Cold Cases in Arkansas
ColdCaseIndex documents 8 cold cases in Arkansas, spanning 1987–2015. 5 of these cases remain fully unsolved. Each case page includes documented details, status, and information on how to submit a tip.
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Ebby Jane Steppach
Ebby Steppach, 18, vanished in Little Rock, Arkansas, in late October 2015, days after telling her stepfather she had been gang-raped at a party and wanted to report it to police. Her car was found abandoned in Chalamont
Morgan Nick
Six-year-old Morgan Nick was abducted on June 9, 1995, from the parking lot of a Little League baseball game in Alma, Arkansas, while catching fireflies with other children. Despite a decades-long investigation and a 202
Melissa Witt
Nineteen-year-old Melissa Witt was abducted from a bowling alley parking lot in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Her body was found weeks later in a forest. Despite decades of investigation, her killer has never been identified.
Steve Branch, Michael Moore & Christopher Byers
Three eight-year-old boys were murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas. Three teenagers — Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley Jr. — were convicted but released in 2011 via Alford pleas. Controversy remains abo
El Dorado Jane Doe (Mercedes Cuevas)
A woman found dead in an El Dorado, Arkansas motel in 1991 went unidentified for nearly 30 years. DNA genealogy identified her as Mercedes Cuevas from Guatemala in 2022.
Mercedes Yvette Edmond
A woman was found shot to death in a motel room in El Dorado, Arkansas with no identification. Known as 'El Dorado Jane Doe' for 31 years, she was identified in 2022 as Mercedes Yvette Edmond through DNA genealogy.
Don Henry & Kevin Ives
Two teenage boys were found dead on railroad tracks near Alexander, Arkansas. Initially ruled accidental, the deaths were later reclassified as homicides. The case became entangled in allegations of drug trafficking and
Kevin Ives & Don Henry (Boys on the Tracks)
In the early morning of August 23, 1987, 17-year-old Kevin Ives and 16-year-old Don Henry were run over by a Union Pacific freight train near Alexander in Saline County, Arkansas, their bodies lying motionless and partly