Photo: Royce Calkins
Further details have been released in a double homicide reported last week in Stone County by the Arkansas State Police (ASP).
In the earlier report, ASP said two apparent murder victims were discovered inside a home north of Mountain View Tuesday. The victims were identified as 64-year-old Ronald Calkins, who lived at the house on Chateau Pointe Loop off Arkansas Highway 87, and 40-year-old Brandy Patrick, also of Mountain View.
Tuesday evening, law enforcement located 43-year-old Royce Calkins, the son of the murder victim, in the Fifty Six community and took him into custody. He is being held in the Stone County Detention Center on two charges of first-degree murder.
Photo: Royce Calkins
The discovery of two apparent murder victims inside a home north of Mountain View Tuesday has led to special agents of the Arkansas State Police being requested to investigate the homicides. The investigation has led to the arrest of a suspect in the case.
Arkansas State Police were contacted by Stone County sheriff’s deputies shortly after the bodies of a man and woman were found at a residence on Chateau Pointe Loop off Arkansas Highway 87 shortly before 2:52 p.m.
ASP says the victims have been identified as 64-year-old Ronald Calkins, who lived at the house, and 40-year-old Brandy Patrick, also of Mountain View. Their bodies have been transported to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory, where the state medical examiner will determine when the deaths occurred, along with the manner and cause.