UPDATE: SUSPECTS IN BENTON COUNTY GIRL'S MURDER APPEAR IN COURT | KMMO
The suspects in the case of a 4-year-old girl killed on December 20, 2020, have pleaded not guilty to charges relating to her death. All four continue to be held without bond. Just before 1 a.m. on December 20, 2020, Benton County Dispatch received a call from 28-year-old, James Mast, of rural Cole Came, stating that his 4-year-old daughter had been beaten, submerged in a pond, then left to freeze on the bank before being taken back into the residence. When deputies arrived, they found 4-year-old Jessica Mast dead on the floor of her bedroom. The mother of the deceased, 29-year-old Mary S. Ma...