A Stone County woman and her boyfriend were arrested Wednesday afternoon on charges of first degree murder in connection with the death of her four year old daughter. Stone County Sheriff Lance Bonds says 29 year old Victoria Dycus and 31 James “Hagen” Glenn are being held in the Stone County jail on one million dollars bond each in connection with the death of Skylar Shellstrum.
According to the sheriff, Dycus and Glenn called the county 911 office the evening of November 19th to report the child was not breathing. An ambulance responded to the scene and transported the child to the Stone County Medical Center where she was declared dead. Bonds says the doctor believed the death was a homicide and the child’s body was sent to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory Medical Examiners office for autopsy.
Results from the autopsy where released on November 29 listing the cause of death as blunt force trauma. It also noted the body had multiple bruises and contusions in various stages of healing. December first a search warrant was executed at the couple’s residence on Herpel Road where items of interest were removed the investigators, according to the Sheriff.
The Stone County Sheriff’s department has been assisted in the investigation by the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division.
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