Police identify victim, suspect in Russellville slaying

Police on Thursday released the identities of a woman found shot to death in a wrecked car in Russellville and the man they have charged in her killing.

The woman, 39-year-old Rachel Michele Chisum of Atkins, was found inside a car that ran off the road into a fence Wednesday morning in the 200 block of James Circle, the Russellville Police Department said in a news release.

A Russellville man arrested at the scene, 42-year-old William Edward Gray, was charged with first-degree murder, authorities said.

No information about the motive has yet been released.

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