PRESCOTT -- A 41-year-old woman was found dead outside her home Tuesday evening in Nevada County, state police said.
Authorities responded just after 7:30 p.m. to a call to the Nevada County Sheriff's Office about a woman's body outside a home at 502 E. Second St. South and found Tina Nicole Whitten dead, according to a news release issued Wednesday by the Arkansas State Police.
The release said authorities believe Whitten was the victim of an attack that happened inside her home around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Her body was taken to the state Crime Laboratory to determine the cause and manner of her death.
Special agents are holding a 48-year-old Rosston man in connection with the crime, authorities said.
The state police were contacted by local police and asked to lead the investigation, which is ongoing, the release states.