(AP) – A Jacksonville man accused of strangling an
85-year-old widow in her central Arkansas home has been given a trial date after
state doctors found him competent to stand trial.The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports doctors at the Arkansas State Hospital
diagnosed 52-year-old Chris Anthony Arnold with borderline intellectual
functioning but found no mental illness.
85-year-old widow in her central Arkansas home has been given a trial date after
state doctors found him competent to stand trial.The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports doctors at the Arkansas State Hospital
diagnosed 52-year-old Chris Anthony Arnold with borderline intellectual
functioning but found no mental illness.
Arnold is charged with capital murder in the November slaying of Maurine Eloy
McDonald Jones in Sherwood. He was arrested four days before Christmas and also
faces gun and drug charges based on the arresting officers’ discovery of
methamphetamine, marijuana, two rifles and a pistol in his home.
Arnold has a 2004 felony conviction for theft by receiving and is barred from
owning guns.
He is expected to stand trial in September.
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