the couple’s 14-year-old grandson, Justin Staton, who had been raised by the Cogdells, and charged him with two counts of capital murder. Three other teenagers were also arrested: Hunter Drexler, 17, was charged with capital murder, while Connor Atchley, 17, and Anastasia Roberts, 17, faced charges of first-degree murder and theft by receiving. Investigators believe the killings occurred the night of July 21, 2015, with Robert shot inside the house and Patricia shot in the garage before their bodies were moved to the woods. Court documents say the motive appeared to be a robbery allegedly planned by the teens; Staton reportedly complained to Drexler about his grandparents and Drexler suggested shooting them.
Does anyone have information about the Cogdells, their neighborhood on Quail Run Circle, or the teens’ activities in the days before July 21, 2015?