LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas man suspected of kidnapping and killing
his ex-wife earlier this week has been found dead in Texas. Arkansas State
Police said Thursday in a news release that Texas law enforcement authorities
notified special agents in Arkansas that 57-year-old Lavern Blackmon of Conway
was found dead in Conroe, Texas, possibly of a self-inflected gunshot wound.
Conroe is about 40 miles north of Houston. Blackmon was charged with kidnapping
and capital murder. State police say he was last seen Monday in Little Rock
after kidnapping Viola Davis as she left her home in Mitchellville. State police
say Davis’ body was found a short time later. Mitchellville, a city of about
400, is located 90 miles southeast of Little Rock.
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