Lavinda Counce, a 90-year-old woman from Bay, Arkansas, disappeared from her home on Lunsford Avenue on July 3, 2015. Her car was found abandoned at a Jonesboro hospital on July 4, and a nine-day search ended when a volunteer located her body in a cornfield west of Bay on July 12.

Investigators developed information pointing to a suspect from Bay, 30-year-old Richard Jordon Tarver. A search of his residence reportedly produced evidence that linked him to the case. The local prosecuting attorney later charged Tarver with capital murder, aggravated robbery, kidnapping, aggravated residential burglary, abuse of a corpse for allegedly hiding Mrs. Counce’s body, theft of property, and possession of a defaced firearm.

Anyone who knew Lavinda Counce, her routines, or who may have seen suspicious activity in Bay in early July 2015 is asked to come forward with information.