Sheriff awaiting ID on body found in barrel
By The Associated Press
This article was published February 20, 2012 at 9:02 a.m.
PHOTO BY DAVE HUGHES
Van Buren Police Chief Kenneth Bell, center, holds up a picture of a pickup belonging to Lloyd Jones of Lavaca, a registered sex offender who was arrested Thursday in the disappearance of 16-year-old Angela Allen.
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Angela Allen
VAN BUREN — An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday after investigators searching for a missing Van Buren teenager found a body stuffed inside a barrel.
Sebastian County Sheriff Bill Hollenbeck says the human remains are female and the clothing is consistent with what 16-year-old Angela Allen was wearing when she disappeared Feb. 10. Investigators are still awaiting identification of the body.
Police have arrested a 36-year-old Lavaca man on suspicion of aggravated assault in connection with Allen’s disappearance.
The Times Record reports that investigators believe the man and Allen met on a social media website and developed a relationship via text messaging. Police say the man is a registered sex offender.
The sheriff says any additional charges against the man depend on the autopsy results.
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Redlab says... February 20, 2012 at 11:22 a.m.
I think it is time for the Arkansas Medical Examiner's Office to start working seven days a week like other states/counties do. It is awful to make the family wait for the identification.
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iStiner says... February 20, 2012 at 11:11 p.m.
This is so sad. I hope it is not this young lady. It's sad to know that it is any human, but it just pains me to know that this might be a child. If this man is found guilty of doing this to a child, they should give him the harassing punishment there is.
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