Additional findings will be released this week from the investigation into the hot-car death of Circuit Judge Wade Naramore's toddler son, special prosecutor Scott Ellington said Monday.
A definitive time frame was not announced, though Ellington said the information will be made available by Jan. 31.
A preliminary investigation found that Naramore's son died July 24 as a result of "excessive heat" from being left in a vehicle for an unknown period of time.
"We're taking this week to finish up," Ellington said Monday, declining to comment to ArkansasOnline regarding the possibility of charges in the case.
Audio recordings of 911 calls from Naramore and his father-in-law were released in November, after a judge ruled that the tapes were not exempt from the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act. Before the ruling, Hot Springs police denied an initial request for the recordings from Matt Campbell, a Little Rock attorney and blogger.
In December, retired Circuit Judge John Langston ordered that statements captured by police body microphones and dashboard cameras from the scene be withheld pending the outcome of the case.
That ruling also applied to recordings made when officers responded to the 911 calls as well as police and investigative reports relating to the investigation, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette previously reported.
Naramore has not presided over a court since his son's July 24 death. Substitutes have stood in for Naramore more than 50 times.
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SENSITIVE CONTENT: The audio file below is a recording of a 911 call placed by Garland County Circuit Judge Wade Naramore after Naramore found his 18-month-old son left in a car.
The call below is from Naramore's father-in-law after he received word of a medical issue involving Naramore's son.